I have to say Cousin that I like your football opinions but not your diet choices as much. You don't seem to eat enough fish.
IMHO, the NYFL draft is a crap shoot, even for those who spend their lives studying players. That's even more true for someone like myself, who spends no time watching the NCAA.
Ah...but Cousin,
I had smoked salmon (lox) and cream cheese with capesr, tomatoes and red onions on a pumpernickel bagel for breakfast this morning! Had some orange juice and a mug of hot coffee I am still working on.
Hopefully that counts...ha
I try to temper my ideas from some of the best evaluators you might not even have heard of like the Joel Buchsbaum school of Draft evaluation thought before the Kipers of the world.. You can't be emotional when selecting players, which we all are sometimes. As Jimmie Johnson said recently, "We used to just Draft the best players on the board"(paraphrase).
I think the twenty year success of the Patriots has ruined their Draft thinking. As a poster said to me, we always Drafted toward the bottom of the Draft. That is well true. Lest mistakes eyeballed at pick #32 than pick #1. The gasp factor is lower.
We are the kings of the Trade down as well. Well you trade down and trade down and some times, you have to use those chips. We also own a certain arrogance to the Draft and how we pick over scraps in free agency. Sometimes they work.
But this year, after numerous years of Draft failures by Monte and Nick C. (notice what Nick is doing in Houston with scrap heap picks in FA), Bill has tried a new approach to build his Team to a more credible version. That in itself is an admission that the Pats Drafts have been wrong.
Keep in mind the gestation period of a Draft pick being at least three years to determine success. Is Bill even caring about three years from now when he will be 72? He is building a win now and dominate in 2022 Team. Look at how many Defense front seven players he has signed or resigned to rebuild. Look how he has chose receivers who are mid to short area guys to help the QB be it Cam or a Rookie. The two TE's, resigning one of the best RB' receievers out of the backfield in White and picking up Bourne who's pick arched some eyebrows here, but his route running is an important factor.
He's got 10 picks. Maybe 5 plus at least one UDFA make the Team. Moving up in the Draft is the best venue. If not you are tossing bthose picks aside.
I've done some homework and Indy and Seattle have only two picks in the first three rounds and no first rounders. I think Seattle has only three total picks. But they both have second rounders. I am picking up the phone and doing a Draft pick package with a bunch of selections, to gain another second Round pick. Perhaps a 3rd , two 4ths and 2 6ths for pick #56. We would have a 1rst, 2 2nds, a 4th, a 5th and a 7th.
Thoughts?
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