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I would just call #2 "contributors"Life cycle of Defensive players (using 2021)
category #4: old, slow and cooked - Hightower, Collins and guy!
category #3: Old and slowing down, but may have a tiny bit left in the tank - mccourty and van noy.
category #2: meh - wise, godchaux, Bryant, uche, winovich, Davis and mills.
category #1: solid/studs/future studs - Phillips, jackson, Duggar, judon, j jones and barmore!
Best case scenario; guys come in as category 1 or 2. Over time they slide down into category 3 and 4.
the patriots rebuild is about adding players to categories 1 and 2 faster than categories 3 and 4 grow. That is why good drafting is so important.
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MY LIST (not counting free agents)
CATEGORY 1 (5): no changes. Of course, Jackson is a FA.
CATEGORY 2 (5): I agree on Wise, Godchaux, Bryant, and Mills. I would add McMillan.
I don't think that we know yet whether we can depend at all on Uche and Winovich (or Jennings or Perkins or McGrone)
CATEGORY 3 (3): Van Noy and Guy (I expect to see them on the team at least into August.
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POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTORS (8): Uche, Winovich, McGrone, Perkins, Jennings, Anderson, Cowart, Wade, Tavai, Williams
UNLIKLY CONTRIBUTORS (3): Collins, Bledsoe, Langi, Hall, Williams
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WHERE WE ARE
DL (7): Barmore, Wise, Godchaux, Guy, Anderson, Cowart, Winovich
LB/EDGE (9): Judon, McMillan, Uche, Van Noy, Winovich, McGrone, Perkins, Tavai, Jennings,/Langi
DB (8): Phillips, Dugger, Mills, Jones, Bryant, Wade, Williams, Bledsoe
ST (2): Bethel, Davis