Recent content by Clieb

Any X's and O's fans out there can help explain... I hear a lot of media concerned about whether Mapu is a sideline-to-sideline LB or a box safety in the Pats system... can anyone help explain why it matters? what are the roles of a sideline-to-sideline LB? do they cover different players than a...

He actually DID suddenly lose his 1st-rd traits... that's actually exactly what happened when he badly broke his ankle. I'm rooting for the Pats to keep Boutte because I want to believe in the ceiling too, but I haven't seen/heard his superman power yet. He seems to be decent at finding soft...

I love Meyers - I think he's a great player, and he's developing into a solid WR - much like we saw from JE in the early part of his career. A key difference that doesn't really show up on the stats you shared - JE got open a lot - Meyers is making some good catches, but he's very rarely got...

It’s curious- Schaffer reports part of Deebo’s issue is how he’s being used… He does pretty much everything for them, not sure we’d use him any different

With Deebo reportedly wanting out of SF and wanting to get paid- does it make sense for the Pats to take a shot? What price would you pay? Would you trade this year’s first?

Wait… what? Who’s the top 3 CB we’re replacing?

Think we’d only get OBJ for half a year… and if we’re comfortable with that- I’d rather take a flyer on one of the Alabama WRs… not to say we can’t do both, but we’d really need to view OBJ as 2-3 year contract to get any real value… and now we’re talking about signing a player coming off a...

I think this is pretty accurate. I also may be one of the few people on here that thinks Wynn is a fine (read: average) LT and I’d be fine extending him on an average $$ contract. Injuries aside, I feel like Wynn played a lot better after Karras took over at LG. He played similar to when Thuney...

Yeah, tough to tell if he hasn’t found the field because of talent (not getting it) or injury or scheme… or a combination of the 3… expect we won’t find out until the preseason

Maybe this is the year we see Dalton Keene hit the field? I thought he was supposed to be that TE/FB hybrid who could catch and block.

I don’t quite agree with your last sentence there. Yes, Belichick gets the credit and the blame for the state of the team as he’s ultimately accountable, but I don’t think he made decisions in a vacuum without Kraft being on board with the plan. I think they knowingly overextended themselves…...

Anyone else feel like maybe Kraft closed the wallet this year and BB’s doing what he can without anymore new money? I’m not holding my breath for any splashes right now… hope I’m wrong!

Eh… we need to hit on draft picks… trading down to get 1 more “bite at the apple” doesn’t guarantee anything except that you get a shot at a smaller pool of players. I think Davis is a player whose measurables match production and is as good of a bet as we can make… I won’t hate it when we trade...

Haha fair- We, as Pats fans, know we have certain holes on our team and generally if we sign or trade someone that fills a hole, we can check that need off the list and use the draft for more pressing needs or depth. Better question is probably if anyone knows the Chargers well enough to know...

I’ve seen a lot of mocks that have Jordan Davis to the Chargers at 17… is there a chance they use their 1st elsewhere now, having significant capital tied up in their D line? Trying to talk myself into Davis somehow slipping to 21…