This is monumentally bad. Embarrassingly bad. For you old timers, this is Eugene Chung bad. This is a reach that might have been unmatchable in the last decade. The trade down was bad enough, passing great talent (as usual) to select mediocre talent. And even guys selected after pick 29 were better talents. I don’t care about getting LATE 3rd and LATE 4th round picks to move back 8 slots, once again you’re passing up great talents that can help your team.
There is no sugar coating this. You can put up your new age RAS stats and all that ********, but this is bad. This isn’t just some draft junkie saying this. When the Super Bowl winning coach and GM are laughing at your pick, it shows you where most teams had this guy rated.
I was never the guy who looked forward to Belichick leaving. I always dreaded the thought. But I don’t anymore. He always talks about doing what’s best for the team. Maybe what’s best for the team is him not making the selections anymore. The NFL has evolved, his opponents are getting better, faster, more talented, all because he’s making ****ty trade downs and picks, passing up good talent that goes to the Pat’s competition.
It’s obvious last year’s draft was an anomaly. It was shockingly good. Not reaching for picks, drafting guys that were rated higher than where we selected them, actually taking GOOD talent and GOOD players. It was the Patriots first “good” draft since 2012. It’s obvious Belichick wasn’t running last year’s draft. It’s obvious that he’s back running the draft again.
If I were Kraft, I’d be pissed. I know Kraft is loyal, but he called the Pats out before last year’s draft, and they delivered. He called them out again before this year’s draft, and they go back to the old Patriot’s way of drafting. Reaching, like they always reach.
So they have a ****load of 3rd and 4th round picks, are they going to trade a 2nd and a 3rd to move up in the 2nd round ? Probably not. We know they will go DB in the 2nd round, most likely that Houston kid who’s a slow midget (Marcus Jones, rated 6th round).
So Groh obviously has no pull, he’s just a figurehead. All of this talk about getting faster. What an embarrassment.