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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.In two trades, the Pats have turned a 2007 late 3rd rounder into a 2009 2nd rounder.
On the plus side, I'm psyched about who they picked with the 5th rounder they got in the mix.
I think we worry more about the ones that got away than the Pats do. Face it: they have over a hundred guys on their draft board, guys that they want. They know upfront that they will walk away with 6-7 and that only 4-5 will even make the team.The only aspect that I question is it looks like the Pats wanted Zack Bowman (one of my sleepers) and missed out on him.
What I found fascinating was Pioli's statement that they had scouts at all of O'Connell's games last year. That is a heavy investment of manpower for a guy most of us didn't even know existed until his name was called on Sunday.In terms of turning 3rd round picks into future 2nd round picks I think the O'Connell pick should be mentioned as well.
I think BB and Pioli felt that many teams had O'Connell rated as a 3rd round pick. Maybe they even got some calls from interested teams.
I think we worry more about the ones that got away than the Pats do. Face it: they have over a hundred guys on their draft board, guys that they want. They know upfront that they will walk away with 6-7 and that only 4-5 will even make the team.
They tried to trade up for Bowman, but the best they could do was trade up to #153 and the Bears took him with #152. Not much you can do about that except move on.
What I found fascinating was Pioli's statement that they had scouts at all of O'Connell's games last year. That is a heavy investment of manpower for a guy most of us didn't even know existed until his name was called on Sunday.
fired a 14-2 coach who panicked in playoffs thoughObviously, people expect the San Diego pick to be low. They are certainly talented, but...
This is year three in their unfulfilled "greatness". They collapsed like crybabies 2 years ago, firing a coach with a 14-2 record.
Played like crap most of last year (though I admired Rivers guts) with players walking all over Turner and Lady Tomlinson acting like more of a Primadona than ever.
Peyton has a bad habit of blaming, but he's the unquestioned leader, so he gets away with it.
San Diego has...
A general manager who doesn't want a strong coach and two attitude cases who happen to be the team leaders and apparently don't like each other.
I've seen more talented teams collapse due to dissension.
Stay tuned......
fired a 14-2 coach who panicked in playoffs though
norv actually won some playoff games, that's why we got him
we had to end that curse of marty.
i got no shame in losing to a 17-0 team, would you? lol