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Re: Safety concerns..
When Dowling was drafted, most people had him going to FS. With Sanders as one safety and Chung as the other, I am comfortable with that for a year (but I'm not Belichick). The question comes up in relying on Brown and Dowling (a lot of inexperience there) as the back-ups.
This idea that Meriweather couldn't be shipped out is false. The Pats could easily ship him out. And it's not about "BB hating on Meriweather". It's about BB wanting players to play within the system because it works. When you freelance, you leave open holes that the other team exploits and it costs you. The question is will the downgrade in talent outweigh the results from the improvement of defensive play. If the answer is yes, then BB likely won't do it.
Merriweather is going nowhere, it would leave us with no depth. As for Sanders being an overpaid backup, we often play 3 safeties. It's like saying our #3 WR is an overpaid backup.
Arrington is the #3 CB, why waste his talents by moving him to safety?
When Dowling was drafted, most people had him going to FS. With Sanders as one safety and Chung as the other, I am comfortable with that for a year (but I'm not Belichick). The question comes up in relying on Brown and Dowling (a lot of inexperience there) as the back-ups.
This idea that Meriweather couldn't be shipped out is false. The Pats could easily ship him out. And it's not about "BB hating on Meriweather". It's about BB wanting players to play within the system because it works. When you freelance, you leave open holes that the other team exploits and it costs you. The question is will the downgrade in talent outweigh the results from the improvement of defensive play. If the answer is yes, then BB likely won't do it.