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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.I fail to comprehend where winning a Superbowl is the same as going to a Superbowl too.I do realize that that proves your attention span is that of a mayfly...
Let's just look at the last four years!!!!! THAT is the only parameter that can be used !!! All else doesn't count!!! Pats not in Super Bowl since 2007!!REAL REAL BAD!!! BECAUSE THEY BLEW A 3RD ROUND PICK!!!!
The Patriots are 8-3....soon to be 9-3
this whole dyamed board is consumed with how bad the Patriots suck at everything.....
this site needs a whiner page featuring sobbing, crying threads only...where all you pathological, nonstop cry babies can vent ad nauseum until your blood vessels in your temples burst...
I fail to comprehend where winning a Superbowl is the same as going to a Superbowl too.
Same FO that got Welker and Branch right ? Draft isn't only way to build team. I think that overall winning % last 11 years proves that.
Look..the Pats could have drafted Patrick Willis..they passed on him...
Up until Gronk and Hernandez, everyone said they couldn't draft tight ends. Before that, people were saying that they couldn't draft linebackers (some still say this) right up until Mayo and Spikes came through. Sometime, probably soon, the Pats are going to draft another David Givens, and suddenly most will forget about all of this. Name a position, and I'll name players who were drafted and didn't make it here. It's not because the Pats are incapable of drafting these positions; that's just how it goes.
Look..the Pats could have drafted Patrick Willis..they passed on him...should I start a knee jerk,bawling thread full of what ifs and coulda shouldas? You don't judge a team in a vacuum.The Pats have whiffed on a number of picks the last few seasons...they've also hit on a number...to answer this gut wrenching thread in a positive manner I'd just say...yeah, missed on the Price pick...but HIT BIG BIG BIG on the Gronk and Hernandez picks...the only problem is, THAT is too much positivity for a Patriot fan to display it would seem.Other teams drafted WR's after Price that have proven to be players.Those teams also MISSED on some of THEIR picks.You'll never see a thread on THAT here though...it's as if the Pats are the worst drafting team ever in NFL history and every single cut of a drafted player is PROOF.
When was the last time they won one, sport?LMAO.....good comparison....you do realize that the cards have been to an SB more recently than the pats?
Not true...did I miss something? We had two late 20's picks in 2007, he was drafted 11th.
As for the rest of your post, I agree completely.
Route adjustments. The WR has to be able to read the defense and adjust accordingly, all while running the route. For example, an easy example of this is Welker's in/out option. He runs 5 yards. He reads whether the CB is more to his outside or inside, and he cuts the other direction. Or Branch reads whether the defense is in cover 2 or cover 4, and runs a comeback against cover 4 but a fade against cover 2. A lot of guys can't think and run at the same time like that.
LMAO.....good comparison....you do realize that the cards have been to an SB more recently than the pats?
I wouldn't say this because BB has only drafted ONE OLB since hes been here with a high round pick. That being Cunningham who if i remember corectly didnt' play OLB in college.OLB is just as bad,if not worse in Belichick's draft decision making
WR and OLB are areas that,if we had taken the right players,might have meant at least 1 or 2 more SB wins by now.
You simply can't rely on aged FAs in these areas ever year.
The Pats are bad at drafting WRs. That's not looking at draft picks in a vacuum. That's looking at the team's evaluation of WRs coming out of college.
It's poor. It's probably below league average, and it's a legitimate cause of frustration by the fan base.
The Patriots give their fan base a lot to be happy about: wins, championships, good overall hit-rate on draft picks. But they are undoubtedly bad at drafting WR. The good outweigh the bad by miles, but the team's WR drafting definitely goes on the bad column. You can't argue this.