FCB02062
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The original poster should know that one should post things like this at their own peril. Post anything negative about the team, owner, coach, quarterback, Jonathan City down there on Route 1, and you're labeled a Jets fan...
Back to the original post...I agree with just about everything. I've been a fan of the team since the early/mid 80s and I've sat through the metal benches, pouring rain, driving snow, electrical storms - what have you - as a former season ticket holder for about 18 years or so.
Considering my family and I have made quite a financial contribution to Krafty Bob and his enterprise down there on Route 1 in Foxboro, I feel I have the right to be critical of the team, the owner, and the players - even moreso than some of the teenage fanboys that started liking the team when Brady started posting good fantasy numbers.
When the team CONSISTENTLY TRADES DOWN to get value you get junk, broken down players who aren't that good. These players are available in the third and fourth rounds for a reason - because they're not that good. A point that's been sorely missed in this discussion is that in today's NFL, where a db can barely breath on a receiver, it's next to impossible to succeed with guys like Philip Adams and Alex Molden trying to cover guys. Earthwind Moreland, Randall Gay, Hank Poteat, et al., could get by on physicallity - but the NFL doesn't allow that anymore. Who knows, maybe Belichick would have this team in a few more Super Bowls if the league didn't change or enforce the rules differently (thanks Polian/Manning).
In ten years, people are going to look back at the last 3 or 4 drafts and their jaws will drop when they examine how poorly the defensive side of the ball has been drafted.
It's a crying shame because Tom Brady should have at least one more Super Bowl under his belt, but because Belichick and his Krafty boss have chosen to build a defense with pennies, not dollars, we have a team that CANNOT WIN unless Brady has a good game. In the "old days" the Patriots could win a game 14-10 with Brady throwing for 140 yards, but not anymore....it's just a damn shame, and the fanboys who're in denial really need to examine things more closely....
Back to the original post...I agree with just about everything. I've been a fan of the team since the early/mid 80s and I've sat through the metal benches, pouring rain, driving snow, electrical storms - what have you - as a former season ticket holder for about 18 years or so.
Considering my family and I have made quite a financial contribution to Krafty Bob and his enterprise down there on Route 1 in Foxboro, I feel I have the right to be critical of the team, the owner, and the players - even moreso than some of the teenage fanboys that started liking the team when Brady started posting good fantasy numbers.
When the team CONSISTENTLY TRADES DOWN to get value you get junk, broken down players who aren't that good. These players are available in the third and fourth rounds for a reason - because they're not that good. A point that's been sorely missed in this discussion is that in today's NFL, where a db can barely breath on a receiver, it's next to impossible to succeed with guys like Philip Adams and Alex Molden trying to cover guys. Earthwind Moreland, Randall Gay, Hank Poteat, et al., could get by on physicallity - but the NFL doesn't allow that anymore. Who knows, maybe Belichick would have this team in a few more Super Bowls if the league didn't change or enforce the rules differently (thanks Polian/Manning).
In ten years, people are going to look back at the last 3 or 4 drafts and their jaws will drop when they examine how poorly the defensive side of the ball has been drafted.
It's a crying shame because Tom Brady should have at least one more Super Bowl under his belt, but because Belichick and his Krafty boss have chosen to build a defense with pennies, not dollars, we have a team that CANNOT WIN unless Brady has a good game. In the "old days" the Patriots could win a game 14-10 with Brady throwing for 140 yards, but not anymore....it's just a damn shame, and the fanboys who're in denial really need to examine things more closely....
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