Patriots Player Departure Polk traded to Saints

[TomPatriot]

Wow we couldn't even get a 7th next year: the Saints are going stink this Year.

The already have 2 7s next year and 10 picks total.

 

[Family]

Going way back to 1970, the Pats gave up their 1st round pick in 1972 and starting defensive back John Charles who was their 1st round pick in 1967 to the Vikings for the rights to QB Joe Kapp. Kapp missed the first 4 games of that year during his hold out. When he finally joined the Pats (after the Pats made him the hghest paid player in the NFL), Kapp proceded to lead the Pats to a 1-9 record completing 45% of his passes while throwing for 3 TD's and 17 INT's. Kapp refused to sign another NFL contract after this year and ended up sucessfully suing the NFL. I think that might trump all the bad draft trades ever made.

I was excited when that trade happened!

Bad trade for sure, but at least Kapp was Super Bowl QB the year before.

Imagine today getting the previous year Super Bowl QB in his prime for that.

Game has changed.

 

[Huckleberry1]

I think Polk wanted out of New England and Vrabel
doesn’t want guys that don’t buy in.

 

[Triumph]

Yeah that has to be crushing for TN. If ever there was a year to beat GA it’s this year. SUPER young team, inexperienced and avg QB (though kid grew up some today and made some tough plays), defense playing as bad as I’ve ever seen…up 21-7 after 1 quarter and STILL lose to GA.

There was an older TN fan in the stands that the cameras kept panning back to.

The look on his face after the shank was priceless.

 

[turkeyneck]

Going way back to 1970, the Pats gave up their 1st round pick in 1972 and starting defensive back John Charles who was their 1st round pick in 1967 to the Vikings for the rights to QB Joe Kapp. Kapp missed the first 4 games of that year during his hold out. When he finally joined the Pats (after the Pats made him the hghest paid player in the NFL), Kapp proceded to lead the Pats to a 1-9 record completing 45% of his passes while throwing for 3 TD's and 17 INT's. Kapp refused to sign another NFL contract after this year and ended up sucessfully suing the NFL. I think that might trump all the bad draft trades ever made.

Joe Kapp was absolutely the worst sports disappointment of my life. After suffering through the post-Parilli qb lean years to score a SB qb - wow, was I excited. Then to see him in action -- my thought every week was "this guy doesn't even know how to play football". It was appalling.

 

[Real fan 02]

Yup. That’s the Saints’ 7th in the next draft.

It's just utterly laughable of the 2024 draft.. who remains from it outside of Drake? Pettus, Wallace?

 

[Triumph]

The pick is in 2027, so it doesn't matter. [FWIW, the pick they're giving up is a 7 in 2028.]

NE has the Saints 7th 2026.

 

[Sect140]

Peyton Manning was there.

I knew that TN kicker was going to miss.

I told my wife he’s going to miss, he looked 15 years old and he looked like he was going to puke.

 

[Triumph]

I told my wife he’s going to miss, he looked 15 years old and he looked like he was going to puke.

When the commentators announced that the kicker had never been in a game winning situation before his fate was sealed.

 

[italian pat patriot]

What an awful pick...what an embarassing draft

 

[Sect140]

Wolf has had 2 drafts, one sucked, but got them their franchise quarterback, the other appears to be very good. The problem with this roster was Belichick’s drafts, and those will take a little longer to clear out.

I believe Wolf didn’t select the players in this past draft. Which explains why it looks good to this point even though it’s early.

 

[Thelonious]

Pretty poor compensation for a guy drafted that high, but he really was a bust with a capital B. Weird and sort of inexplicable, but undeniable. So it goes.

As for Wolf, the fact he still works here is even more inexplicable. Maybe Robert has the same sort of silly and irresponsible tendresse for him that he had for Mayo.

 

[Huckleberry1]

I believe Wolf didn’t select the players in this past draft. Which explains why it looks good to this point even though it’s early.

I think the 25’ draft was a collaborative effort, with Vrabel having the final say on picks and trade decisions. I think Wolf set up an overall board of tiers of prospects, and Wolf, Vrabel, Cowden, and Streicher went over it and identified the players they wanted in each tier. Then on draft weekend they adjusted who they wanted to take based upon who was left and what needs they had already addressed in previous rounds. So I agree that Wolf wasn’t making the final decision, but I think he played a significant and valuable role in the process.

 

[PatsfanTN]

Yeah that has to be crushing for TN. If ever there was a year to beat GA it’s this year. SUPER young team, inexperienced and avg QB (though kid grew up some today and made some tough plays), defense playing as bad as I’ve ever seen…up 21-7 after 1 quarter and STILL lose to GA.

I broke my outdoor tv when we missed that FG. At least LEDs are cheap these days.

 

[Wozzy]

Hopefully Wolf’s contract ends after this year and he doesn’t let the door hit him on the ass on the way out.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I broke my outdoor tv when we missed that FG. At least LEDs are cheap these days.

I’d have done the same in reverse: TN played a hell of a game.

I kept thinking “Iamaleva was ASS”.

 

[Raccoonsuit]

I think the 25’ draft was a collaborative effort, with Vrabel having the final say on picks and trade decisions. I think Wolf set up an overall board of tiers of prospects, and Wolf, Vrabel, Cowden, and Streicher went over it and identified the players they wanted in each tier. Then on draft weekend they adjusted who they wanted to take based upon who was left and what needs they had already addressed in previous rounds. So I agree that Wolf wasn’t making the final decision, but I think he played a significant and valuable role in the process.

This is what I think as well. I'm really hoping stretch just takes over for Wolfe or picks someone new.

I think the krafts respect the wolfes and it's making it harder to get rid of him. Theres an outside chance he stays if this draft is decent but imo he should be long gone. The drafts with him here have been horrible.

 

[Huckleberry1]

This is what I think as well. I'm really hoping stretch just takes over for Wolfe or picks someone new.

I think the krafts respect the wolfes and it's making it harder to get rid of him. Theres an outside chance he stays if this draft is decent but imo he should be long gone. The drafts with him here have been horrible.

He wasn’t responsible for Belichick’s ****ty drafts. He had a bad draft in 24’, that’s on him, but he was an integral part of their great draft this year. Patriot fans need to realize that if they are successful other teams are going to come calling for Cowden and Streicher, they can’t get Wolf because he’s in a position they can’t really top. They need to keep as much continuity in their front office as they can.

 

[VrabelJr]

All this **** about how we had to take a WR at that pick because “it’s a bad draft for OL and CB” and yet in a redraft it’s all OL and CB climbing up into the 1st round. I’m feeling borderline captain stone right now.

 

[Triumph]

I’d have done the same in reverse: TN played a hell of a game.

I kept thinking “Iamaleva was ASS”.

I agreed with TN running the clock down to nothing and forcing GA to expend all their timeouts, but the false start might have been the difference in TN winning.

Football is a funny game.