I dont know. Not being negative, but is McCorty really the guy we had targeted from the beginning?? Value, shmalue, I think we sat and waited for a guy or 2 to fall to us(not wanting to pay for trading up) and they didnt(Gresham or Spoon?) so we traded back and gained that "HOLY MISSING 3rd!"....We have the ammo to move up to get who we wanted that didnt play CB and we didnt. Did we fear making a bigger hole between 53 and the bottom?? What are the chances of #119 making an impact or making the team altogether?? I'm in favor of improving the high end talent on this team and filling in the bottom with jags.....I'm afraid all we did was improve our middle class players....
a poster on the SOSH board who has an inside source posted before the draft that Pouncey & McCourty are the 2 guys the Pats were targeting in the 1st. So when Pouncey came off the board McCourty was their #1 target. Most GM's would be happy & simply take their guy @22 but BB got us an extra 3rd by trading to 2 spots before McCourty was gonna go ( Jets were gonna take him @29 )
BB is by far the best trader in the NFL ( & a top 5 drafter )