Curran: Losing caserio might be a bigger loss if it happens.

[BTTA]

My view is that the BB/Caserio team are no better than average in the first two rounds but score heavily in the later rounds of the draft. Where they especially shine is picking up JAG free agents during the course of the season and turning them into productive players. Then their management of the salary cap and ability to pick up compensatory picks for their 1 year pickups is masterful. They are also, I suspect, superior when it comes to finding productive undrafted free agents. But however you label their approach, it doesn't seem to be as effective when it comes to the first two rounds of the draft.

This strikes me as the most reasonable assessment of the past decade. We'd need a thorough analysis of how the other teams do with the top two rounds to really know anything however.

When Pioli left the Pundits all told us we would be doomed. When Bob Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff left they told us we would be doomed also.

I have complete confidence that they will survive..The draft is a crap shoot, every team has hits and misses in the top two rounds.. great college players do not always make great NFL players.

And it does seem clear that the Pats have a system of roster building that keeps improving incrementally over the years. One person leaving shouldn't make a huge difference.

I don't think the oft-quoted phrase "the draft is a crap shoot" serves us well. Yes, there are a good deal of uncertainties, but "crap shoot" implies far more uncertainty than the Pats relative success indicates is true.

 

[ausbacker]

When Pioli left the Pundits all told us we would be doomed.

When Bob Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff left they told us we would be doomed also.

I have complete confidence that they will survive..

The draft is a crap shoot, every team has hits and misses in the top two rounds.. great college players do not always make great NFL players.

A simple NFL reality is Bill Belichick is the smartest guy in the room and undoubtedly, is without equal.

 

[Deus Irae]

I'd like to know what level of input Lombardi had on most of them.

Good question