I think he's an exclusive rights free agent after this year, as he'll only have 2 accrued years. That means we definitely have him for 2013 if we pay the 3rd year minimum salary.
QB (3) Tom Brady, Ryan Mallet, Brian Hoyer
RB (4) Danny Woodhead, Shane Vereen, Spencer Larsen, Stevan Ridley
WR (6) Wes Welker, Jabar Gaffney, Chad Ochocinco, Matthew Slater, Julian Edelman, Brandon Lloyd
TE (3) Rob Gronkowski, Daniel Fells, Aaron Hernandez
C (2) Dan Koppen, Ryan Wendell...
Wasn't his side of the story effectively that he wasn't able to perform in practice, and didn't think he was that badly injured, so told the coaches that he wasn't hurt. They assumed that if he wasn't hurt, then he clearly wasn't giving everything, so they cut him. Turns out that the injury was...
Isn't the "draft day trade streak" one of those oft-reported but actually not correct things?
Think they've made a trade every season since 2000, but not always over draft weekend
Bill Belichick & his pal Andy Reid - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
Need to jump all over him as simply a guy who you can put in the secondary who, at least, knows what he's supposed to be doing and how to make a tackle
Draft a true free safety too and that's the whole position sorted
As mentioned earlier, Moss is only included because he was part of the trade which resulted in Mayo in 2008, and I was looking at 2008 onwards
Welker was pre-2008, hence is not included
Both of these comments miss the point of the exercise.
It's not a "revised draft" or "did they make the right call by trading down from pick x" for the Pats, because any attempt to do this is biased by the knowledge of how the players turned out, which you didn't know at the time.
The...
But where does that logic stop? Is there much difference between the middle of the 3rd and end of the 3rd? Is there much difference between the end of the 3rd and middle of the 4th? If you're saying there isn't, they should always be trading down.
again, you can never say who the player is...
Sure, the question is not "what would the roster look like had they not traded around?" as that's an unanswerable question
The question is "is it harder to find talented players, the more you trade around?"
If you trade up, you pick less players, but they should be, on average, better...
The only reason I had Moss in there was because Mayo was the first draft pick of the era (2008 ->) I was looking at, and he is only here if we make the San Fran trade to give up Staley, and get both Mayo and Moss back.
I'll try and update with "vets" if I get time too.
edit: checking the...
Listening to PFW from Wednesday, there was talk, again, about the merit in trading down, and the talent you miss out on by doing so.
As such, I went back to the previous 4 drafts, and looked at what would be the difference in talent on the roster had we simply, in every round, taken a player...
I don't think we'd be willing to pay big money to 2 receivers, so, assuming we franchise welker, that rules VJ out
Assuming Lloyd will come for "2nd tier receiver" money, I think it makes a lot of sense.
Yes, in a heartbeat, because, if he comes, he's bringing Brandon Lloyd with him, and you suddenly have an outside receiving threat.
At this point in Brady's career, you just need a guy Brady trusts, and you know he trusts Josh.
I did some counting up last week, and came to the conclusion that, of the 30 or so defensive players you have in camp, who you actually think could play next year (i.e. not just camp bodies), there should only be 13 back from this current team.
That means you need to find, in free agency and...
Re: Pats trying to trade Brandon Merriweather
I was saying we had to draft a safety this year. Was a position with very little talent outside Chung.
They'll do well to beat the 2nd rounder I got from the Dolphins on Madden....
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