BobDigital
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So it is kind of hard to project what your team is going to do until you know what needs you have.
Right now we can only guess what they would be. However I think we can talk about what we think and would like to happen. I won't get too in depth with the contract talk and keep the focus more on players.
Offense - 24
QB - 2 - Brady, Jimmy G
TE - 3 - Gronk Wright Hooman
RB - 6 - Vereen Blount Grey White Develin Bolden (Ridley lost due to money and Bolden kept for STs)
WR - 5 - Lafell Edelman Amendola Dobson Slater (Tyms to PS and Slater kept for STs)
OL - 8 - Solder Connolly Stork Wendell Vollmer Cannon Kline Flemming
So obviously RB is full. TE for Hooman is upgradable but a low priority. Amendola stays assuming he restructures which I think he will. Dobson takes Tyms spot as he should. QB needs no explanation. What I want to focus on is the OL.
I like this years starters and would look to bring them all back. Cannon has shown though he his no guard he is a solid backup tackle and can be retained for low money. Kline has had 2 chances to show his worth this season. KC and Det in the 4th. I think he did well both times so is worth keeping. Devey is gone or PS. Flemming is kept on the basis of blocking TE and seeing how he develops beyond that. Obviously another Guard he is an option for the draft to replace either Wendell or Connolly soon but nothing else jumps out as a need. Basically standing pat assuming this off season is an option on offense.
Defense - 24
DE - 4 - Jones Nink Ayers Moore (Buchanan is wait and see but Moore looks decent).
DT - 5 - Wilfork Branch Siliga Jones Easley (Wilfork for 1 more at a fair offer is possible and i want it)
LB - 5 - Mayo Collins Hightower Casillas White (keep white for STs)
CB - 6 - Revis Browner Arrington Dennard Ryan Butler
S - 4 - McCourty Chung Harmon Ebner Wilson (Wilson gone due to money possibly though)
Assuming Contracts with Revis/McCourty/Wilfork/Ayers/ect... Get done. I see this as a solid group. Ayers as a 3rd DE is the best option at that spot they have had in a while. Moore is may develop more. DT is about if you sign Wilfork. If you do it is a deep group. You might want to get a replacement for him in the draft though. LB is deep. We usually only play 2 and we have 4. Casillas has shown decent coverages skills and is a bit of a Collins backup. Assuming the CBs come back you are set. Safety could use another body but your starters are locked and you can always choose to keep Wilson if you like him or sign a cheap vet free agent for a year. Basically standing pat assuming this off season is an option on defense.
STs - Set. not going into it. Maybe a LS but not gonna waste time on it.
So there are spots on this team that could be stronger and deeper but if you bring this group back you are not truly forced to pick anything in this draft. Obviously a Guard and DT and SS are options but not dire needs. We have good starters at all those spots.
This does not mean trade your entire draft away. It simply means maybe BB is thinking he has a good all around club as is and though there are some spots that could be improved or made deeper he might not feel the need to address any one spot in the draft if we resign the key players. Maybe the first pick the Patriots take could be a player we don't suspect.
Right now we can only guess what they would be. However I think we can talk about what we think and would like to happen. I won't get too in depth with the contract talk and keep the focus more on players.
Offense - 24
QB - 2 - Brady, Jimmy G
TE - 3 - Gronk Wright Hooman
RB - 6 - Vereen Blount Grey White Develin Bolden (Ridley lost due to money and Bolden kept for STs)
WR - 5 - Lafell Edelman Amendola Dobson Slater (Tyms to PS and Slater kept for STs)
OL - 8 - Solder Connolly Stork Wendell Vollmer Cannon Kline Flemming
So obviously RB is full. TE for Hooman is upgradable but a low priority. Amendola stays assuming he restructures which I think he will. Dobson takes Tyms spot as he should. QB needs no explanation. What I want to focus on is the OL.
I like this years starters and would look to bring them all back. Cannon has shown though he his no guard he is a solid backup tackle and can be retained for low money. Kline has had 2 chances to show his worth this season. KC and Det in the 4th. I think he did well both times so is worth keeping. Devey is gone or PS. Flemming is kept on the basis of blocking TE and seeing how he develops beyond that. Obviously another Guard he is an option for the draft to replace either Wendell or Connolly soon but nothing else jumps out as a need. Basically standing pat assuming this off season is an option on offense.
Defense - 24
DE - 4 - Jones Nink Ayers Moore (Buchanan is wait and see but Moore looks decent).
DT - 5 - Wilfork Branch Siliga Jones Easley (Wilfork for 1 more at a fair offer is possible and i want it)
LB - 5 - Mayo Collins Hightower Casillas White (keep white for STs)
CB - 6 - Revis Browner Arrington Dennard Ryan Butler
S - 4 - McCourty Chung Harmon Ebner Wilson (Wilson gone due to money possibly though)
Assuming Contracts with Revis/McCourty/Wilfork/Ayers/ect... Get done. I see this as a solid group. Ayers as a 3rd DE is the best option at that spot they have had in a while. Moore is may develop more. DT is about if you sign Wilfork. If you do it is a deep group. You might want to get a replacement for him in the draft though. LB is deep. We usually only play 2 and we have 4. Casillas has shown decent coverages skills and is a bit of a Collins backup. Assuming the CBs come back you are set. Safety could use another body but your starters are locked and you can always choose to keep Wilson if you like him or sign a cheap vet free agent for a year. Basically standing pat assuming this off season is an option on defense.
STs - Set. not going into it. Maybe a LS but not gonna waste time on it.
So there are spots on this team that could be stronger and deeper but if you bring this group back you are not truly forced to pick anything in this draft. Obviously a Guard and DT and SS are options but not dire needs. We have good starters at all those spots.
This does not mean trade your entire draft away. It simply means maybe BB is thinking he has a good all around club as is and though there are some spots that could be improved or made deeper he might not feel the need to address any one spot in the draft if we resign the key players. Maybe the first pick the Patriots take could be a player we don't suspect.