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So Zay Flowers to the Patriots is emerging as the prevailing mock draft wisdom. I agree with the masses that Flowers looks like the best WR in this draft, the best fit for this team. He is the only WR I really like with any pick higher than a 3rd. Problem is, I don't see Flowers lasting to pick...

Per multiple outlets, this is interesting because both Wendell and Klemm played under the Scarnecchia system. The clues continue to mount that we're ditching the Shanahan concepts and going back to our offensive identity. (Edit: already mentioned on Klemm thread)

We know that cutting Smith is off the table, the dead cap hit would leave us in cap hell for two years, but is there a chance we could find a trade partner to take on his cap hit? I'm thinking something on the order of the Osweiller/Goff/Wentz trades, we send a 2023 2nd and Smith to rebuilding...

I don't know if I speak for anyone else here, but for me, the extreme dominance of the Brady Patriots took some of the fun away from watching the game. First the 2007 team unleashed a wave of cartoonish super-villainy on the league, then the 2011 - 2017 teams made 37 - 13 wins and trips to the...

Conventional wisdom states that, with Tom Brady gone, Buffalo should be favored to win the AFCE. Conventional wisdom, as we know, is often incorrect. The flaw in this logic comes from our tendency to measure the talent gap from Brady to Stidham, and to scale that talent gap up, as if the...

IIRC, Belichick had Crabtree at the top of his 2009 draft board, and has gushed about Crabtree many times in the past. I can't stomach the thought of watching Ravens football, so I'm not sure if the guy still has anything in the tank, but he did catch 53 balls on a godawful passing offense...

Per profootballtalk. Member of the 2001 Super Bowl team and 11 game starter in 2002.

Just putting this out there amid all the talk that the Patriots should, will, must draft Brady's successor in 2018. The draft class offers a deep group of potential franchise QBs with Rosen, Darnold, Mayfield and Allen, but they are likely to go top 10. The secondary group of Rudolph and...

I do not think that Jimmy Garoppolo will be the QB of the future for the Patriots, nor will Jacoby Brissett. The QB of the future is not on this team, and is probably not in the NFL yet. Tom Brady wants to play for 5 more years. Many argue that this is not possible, that father time will step...

Forgive the hyperbole. It's been a while since we won the offseason. The transactions of the past 3 days, in my eyes, signal the most brilliant and fortuitous set of moves since 2001. Not only are we a Hightower re-signing and a few depth signings away from building a 2007-style superteam, but...

This is the fake news time of year, but rumors involving a Garoppolo trade all seem to point to the Patriots wanting more than any team is willing to give. If Cleveland's #12 pick is not enough, then Belichick probably sees Garoppolo as a legitimate successor to Brady. If this is true, then he...

Part of the narrative of Super Bowl 51 was the establishment of the Belichick/Brady Patriots of "the NFL's greatest dynasty". But this has not been a single dynasty. The story that is playing out cuts into three distinct periods. 2001 - 2007, the rise and fall of the old dynasty 2008 - 2011...

Let's start with the obvious: Ray Lewis' involvement with a murder, Terell Suggs throwing bleach in his wife's face, Ray Rice, Steve Smith, Bernard Pollard...the Ravens have always been the dirty street thugs of the NFL. Throw in the constant cut blocking - the Gary Kupiac strategy form all...

I'm wondering if the story goes like this? Patriots asked Wilfork to restructure and began negotiations. Negotiations did not go far, but the sides committed to patience while free agency sorted itself out. The plan would be, if they could sign Talib at a reasonable cost, they could revisit...

Talib seems to want to get paid Brent Grimes money. Are you comfortable with paying out $8 million a year for Talib? That's big money for a guy who missed a lot of time, sometimes lets his emotions get the better of him (Carolina game), and who is not a consistent shutdown corner? I think Talib...

Granted, Jenkins was a grade A turd before he got booted off his team, but has kept a low profile since. Belichick has shown time and time again the willingness to take a chance on this type of guy if the risk/reward is right. If teams drafting before #27 elect to take Kirkpatrick and Gilmore...

I normally find PFF's anaysis to be flawed, but the detail this breakdown is astounding. Santana Moss, soon to be free agent WR. Not making any predictions here, but I think Moss is a very realistic free agent target. He'd come cheaper than some of the bigger names, is a seasoned vet, and is...

Lately thee's been chatter about 3-4 teams looking at Wilson as a possible 3-4 outside linebacker. While there's questions about Wilson's ability to get off the block, he's got the measurables to fit the system, is fast as all hell, and was relatively productive. Thoughts on Wilson as a dark...

I've just done a little experiment. Outside of the top 20 or so, there is rarely any agreement as to who the top draft prospects are each year. Everybody has a favorite site they visit for rankings, each site has their favorite players, and each site completely misses a player who winds up going...

Been struggling over value when doing my mocks. What's the dropoff from Quinn to Smith to Reed...Watt to Jordan to Wilkerson, etc. Then I stumbled upon a name I had been ignoring. Jabaal Sheard. Sheard has prototypical size, is explosive off the snap, was super productive once Romeus...