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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.GI want to make sure we have an awesome running back in the playoffs, and I think Lynch is going to be really good. Two running backs seems to be a good idea (http://www.startribune.com/101/story/948464.html) Ball control, time of possession, a grinding clock killing ground game to complement a potent passing attack.
Kevin Faulk is 31 years old.
I like screens.
If both Maroney and Lynch are equally awesome we could trade one of them at the end of the year for a first (like trading into next year, but using the player in the meantime.)
having a fast, playmaking secondary is more important. Defense wins championships ..remember that
ball control..TOP..clock killing is all good but not every team can be like the Colts where offense does everything and defense blows(regular season that is) Defense is needed..speed..stealing the ball from the other team..preventing TDs.putting PAIN into the offense's hearts!
Kevin Faulk is 31..? Well Harrison gonna be 34..Hawkins will be 30 .. Chad Scott will be 32..Tory James is 34..Bruschi will be 34..Vrabel will be 32..Thomas is gonna be 30
we spent last years draft and a lot of this years off season into offense
-Maroney,Thomas, Jackson, Stallworth,Welker,Washington, Morris
why would we carry so many RBs this year? Maroney, Faulk..Evans resigned..why would we sign Morris to a 1 mill + contract if we werent gonna use him?
last year we carried Dillon,Maroney,Faulk,Evans and Pass came off PUP.
this year we have Maroney, Faulk, Morris, Evans and Mills coming off IR
Morris signed for a what..$1.3 mill contract? He plays RB..filled in well for Ronnie..played FB few years ago so he can be on the field..(so hes like Pass in a way expect Pass was a FB then TB) . Morris is also a top ST contributor which is a plus because versatility and saves us a roster spot
Defensivly .. we need help for future and depth. Our front guys are set..LB is a big need because Bruschi struggled..Bruschi-Vrabel are older(Bruschi pondered retirement), Colvin-Thomas arent young..they are what..29-30
Samuel has spoken out..hes asking for way too much .. Hobbs is a good player and hopefully breaks out this year..Wilson is an FA after this season..Harrison is old, injury prone and close to retirment..Hawkins isnt young and hes slow and cannot be anything more than a solid backup..Gay is injury prone..we havent seen him in awhile. Scott is old..retirement is a year or 2 away. Sanders is a good player in box..not a difference maker though. Just a good tackler..decent in coverage..not very athletic.
We have 3 picks in first 91..and im really hoping all 3 go on defense
Hey, I want D with the first two picks too, believe me.
I'm just saying I wouldn't chew my face off if they took Lynch.
well Lynch doesnt give us anything new really. Yes having 2 guys like Maroney would be great but thats not what makes a 2 back system very good..if we do 2 backs i want a power guy like we had in Dillon(Tony Hunt is a perfect replacment) and a speed/all around guy in Maroney.
only way i want a RB in round 1 is Peterson because hes unbelievable talent but Lynch isnt all that special and i rather have defense over a RB early on. We cna still get a very good RB later on..Booker..Hunt..Jackson..could be therei n round 3
I think we should look for a decent RB in the 3rd or 4th. I want De in the 1st like most but I think we could use another good RB, stockpile.
DE? whats wrong with Seymour-Warren-Green?
I would be very happy with a day 1 RB whatever the round is. These Maroney kool-aid drinkers need to wake up and smell the roses. The Pats need another option since Maroney has not proven himselft yet.
I do hope Maroney is everything some of you think he will be and he did show great flashes, but.....IMHO, we are not set at RB yet....not even close.
Excuse my language but you have to give him a ******* chance. He split carries with Corey Dillon, they were going to throw a rookie RB to the wolves. He learned alot from Dillon and WILL become a full time feature, PROBOWL running back. So maybe you should wake up and smell the "kool-aid" and realize THAT HARRISON AND BRUSCHI MAY BE DONE NEXT SEASON. Then what, oh yeah that early draft pick you wanted to use on a RB that we already have instead of a good saftey of a WILB....
The problem is that Maroney, not despite splitting carries as yourself, Remix, and others state, but even with splitting carries with Dillon has not proved himself.
The difference is that he wasn't forced to take a year long beating, game in and game out. This most definitely keeps RB's fresher. Yet even with sharing carries, he couldn't impress everybody that he can be "The Man". All Pats fans hope he can be, but he has not proven it yet to a large number of Pats fans, myself included obviously. That is why a significant number of Pats fans want a day 1 RB. I don't feel comfortable with the RB rotation we have now, especially since Maroney couldn't get through the season uninjured despite sharing carries last year. What makes those of you ready to annoint Maroney so sure that he can make it through the year carrying 25 times a game?
If you crap in one hand and wish in the other, see which hand fills up first.
As far as Teddy's last season, I'm pretty sure it will be but although I would love to see a day 1 LB, I, like everybody else writing opinions here, will have to trust the Pat's braintrust for the choices. And after the draft, there will be a lot of rationalizing here as we look at the draft with Patriot colored glasses.
2. The Pats already have 4 guys (Moroney, Morris, Evans, & Faulk) who are LOCKS to be on that roster.
Someone please explain this "need' for us to be looking at RBs, especially in the first day. Have the Pats suddenly gotten dispensation from the 53 roster limitation. Here are some facts that most of you seem to forget
1. there is a 53 man roster limitation
2. The Pats already have 4 guys (Moroney, Morris, Evans, & Faulk) who are LOCKS to be on that roster.