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He was charged with sexual assault in two different cities by two different people. He was literally dismissed from the football team for one of them. He also fell from top 10 to the end of the second round. Avoiding criminal charges does not remotely imply innocence and the court of common...

Vrabel is an awesome leader. He just has an infectious style that people gravitate toward. I need to start to temper by excitement for this team.

Picking a rapist in round 2 is ok to start a rebuild but not one of the most explosive offensive playmakers in the draft?

You are absolutely right. There isn’t an undrafted free agent in NFL history who has a >90% chance of making the roster before he set foot on the field, let alone one team having 3-4 of them. For some reason, undrafted free agents get romanticized greater than mid round draft picks who were much...

Welker has 29 catches his first and second years combined in the league. 67 was his third. The point firmly stands: those guys were not the polished slot receivers they became in their first two years and it would be unfair to pass a final judgment on Pops ceiling at this point.

None of Welker, Edelman, or Amendola were ready to do what you describe in the their second years in the league either. In fact, Pop’s production far exceeds all of them in their first two years. Why would we expect Pop to have shown something in his second year that it took those guys 5 years...

Williams not a deep threat gives me a good chuckle .

“Holding out” from rookie mini camp for a contract would be an astonishingly poor start to your career. Some rookies go through the entire offseason program up until training camp without a contract. No way Henderson is doing that, in my opinion. It’s either mild injury or something personal.

Every white slot receiver gets compared to Edelman and welker. Race comparisons with white receivers is blatant in the nfl. It’s the next Edelman, or the next cooper Kupp. Both Fans and analysts do it. There have been articles and even a segment on espn about the white receiver biases.

Chism has a monumental task ahead of him to make an nfl practice squad let alone an active roster and put up stats. It’s possible but highly unlikely. The short white slot receiver mystique is back I guess. Chism is no more likely to be the next Edelman/welker than a random 6’4 black undrafted...

On his podcast the other day, Phil Perry said that he had a conversation with Josh McDaniels during last season when he was not employed and McDaniels told him the Pats should be featuring Pop Douglas more. FWIW. I think he fits for Josh.

As much as I love what they’re doing overall, it makes me a bit nervous how blatantly Vrabel is discarding “BB guys” for no reason other than they were part of that era. Does he think Joe Cardona is going to somehow undermine his message and program here? Seems extremely far fetched.

Rookie third round pick is entitled to absolutely nothing, that’s a great way to get yourself out of the league.

Great depth/insurance behind Williams and barmore. Pats are crushing this draft.

You are a child.