patsfan55
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I watched both Perry and Mercilus today on those youtube cut ups. Have to say, I thought Mercilus was more impressive than Perry. Perry is a downhill guy only - he has only one thing on his mind - getting to the QB. This enables him to be pushed past the QB time after time. On the other hand, whilst Mercilus lacks the explosion of Perry, he's a much more heads up DE, better at evaluating in play. I feel like he's a better fit for the Pats, at least in what they've prioritised in the past - they may be targeting different skillsets now of course.
The problem with Mercilus is he only had that one year of production. BB has been quoted as saying he basically won't even look at a guy in the 1st round with only 1 year of production. I like him, but unfortunately because of this I think you just gotta cross him off the list.