I'm Going to Miss Strange 69

[Water Boy]

Too bad it didn’t work out. I't would have been nice to have Strange 69 for the next several years. Oh what could have been.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Top 5 most bizarre BB picks.

 

[Pape]

we got a spot with bourne gone, we should bring him back.

 

[upstater1]

Top 5 most bizarre BB picks.

Without context it seems bizarre.

But once you realize:

#1. He was going at the top of the 3rd round if not earlier.
#2. The Patriots had him rated mid 2nd round which is why they tried to trade out of the pick and drop back but they couldn't find a buyer.
#3. They didn't have anyone rated much higher on their board and definitely not at a need position.
#4. The 2nd round was basically a huge bust. Go look at it. Heck, outside of McDuffie, the latter part of the first round also busted.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Too bad it didn’t work out. I't would have been nice to have Strange 69 for the next several years. Oh what could have been.

LOL

 

[skinnydog]

Without context it seems bizarre.

But once you realize:

#1. He was going at the top of the 3rd round if not earlier.
#2. The Patriots had him rated mid 2nd round which is why they tried to trade out of the pick and drop back but they couldn't find a buyer.
#3. They didn't have anyone rated much higher on their board and definitely not at a need position.
#4. The 2nd round was basically a huge bust. Go look at it. Heck, outside of McDuffie, the latter part of the first round also busted.

Good points on that draft, though I still would have liked to see them draft Christian Watson there and they could have still taken Strange with their next pick (no other guards taken between the Pats pick and the Tampa pick).

 

[Thunderhead]

People are still unironically defending/justifying the Strange pick? Absolutely unreal.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Without context it seems bizarre.

But once you realize:

#1. He was going at the top of the 3rd round if not earlier.
#2. The Patriots had him rated mid 2nd round which is why they tried to trade out of the pick and drop back but they couldn't find a buyer.
#3. They didn't have anyone rated much higher on their board and definitely not at a need position.
#4. The 2nd round was basically a huge bust. Go look at it. Heck, outside of McDuffie, the latter part of the first round also busted.

This board and media were mocking Trent McDuffie to the Pats. Quay Walker and Devin Lloyd were also very popular choices. LB was a major need after the 2021 season. All way more productive players than Strange. The trade down and reaching for a G was just not the right move for Bill at that time. It was basically what many feared Logan Mankins was going to be when he snuck into the 1st round in 2005.

 

[upstater1]

People are still unironically defending/justifying the Strange pick? Absolutely unreal.

People still existing in a universe where they can look backwards and always make the right pick? Ridiculous

 

[upstater1]

This board and media were mocking Trent McDuffie to the Pats. Quay Walker and Devin Lloyd were also very popular choices. LB was a major need after the 2021 season. All way more productive players than Strange. The trade down and reaching for a G was just not the right move for Bill at that time. It was basically what many feared Logan Mankins was going to be when he snuck in the 1st round in 2005.

mcDuffie was the big miss.

But I went and actually looked back at the threads from back then a while back.

McDuffie was not the universal favorite on this board. A lot of people said he was yet another undersized CB.

Many people preferred Dax Hill and Kaiir Elam.

Devin Lloyd and Quay Walker took a while to do anything, but they are very different type of LBs than we've ever had.

Regardless, the Patriots were clearly looking for linemen, and after Zion Johnson and Trevor Penning went off the board (6 linemen taking before picking at 21) they traded down.

BTW, LB has been a need every single season for a decade, and even the new regime refuses to do it.

 

[Ring 6]

He might be back on the practice squad

 

[jboston19]

we got a spot with bourne gone, we should bring him back.

They claimed 2 players off of waivers. They need to OPEN another roster spot.

 

[Water Boy]

I'm going to miss the innuendo most of all. I had visions of Strange 69 and gaping holes.

 

[203Pat]

Top 5 most bizarre BB picks.

My top 5 head scratchers all things considered (where the roster was at at the time, the position, the risk, etc)

1. Cole Strange. An insane pick all around. Went a round or tow before most thought he would go and Bill made the pick because of his own mismanagement at the position in the year or two prior.

2. Jordan Richards. His ceiling was a special teamer and the consensus seemed he was a late round pick at best.

3. Dominique Easley. Multiple knee injuries in addition to being a head case apparently had him off of a lot of team's boards altogether and Bill took him in round 1. From what I remember there was some solid d-linemen that went in the second round that year.

4. Tavon Wilson. Basically the same deal as Jordan Richards but at least we got Jones and Hightower in that draft.

5. Jermaine Cunningham. I think many at the time thought Carlos Dunlap was the better player at the same position at the same school and of course the rumor was that Meyer told Bill the same and Bill ignored it.

Honorable mentions: Duke Dawson, Marte Mapu, and Joejuan Williams

And for those who will clutch their pearls at my "Bill bashing". I remember adamantly wanting David Terrell over hall of famer, Richard Seymour. Thinking Chad Jackson would be Randy Moss 2.0. Hating the McCourty pick, and barely knowing who Jamie Collins was.

 

[PatsFan2]

Top 5 most bizarre BB picks.

Strange pick at the time no pun.

 

[manxman2601]

Has signed on to the Browns PS

 

[jboston19]

Has signed on to the Browns PS

Yes he has.

 

[DC Patriots]

Too bad it didn’t work out. I't would have been nice to have Strange 69 for the next several years. Oh what could have been.

His work in the area of NFL player jerseys alone guarantees him a long legacy at Foxboro than anyone else we took in that draft class.

They were sold out in my size in everything except red before wife got distracted long enough for me to order one. I have 3 boys. If one on my future daughter-in-laws wants a wedding with a color scheme that doesn’t work with red there will be a lot of tears at the ceremony

 

[signbabybrady]

Multiple threads I said some things elsewhere so I'll just say thx here

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Without context it seems bizarre.

But once you realize:

#1. He was going at the top of the 3rd round if not earlier.
#2. The Patriots had him rated mid 2nd round which is why they tried to trade out of the pick and drop back but they couldn't find a buyer.
#3. They didn't have anyone rated much higher on their board and definitely not at a need position.
#4. The 2nd round was basically a huge bust. Go look at it. Heck, outside of McDuffie, the latter part of the first round also busted.

George Karloftis was the next pick after Strange makes points 1-4 moot