Checkmate indeed.....NOT. Did you watch any film on the guy ? Besides the lack of speed being a negative, I noticed he is VERY handsy, which with the new PATRIOT’S rule (they only mentioned a play in the SB for the new rule) Williams will be a yellow flag machine. May be able to get away with that in college, but not in the NFL anymore. Also noticed, he has the “doesn’t turn around for the ball disease”, which plagued many bad Patriot’s DBs in the past. I love our DBs now, we are well stocked, therefore I hated the move, missing out on key offensive weapons this team needs, especially in an elite TE class, especially at the top end.
If the Pats were trading up for a CB, the only one worth trading up for at that moment, was Greedy Williams, Who is also big, but a much better athlete who depends on his speed, 6’2” 185 and ran a 4.37. Which would allow him to cover all types of receivers. Nowhere but on the Pat’s draft board, was Williams rated above Greedy Williams. Not surprisingly, Greedy went the pick after JoeJuan.
Look, I’m a Patriot’s fan first, I’ll be rooting for JoeJuan like crazy, I hope he becomes the next Gilmore. But I don’t see it. I am thinking, even at 4.55 speed (improved from 4.6), best case scenario, he switches to safety. Which will be a big need with McCourty and Chung getting up there in years.
But it wasn’t needed THIS year. And I thought it was a bad move, especially with key elite offensive weapons still there and needed.
