Dividends on MICHEL pick starting to pay off EDIT: paid off

[BelichickFan]

I wasn't a fan of drafting Michel where we did. I'm still not sure I like taking a RB there - in a deep RB class - but I will admit I'm really enjoying Michel on the team.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I wasn't a fan of drafting Michel where we did. I'm still not sure I like taking a RB there - in a deep RB class - but I will admit I'm really enjoying Michel on the team.

Bill thought he needed a playmaker at RB who could run the ball and was willing to expend significant draft capital to do it.

We can debate if picking said player 1/31 was smart but you can't argue with the result.

 

[long distance]

 

[Joey007]

Aside from craving a more athletic LB, I didn’t mind the pick in the least. We needed to draft a high round RB since the position hadn’t been addressed in years. I feel the same way about WR going into the draft, this year.

Sony appears to be an excellent pick.

That being said, Darius Leonard being on this team could have been something special. Unfair to judge the Wynn pick yet, but nabbing both Michel and Leonard would have been phenomenal.

 

[Joey007]

Did he forget the time in 2013 where Blount ran for 4 TD’s vs. Indy?

 

[Nunchucks]

Sony has some really good runs, showed good patience and vision.

 

[edkk323]

Where is the thread wanting Lamar Jackson over Sony M?

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

In addition to Michel’s excellent running and the solid O line blocking, credit also goes to McDaniels for the play calling and preparation. The balanced play action was so beautifully effective yesterday and kept the Chargers completely off balance while they employed it. It was almost more like the old Peyton Manning-Edgerrin James offense than one we’ve seen used by the Patriots before.

This is the best the offense has looked all season, especially considering the quality of the Chargers defense.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I think i'm ready to drop my belief that Nick Chubb would have been better for this football team than Sony.

 

[long distance]

Sony appears to be an excellent pick.

That being said, Darius Leonard being on this team could have been something special. Unfair to judge the Wynn pick yet, but nabbing both Michel and Leonard would have been phenomenal.

OT but still:
Pats drafted Bentley #143. Lots of football to play before “judging“ any of those picks. I like the Bentley pick quite a bit and would actually trust him more in January football than Leonard. Have you seen Leonard in KC game?

Here a play where he gets thrown away from the play like a feather for an easy TD (#53):



Here his overall performance vs KC run:




He had a nice rookie season . but if Pats starting LBs would have a game like that people here would want their head..

 

[long distance]

 

[maust]

Pats drafted Bentley #143. Lots of football to play before “judging“ any of those picks. I like the Bentley pick quite a bit and would actually trust him more in January football than Leonard. Have you seen Leonard in KC game?

Great take. I was a big fan of the Bentley pick and think he will be a huge boost to the LB group when he is able to take the field next season.

 

[Chevy]

Should have drafted Lamar instead...

This guy?

 

[RobertWeathers]

This guy?View attachment 22217

"We've modified Lamar's javelin to take advantage of his limp wristed throwing motion."

 

[PatsFanInVa]

To be able to run effectively when all 11 guys on the other side of the ball know its coming is pretty awesome.

If you can run effectively when all 11 guys
on the other side
of the ball know it's coming …

...Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

 

[IllegalContact]

Sony appears to be an excellent pick.

That being said, Darius Leonard being on this team could have been something special. Unfair to judge the Wynn pick yet, but nabbing both Michel and Leonard would have been phenomenal.

Leonard was severely abused by the Chiefs

 

[PatsFanInVa]

I'm sorry I'm not busting your chops, this just has a quotable feel to it...

"Conan! What is best in life?"

To be able to run effectively
when all 11 guys on the other side of the ball know its coming...

(and to hear da lamentations of da vimmin.)

 

[Jackson 2]

Did he forget the time in 2013 where Blount ran for 4 TD’s vs. Indy?

Because it was Indy it went into the books as vs. an Arena League team.

 

[TheRazorsEdge]

No offense taken!! I love it. Hey its true..when Sony is out there everyone knows its a run...still we are able to run it down their throats! Its great!

I'm sorry I'm not busting your chops, this just has a quotable feel to it...

"Conan! What is best in life?"


(and to hear da lamentations of da vimmin.)

 

[sb1]

Did he forget the time in 2013 where Blount ran for 4 TD’s vs. Indy?

Blount then got completely shut down by Pot Roast in the AFCCG. That was a tactical use of the run game. Feels like what we are seeing now is our new identity as an offense...