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I meant actual Draft Picks on Offense ok Onwenu and Rham we Drafted Pop like last week you reached for that one. Scratch the FA signings you said the Draft picks weren't that bad... on the Offensive side Me and many others beg to differ. We were dead last on Offense for a reason in 2023.
The Pats, Mayo and Wolf, in the 2024 draft tried to trade up for Xavier Worthy. Look it up.
That don't mean jack: Worthy doesn't play as fast as that combine 40 time remember John Ross?? I am glad the move never materialized we selected better guys.
This is just nonsense rambling. If you're going top dismiss the picks that hit then what are you doing here?
It does not matter what you think. Did I miss where you were hired by the Pats?
What you didn't know where have you been??
Javan “Wheelchair” Baker?
4.54 sec 40. Baker is not an X. He fell to the 4th round for a reason, but I know everyone in Pats' Nation is trying to make Baker into the next Randy Moss. And if I say otherwise, I am a hater and a BB holdover. With a RAS score of 7.84 Baker will never WOW anyone with his athleticism, unless you want to ignore the facts. And Baker skipped the agility events as those would have lowered his RAS score even more. That demands repeating, a RAS score of 7.84 even after skipping the agility events.
It always is... It's tough for a college coach to say negative things about his own player before the draft. They rationalize the way everyone does: he's young, he'll mature and get it, when he gets drafted and shows up to OTAs or training camp he'll realize that the NFL is different and he needs to step up, the coaches and vets will be able to connect with and motivate him, player X was drafted and eventually woke up and exceled, why can't this young man, etc. No college coach wants to torpedo his own player.
We watched him?
You watched him play college players. Let's see what he looks like playing against bigger, faster and stronger men.
Baker could not get on the field at Alabama so he transfered to UCF, a major step down in competition. So you watched him while playing at UCF and that leads you to think he will be an exceptional athlete in the NFL even though his testing numbers, like his relative 7.84 RAS score, were very mediocre? I hope he works out, but his college history and pre-draft testing numbers indicate he is a very average athlete. Some average athletes do well in the NFL, but it is not common.
Not getting on the field when you're behind Metchie, Jameson, Smith, Waddle, Bolden(these are the only guys I can think of right now) I don't think that is an indictment on Baker. What is the cutoff to be a good athlete using RAS? Lamb had a 7.44, Aiyuk had an 8.47, Polk had a 8.85. Not sure Polk is more actually more athletic than Lamb or Aiyuk.
This ^ makes no sense.
It's pretty simple. BB was in charge of all football operations and football related decisions including personnel... until 2021 when Bob Kraft held an impromptu press conference saying the draft was becoming a collaboration. It was also around this time Elliot Wolf was hired.
It's hard to tell in a limited workout, especially when receivers like him and Polk refuse to run agility drills. That's maybe where his juice lays, in his ability to shake defenders out of their cleats. I'd say I was concerned about his level of compete after transferring in college but he doesn't seem to lack confidence. It wouldn't surprise me if he turns out as good or better than Polk.
Gabe Davis a former UCF guy have done well in this league he signed a nice contract with the Jags in FA. That makes me have faith in Bakers potential.
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