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Wow., some of you guys are amazing. So based on what I've been reading most of you feel that Woodhead is better than LT, McCourty is better than Revis and Gronk is better than Keller.
Gronkowski is much better than Keller, that's not even really a comparison. LT's better than Woodhead for now, but by next year he won't be. Revis is better than McCourty, although if I had to take one of them straight up, with their contracts, I'd think long and hard about taking McCourty. In fact, I'd take four more years of McCourty on a rookie contract over Revis' holdout contract (which he'll probably hold out from again in a year or two). Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if, within a year or two, McCourty is a comparable player. For now, though, Revis is the sure thing.
experience? Certainly, but I would not count on it. Just like pitchers adjust to rookies that had great years at the plate in baseball, NFL QBs also make adjustments to DBs. Don't believe me? Ask your boy, Brady. You guys, off ALL fans should appreciate and understand QB adjustments. The book isn't out on the rookie McCourty yet.
You can make a better case for that with rookie CBs who only started for a half season, or mostly played in the nickel, where there isn't much film on them. But McCourty played 95% of the Pats' defensive snaps this year- there's plenty of film on him at this point. This isn't going to be another Antonio Cromartie scenario. I dunno how much you've seen of McCourty, but there isn't really anything there to exploit. His only exploitable weakness is that he's made some rookie mistakes, biting on double moves and stuff. He's come very far in that regard, though.
BTW, just curious to know if you guys believe that the Jets possess one single player at any position that is better than the corresponding Pats player?
Mangold is better than Koppen (TMQ's MVP!)
Moore is better than Connolly at RG
your RBs are collectively better than ours
Revis is better than McCourty
Cromartie, while terribly overrated and one-dimensional, is still probably better than Arrington. Once Bodden's healthy, this will no longer be the case (next year)
Shaun Ellis is better than anyone that we currently have at DE. Once Ty Warren's healthy, this will no longer be the case (next year).
Mayo is better than either of your starting ILBs, but they're both better than Spikes/Guyton, for now at least.
Pace is better than whoever we're lining up at ROLB in a given week
I'd say that just about does it, and FWIW I expect that list to be much smaller next year. Even that doesn't fully capture the disparity, since the Pats' depth is also orders of magnitude better pretty much across the board. That's the benefit of us having more young, talented players, and having three times as many round 1-3 picks as you guys do.
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