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Depends on what you mean by "experience". Ninko was active for 8 games total in 2006-07-08 with the Saints and Miami. In 2009, he appeared in 15 games for the Pats, primarily on special teams and occasionally as an extra LB or sub-rusher. He had 10 starts at OLB last season and hasn't looked...

Some of the assertions/assumptions in this thread crack me up. Dowling played every game but one for 3 1/2 years in his college career, had ONE injury that kept him out for the second half of his senior season, had surgery and recovered sufficiently by the Combine to post: 4.46/40...

Seems to me that McCourty was able to get away with playing very aggressively in 2010 out of mostly zone coverage against both the run and the pass because he almost always ended up with safety help over the top. I'm not talking about "double-coverage", but about a safety correctly reading the...

Ninkovich is probably more typical of the "quiet, plodding", disciplined defender that BB prefers. Here's the thing, though: Ninko: 43 solo/71 TT, 6.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 PD, 2 INT, 1 FF, 3 FR Reed: 30 solo/44 TT, 6.0 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 PD, 0 INT, 0 FF, 2 FR

A guy who relies on superior instincts/football smarts instead of athleticism might be a plus for BB. Within limits, of course.

re: Todd McShay's Initial Mock - DE Melvin Ingram & CB Jonathan Banks I'm not sure that the offense can get stronger by adding a player, especially at WR, and I don't mean that as a joke. With the TE/Welker-based, mismatch-driven passing attack, a better WR only improves it marginally. It...

The great "Scheme vs. Player" debate again. I think it's more BB's general defensive philosophy more than any strict "scheme" that guides his evaluations. And I think that "philosophy" is simply that, when spending a 1st/2nd round pick on a front seven player, BB prefers accomplished solid...

Erp. I just re-read my original post and suddenly realized that I'd unintentionally turned it into a guessing game. The first time I hit SUBMIT, my connection took a crap (again) and, in re-writing (in a hurry and disgruntled), I left out the player's name: Harrison Smith, Notre Dame, which...

Okay, there's a guy who I haven't seen mentioned much around here as a safety prospect for the Pats, and am kinda wondering why not. He's 6'2"/215, projected to run a 4.55/40. His college record (playing mostly strong safety, AFAIK): 2011: 12 games - 49 solo/84TT, 2.0 TFL, 10 PBU, 1 QBH, 1...

I don't dislike Fletcher at all, but I'm not enamored with him yet. Nor am I sold on him becoming anything more than a decent reserve Flanker/Mid-Fielder/Utility LB, though I don't completely rule out further development. Before his injury, he certainly seemed to shed and tackle better than...

"Flanker"/Defender (OLB), current status: - Mayo has been playing a lot of OLB and has proven that he can play very well from any LB position and is well worth the five-year extension. However, (IMHO) his optimal use is in the middle (4-3 MLB or 3-4 ILB) where his sideline-to-sideline range...

DE vs. DT. 3-4 vs. 4-3 With what BB has been doing wrt the DL the past couple seasons, I've given up trying to accommodate those traditional classifications. In my mind, among the front seven, there are: - ILBs - OLBs (who might also be pass-rushers OR coverage guys) - pass-rushing DEs (who...

Re: Safety Position If BB dos that, we may need to start calling him "Noah of Draft Day" for taking guys two at a time. In '07, it was two WRs (Welker, Moss) In '08, it was two CBs (certainly an "oops!" on that one) In '09, it was two DTs In '10, it was two TEs In '11, it was two RBs

With no OTAs, any progress on a "year-two-leap" that Cunningham might make is probably a little behind schedule. The only area in which he hasn't shown very good NFL-level play, as far as I'm concerned, is in being more consistently successful in getting pressure on the passer, an element of...

I'm not that concerned about Cunningham. He was solid against the run last season (a BB requirement for DE/OLB regardless of scheme), but the knock most of us had for him was his pass rush. However, with the acquisition of Andre Carter, Cunningham now has something he didn't have before -...

Well, hang on there a sec. Among our projected "#1s": Welker's going into his 8th season Branch into his 10th Ocho into his 11th Koppen into his 8th (and a lot if us already feel the need for an upgrade) Andre Carter and "Big Al" into their 11th seasons. Shaun Ellis into his 13th...

That does put things in a different light. Thanks.

If you're referring to Brandon McGowan, he was cut, so the Pats would get no compensatory credit for him in the 2012 draft. As far as I understand how the compensatory thing works, the only FAs the Pats might get credits for in 2012 are: - Ojinnaka (currently signed with STL) - Page...

I have to think that if there was even a small chance that this guy could get healthy and become a good NFL player that at least one of the 32 teams would've signed him and put him on IR by now. His physical eval must have been dreadful.

Because everything YOU write is, of course, obviously determined by fact reason and principle. It's NEVER merely YOUR opinion or in anyway arbitrary. Frankly, that's a sidesplitter.