SteelCity said:
Sorry but I gotta laugh at you dude.
You are one of these guys who is obviously all shook up about your losses and it shows by the way you are trying to manufacture a steeler equivalent with this randel el BS.
Randel El is not a #1 and he is not a #2. He is a small receiver who is great from the slot but is a joke outside the hashes.
Why do you have such a hard time being honest? I told you that I think Kimo is a significant loss. Its like you're in denial. My advice to you is to calm down and try not to take this game so seriously. Try to be objective rather than looking at the game through patriot colored glasses.
Because that would help.
SteelCity -
I don't have a hard time being honest. It would seem that you are the one with that problem.
I am not "all shook up" over all the losses. But I wouldn't expect someone as ignorant as you have shown yourself to understand that. There is no denial on my part. I understand what the Patriots lost. I have followed this team since 1982. Been throught the best and worst.
I never said that Randle-El was a #1. I said he was a legit #2 in an offense that didn't pass alot and had a mediocre QB at the helm.
The only thing that would help is people like yourself not posting idiocy like the Patriots need to rebuild. Here's a news flash for you since you are too ignorant to actually do some homework on your own.
The Patriots have a TON of fantastic young talent. Just on defense, they have Wilfork, Warren, Seymour, Wilson, Green, Samuel, and Hobbs. They also still have some great veteren talent in Bruschi, Harrison, Vrabel and Colvin. So, forgive me if I feel that the Patriots can overcome the loss of Willie McGinest.
Games are won and lost in the trenches. Whether the Pats move Vrabel back to OLB opposite Colvin or they bring in a rookie like Lawson, I have no doubt they can compensate for McGinest being gone.
On offense, the Patriots have Koppen, Mankins and Kaczue who are 27 or younger. Matt Light is a good LT. Then there are Daniel Graham and Ben Watson. Not to mention Tom Brady, Corey Dillon and Kevin Faulk.
As for Givens, I don't know what the Pats will do. But they have 2 great young Tight Ends in Graham and Watson who should help pick up the slack. There are still some very good young WRs available in free agency and I beleive that there are some good draft picks who could come in and have some impact as a #4 receiver.
And its only the 2nd full week of free agency. Its not like the season starts tomorrow. I'm not like you who acts like the Patriots are in disarray and need to "REBUILD." I don't over-react and pretend that the sky is falling. I understand that every year players go and players come in. And the core changes slightly as younger players get better and step in. I'm not ignorant in believing that a team of 53 players that loses a handful of players is all of a sudden going to be out of contention. See, I watched the Pats put 4 starters and 7 reserve players on the IR last year, 6 of them defensive backs they started the year with. And, by the end of the year, the Pats defense was playing pretty damn well.
Oh, and just as a reminder. I was here in 2001 when the Patriots went out and signed Patten, Johnson, Emanuel, and Small to compliment Troy Brown. I also know that year they didn't have 2 well rounded TEs like Watson and Graham. They had Rod Rutledge who was strictly a run blocker and they had Jermaine Wiggins, who was almost strictly a pass catcher. So, I don't expect this team to fall apart offensively if they don't have Givens as the #2 receiver and Brown as their #3.
