See, THIS is the sort of thing that compelled me to turn in my keys to the
In Bill We Trust club.
Ryan Mallett, for God's sake.
Steven Ridley.
Coach Bill is the greatest in ALL the land, bar NONE.
But the man is clearly a LUNATIC.
***
Well, we take the
bad with the
good.
And the
good...is
magnificent.
But leave us never delude ourselves into believing that
stupidity is the
exclusive province of the
stupid.
Off The Grid, you are one of the most entertaining, unique and informative posters we have here at Patsfans. However, this is your magnum opus in absurdity. You call Coach Bill the greatest in the land, bar none, after you have turned in your in keys to the In Bill We Trust Club? That is nonsense.
You then go on to call Coach Belichick a lunatic. EVERY YEAR he confounds, confuses, and perplexes the draftniks of our kingdom of fans, who have decided who their favorite players are, and who attach an emotional attachment to those players that causes anger, disgust, and bitterness when they are not selected. This happens EVERY YEAR. And yet Coach Belichick, "the greatest in the land, bar none," is the lunatic? Is not a popular definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
Each individual selection the Patriots made tonight has a logic to it that I can understand. Of course I would like to see the team add some defensive help. They still have free agency, and the rest of the draft. They already have a very deep d-line, and some of those players are young (Love, Deaderick) and were not premium draft choices. The Patriots simply do not draft for need. They take the best value that they believe can contribute to their team. If it happens to be a position of great need, that is a bonus.
I would love to see Tom Brady play another 7 or 8 seasons. There is little precedent for it, but he is an unprecedented player and I don't put it past him. If this happens, and Mallett turns into a high end backup who is lighting teams up in the preseason/mop up duty, can they not spin that 74th selection into a bounty of picks? Matt Hasselbeck had neither the physical gifts nor the pedigree and acquired his team a bounty without having ever played meaningful snaps. Kevin Kolb has been shaky, and he may well net his team something of great value.
Beyond breaking down and arguing the merits of each individual choice, I just feel the need to state that this offseason has only begun, it is not ending. They will acquire more talent to a 14-2 team that will likely lose little and will even gain talent (Warren, Bodden) without the need to acquire them. Young players from last year's draft, many of whom are already stellar, will make Belichick's oft-spoken-of 2nd year leap. This team will remain one of the league's best. Let's let the process play out before we go turning in any club memberships or jumping off any bridges.