Eric Rowe

[VrabelMayeWin]

This is funny :

Mark Daniels ?@MarkDanielsPJ 46s46 seconds ago
At the 2015 Combine, the top three, 3-cone drill times for DBs were Justin Coleman, Eric Rowe and Jordan Richards.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Usually the taller you are the rarer the skill set of a CB is. 5''9-5'10 is the height of most CBs for a reason. To find the same skills in a guy that is 6'0 is not common and why those guys go in round 1. 6'2 or higher is near unheard of. Usually if you are that height you lack some skill but can use your height and the skill you do have to over come it (Ala Brandon Browner who while not skills used his size to bully CBs and knock them off the line).

Rowe at 6'1 is pretty tall for a CB and it is unlikely he has that natural quick twitch to quickly change direction at that size but I do think if he works on his game he can be a player like Talib who has the size to push a WR around to gain an edge at the line and the skill to hold on to it after he gains the advantage for 4-5 seconds while being very hard to throw over.

I understand that the CB skills sets required are more commonly found in players under 6ft.

My point is because of the body length and arm length, all things being equal I will pick the taller player every time.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Nice response by Tom Curran here:
Curran: Unlikely Pats were 'fooled' in Rowe trade

According to the article, the eagles and pats kept rowe and kline on the 53 in order to consummate the trade. Both were going to get cut. Interesting...

 

[Ring 6]

Fine. My original point is that if a 6-1 CB has the same cover skills as a 5-10 CB then I will take the taller player.

We have both made our points.

That's like saying you'd rather date a prettier girl if she liked you as much as the homely one.

 

[RobertWeathers]

This is funny :

Mark Daniels ?@MarkDanielsPJ 46s46 seconds ago
At the 2015 Combine, the top three, 3-cone drill times for DBs were Justin Coleman, Eric Rowe and Jordan Richards.

This team and the 3-cone. LOL

 

[RobertWeathers]

That's like saying you'd rather date a prettier girl if she liked you as much as the homely one.

That makes no sense.

If both girls are hot, give me the taller one because I'm tall and I don't want to dip too far to kiss her.

 

[bbobbo]

Oh so the "whichever one is higher" thing applied for the 4th as well?

yup, it applied to both rounds:

For the violation of the playing rules and the failure to cooperate in the subsequent investigation, the New England Patriots are fined $1 million and will forfeit the club's first-round selection in the 2016 NFL Draft and the club's fourth-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft. If the Patriots have more than one selection in either of these rounds, the earlier selection shall be forfeited. The club may not trade or otherwise encumber these selections.

NFL releases statement on Patriots' violations

 

[Ring 6]

That makes no sense.

Sure it does. You are ignoring the fact that you sacrifice other corner skills by using a taller player there.

 

[AzPatsFan]

Does J. Jones go since we have an abundance of corners now?

With this trade in the works, I can now see keeping short JJ for his gunner abilities was done, especially as they thought they would keep Daryl Roberts as IR.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Why draft an offensive playmaker for Brady in Round 1 when he makes everyone around him better. Use the #1 to help the team by spending it on a position that isn't going to be fine anyway because of Brady.

Is it fair to ask tom Brady at 40 years old in 2017 to make everyone around him better? Perhaps we should go out and get young highly drafted playmakers to help take a load off an aging Brady so he doesn't have to put the ball on a dime every single time.

 

[AzPatsFan]

I agree in general hes a liability, but if kline wash garbage what was cannon?

Gritting it out and playing out of position on one good wheel...

 

[Froob]

Why doesn't Philly want him?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Sure it does. You are ignoring the fact that you sacrifice other corner skills by using a taller player there.

Crissakes Andy. I'm not. I am saying if the coverage skills and quickness is the same I will take the taller player.

 

[Ring 6]

Is it fair to ask tom Brady at 40 years old in 2017 to make everyone around him better? Perhaps we should go out and get young highly drafted playmakers to help take a load off an aging Brady so he doesn't have to put the ball on a dime every single time.

I don't know what is fair, I'm just saying that its a reasonable strategy that when you have the GOAT QB who has made a career out of succeeding with lesser talents, that you spend your resources on parts of the team that he cannot elevate.
The point is to win, not to be fair to Brady, or to make his job easier.

 

[mihap]

I read that pats and eagles tried to trade Kline and Rowe last week but couldnt agree on draft pick so that is why they were both on 53

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[Ring 6]

Crissakes Andy. I'm not. I am saying if the coverage skills and quickness is the same I will take the taller player.

OK, I'm done, you just aren't going to get it.

 

[patsox23]

I'm sure Brady and the Pats are really upset that they don't have any playmakers on offense. What are we gonna do???

 

[RobertWeathers]

Is it fair to ask tom Brady at 40 years old in 2017 to make everyone around him better? Perhaps we should go out and get young highly drafted playmakers to help take a load off an aging Brady so he doesn't have to put the ball on a dime every single time.

Fairness has nothing to do with it.

Bills job is to put the best team on the field. His job is not to figure out what is fair/unfair to Tom.

 

[Ring 6]

With this trade in the works, I can now see keeping short JJ for his gunner abilities was done, especially as they thought they would keep Daryl Roberts as IR.

How could Roberts be kept on IR when he wasn't injured?

 

[RobertWeathers]

OK, I'm done, you just aren't going to get it.

Neither are you.