We had no cap space because we put the tag on Thuney and BB wanted to clear the cap space and start again in 2021. Swallow the cod liver oil and get healthy. You might hate it, but it was the right decision. Sit back and watch this team transform over the next 24 months. Enjoy the ride - don't hate on it.
"Worst roster in the league top to bottom because we can not draft, and last year's 5th round pick indicates that". Then you say. "What generalization"? Too funny.
Sure you can second guess the pick. That is OK. Maybe they got cute - being cute as worked out for them as they wrote in your last post having hit on 6 players which is an
OUTSTANDING hit rate in the 5th round. So maybe being cute didn't work in this case but overall it works? Maybe? In one post you note how good the Pats are picking in the 5th round, and in the next post you say they got cute in the 5th round. Since they have hit on prospects in the 5th round at a much higher rate then the average, maybe they were not being cute by following their previously successful 5th round formula? If something works way above average, maybe we should stick with it even though it misses once or twice or thrice, and looks a bit cute?
My point is that a miss in the 5th round is exactly that - a miss in the 5th round. Nothing more. Surely not an indicator of overall drafting ineptitude. If you want to argue that the Pats should stop being cute in the 2nd round with their CB picks and they should change their 2nd round strategy, I think you would have a much stronger argument
. Let's hope they have changed already as indicated in the 2020 draft - I liked the Dugger and Uche picks and still like them.