This was the "problem" the patriots had for years when they were perennial Superbowl contenders. It is tough to draft players who are better today then the players who have been in the system, and in the NFL for years. So you are forced to get rid of some promising rookies who might eventually be better. Two years ago the team sucked, last years draft class had an easy time getting playing time and making the team. Last year's team was much better, it is going to be much tougher for those rookies to make the team. People always blamed BB's drafting, and to some extent, especially the last few years that was fair, however the results for most of that time were hard to debate.