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1. He has his number already. 2. He must be a player because he said we. 3. Cooks is major good.
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Nem?Dear Mr. Kraft
I am writing you today very concerned regarding the direction of the team that I love. Our team, the Patriots. I urge too to please get rid of this Belichick guy before its too late.
Sincerly
Mike from New England
PS - If you dont remember me, I wrote you every week years ago about about firing no slant route Charlie Wies and trading for David Boston.
Clayborn is a good run defender. Far better than anything we had opposite flowers last year.Clayborn isn't a great run defender though. And 2016 Edelman might have been better than Cooks but 2018 might not be. He's 32, very beat up and coming off an injury that often takes a full year playing before a guy "looks like himself"
The concerns on offense are very valid. The D has improved but nothing has been done at LB which was their weakest spot. As on the offense, they're relying on an unreliable guy (Hightower).
There's plenty of time to further add to the roster but they're worse off than last year and generally rookies are not Day 1 impact players. The guys they draft will likely be brought along slowly unless injuries or significant performance problems force them into action.
No, NEM lives in Arizona.Nem?
Teams always miss in the draft more than they hit. The Patriots are no different than every team in the NFL.
Ron Wolff's philosophy was if a team can land 2 starters and a role player in a draft they are ahead of the game
In this fairly comprehensive analysis the NEP are the 7th best drafting team in the NFL the last 5 years. I'll take that
Grading every NFL team's draft performance over the last 5 years
Last couple of years: Easley, Grissom, Stork, Richards, Jones, Brissett, Jackson, Fleming. Some had lingering issues with various injuries, some are plain busts, some will be on the roster bubble this spring. Valentine is always injured, Brown was mentioned as a possible trade candidate. In short, the Patriots missed out a lot lately.
Last couple of years: Easley, Grissom, Stork, Richards, Jones, Brissett, Jackson, Fleming. Some had lingering issues with various injuries, some are plain busts, some will be on the roster bubble this spring. Valentine is always injured, Brown was mentioned as a possible trade candidate. In short, the Patriots missed out a lot lately.
Easley- Was a top 10 talent with some flags . When healthy and motivated is a good player. His play isn't what got him cut. It was how we went about dealing with his rehab.
Stork- 4th round draft pick. Won a SB as the starting Center his rookie year. Ya. No. Getting a guy in the 4th to be your starting Center and winning a SB is not a miss.
Jones- Nope he isn't a hit or a miss as of right now. He had a 1 season and missed last year because of a pre-season injury. Nope you don't get to use him as a "miss"
Brissett- He's only a miss if you think he was drafted with the intention of actually being the next guy, which he wasn't. He was drafted to be a developmental back-up. He's also not a miss for the fact that he came in and won a game when Brady was suspended.
Fleming- 4th round pick who filled in decently when called upon when Solder & Cannon missed time, moved on because his contract was up. Not a miss.
Valentine- is not always injured, he's in the same boat as Cyrus Jones. He played 1 season and missed this season because of injury.
Brown- Some mediot talking about Brown potentially getting traded is absolutely f**king laughable to act like that means anything. Brown isn't a miss.
So all you got is Richards & Grissom
No. I'm looking at if any players can make an impact and NONE of them can. Sherman definitely would have made an impact on these trash pass runners, which by the way were completely exposed in the SB. The WR core is weak. All it takes for one more injury to Edelman who almost never stays healthy, and that's it. They're out looking for a WR again. Awful trade.
And relying on Malcolm Mitchell? WHAT? Since when the hell can this guy show he can ever stay healthy? His knees have been shot for years already. He will NEVER be healthy.
You forgot about Kenny Britt, who came in at the end of last year. So they must have saw something they liked from him in practice, he just may have been slow to pick up the playbook. They brought a speedy guy and great punt returner, they have Dorsett, who when thrown to was generally open and caught the ball and was open a lot of the times he didn't get the ball. Edelmen will be back, Mitchell will be back, Gronk will be back, Hogan will be back.
Plus you have Brady. I have no doubt that group will be in the top scoring offenses again in 2018
Last couple of years: Easley, Grissom, Stork, Richards, Jones, Brissett, Jackson, Fleming. Some had lingering issues with various injuries, some are plain busts, some will be on the roster bubble this spring. Valentine is always injured, Brown was mentioned as a possible trade candidate. In short, the Patriots missed out a lot lately.
Yeah man , i dont know why won so much in the past with similar players. We should be the browns. I dont know how BB is going to to field a competitive team next week on opening day...No. I'm looking at if any players can make an impact and NONE of them can. Sherman definitely would have made an impact on these trash pass runners, which by the way were completely exposed in the SB. The WR core is weak. All it takes for one more injury to Edelman who almost never stays healthy, and that's it. They're out looking for a WR again. Awful trade.
And relying on Malcolm Mitchell? WHAT? Since when the hell can this guy show he can ever stay healthy? His knees have been shot for years already. He will NEVER be healthy.
Can you define never stays healthy ? He played in 2 SB winning seasons . What is never in your dictionary? Does it mean 1 yr ? and you use the word "disgusting" - have you seen our cap room ? You want to pay Danny whatever the fins paid and then also add sherman and nelson etc ? How do you manage the cap ?Okay bro, if and when Edelman gets injured again because he almost never stays healthy you'll realize the stupidity of what NE has done even with their WRs. Can't believe they let Danny Playoff Amendola go. Disgusting.
No room for overpaid veterans looking for one fat contract to ride into retirement.
Ian had to hire security and bouncers in here when it was Bledsoe vs Brady.We lost a WR and some posters have gone crazy. Imagine when Brady retires.