The Scrizz
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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you may say I'm a dreamer...
Don't feel bad. John Lennon got shot in the head. You just have to watch us pound ours against one.
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On the other side, we have one of the NFL's most extensive scouting operations, with a track record of above-average drafting, spending a second-round pick on Wilson...
Wow, never thought of it that way. Given the company you put him in it is no wonder you guys are so upset, he sucks. Maybe you, Fred, and Triumph can take over and right the ship?
I'll be thinking of you guys when they hoist that next Lombardi.
Are you sure it's one of the league's most extensive scouting operations?
Bill does run a bare-bones coaching staff, after all; that way, there's less of a chance
that someone might have an opinion that differs from his. It would therefore not surprise
to learn that he runs his scouting operation similarly.
Are you sure it's one of the league's most extensive scouting operations?
Bill does run a bare-bones coaching staff, after all; that way, there's less of a chance
that someone might have an opinion that differs from his. It would therefore not surprise
to learn that he runs his scouting operation similarly.
Which NFL scouting departments do the best job year after year in stocking their roster? Talking to scouts, coaches and general managers at the NFL Scouting Combine, the same franchises came up over and over. The Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers.
“Look at the people who have good records,” said Colts president Bill Polian, probably the most consistently successful GM of the past two decades. “One flows from the other.”
Don't hold your breath while waiting for that next one.
Ha! I am a Pollyanna compared to the DBs on the radio! Save your bile for Felger and Gaspar and Borges and the WEEI nabobs of negativity. I'll bet that after the three game run by the Sox this weekend that tomorrow all WEEI sourpusses will be doing is complaining about Youkie and trying to figure out schemes to trade him away for nothing....
Are you sure it's one of the league's most extensive scouting operations?
Bill does run a bare-bones coaching staff, after all; that way, there's less of a chance
that someone might have an opinion that differs from his. It would therefore not surprise
to learn that he runs his scouting operation similarly.
But what the Pats don't spend on coaching assistants, they DO spend on their scouting operation. You should know that the Pats aren't members of either national scouting services that most of the league uses to provide them with scouting data. Instead the Pats rely on their own scouts and personal contacts that BB has developed and trusts over the years.Are you sure it's one of the league's most extensive scouting operations?
Bill does run a bare-bones coaching staff, after all; that way, there's less of a chance
that someone might have an opinion that differs from his. It would therefore not surprise
to learn that he runs his scouting operation similarly.
Ha that was very funny but I am afraid that some of the dour serious types on this board will jump all over you...
While I think you make some nice points on painting Tavon Wilson as having the athleticism of Merriweather and the character/leadership of Sanders, I have a hard time accepting that the "carefully aimed rifle shot" (aka Tavon Wilson) was worth the 48th pick. Even if Wilson pans out to be a very good NFL player, I don't think its the best strategy to rely on a non blue chip draft prospect to be the missing piece of the puzzle on a Super Bowl contender in his rookie year - especially at a position like safety.
I'll be the first one to admit it if I'm wrong, but I think Kendall Reyes would have been a much better pick at 48.
But it wasn't his only try. He signed a ex-average-starter in Gregory, and an aging star CB, who has played some S as he aged, in Allen...
I was wrong; I turned on WEEI this morning and after I fought through all the commercials I got to hear Callahan complaining about Bobby V. and only one short complaint about Youk. There was not a word about Salty and his 5 hits...no not a peep. Like I said...I am a ray of sunshine compared to the deluxe douche nozzles on WEEI.
If we have two other legit starters at FS, why didn't BB draft the BPA?
When you take positional need out of the equation, I hope we can all agree that Wilson was not the BPA.
Outside of the first round, Belichick doesn't necessarily draft for the immediate short-term. Wilson should be given time to develop and only have situational responsibilities year 1. If those situations include defending late leads in the AFCC game or SB, then I would think a 2nd round pick is a small price to pay.
Why would you want to take positional considerations out of the equation? For that matter, why would you take any considerations (cap, future contract status, ST contributions, legal situations, ability to handle weather, etc) out of the equation? The "B" in "BPA" is a value judgement. Making a value judgement without all available information seems like a formula for failure.
I read what Belichick said in whatever book it was differently. I don't believe he said you have to target your biggest and fill it. What he said, I believe, is that if you TRY to fill a need you need to think it's with a player who can play or you'll still have the need next year. In other words, there would be no point in drafting Wilson if you don't think he can fill the need you are looking for. The only takeaway I get from the quote about filling needs and the taking of Wilson is that Belichick, et al, thinks that Wilson has a good chance to fill the hole they have and otherwise they would have gone with another year with what they have and tried again next year.
The Patriots could gotten a quality CB such as Casey Hayward last year and got a top safety this year.
McCourty nearly won DROY his rookie season, and we all saw what happened last year. . . .