Interesting that those who have been a bit leery of him since last season's up and down play often get criticized around here, but the truth remains that he is not the player that many see him as; especially with a chronic injury. He is good when healthy, but those times seem to be few and far between. The reality is that here in NE, we have really only seen him truly healthy a handful of games. You can probably count them on one hand.
It seems like when we need him, he is often standing on the sidelines. We saw that down the stretch run last year, we saw it during the AFCCG loss that prevented us from going to the SB yet again, and we've seen it multiple times this season, including tonight.
I have often said that I have a hard time seeing Belichick throw a lot of money at him unless there is something that can be done to address the injury, but I do not know if that is a possibility or not. More importantly, there's no guarantee that Talib would want to have the surgery if it is an option. It has limited Talib now 4 yrs in a row, and he has yet to actually complete any of his prior 5 yrs in the league at the end of the season.
I think the secondary (depending on what they'd choose to do with DMac) is still in serious need of another high draft pick.
