For all those angry with the draft...

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Tom's Hard Work This Off-Season Is Rewarded

I am quietly thrilled with the first 3 rounds. I always expect BB/SP to go heavy on the D on day 1. So this was probably surprising to almost all Pats fans. Clearly WR, RB were needs. Major needs and they emphaticly addressed it. You could argue the TE pick I suppose but I'll give em a bye on it. We all know day 2 is gonna be D, D, D........ The only person happier than me must be Tom Brady! Tom, thou hast weapons!!!!:rocker:

I agree, except for your girlish use of extraneous exclamation marks.

This draft may keep Broadway Tom away from the U.S. Senate for a couple more years than would have otherwise have been the case.

Maroney is the kind of runner who keeps the defense honest. Jackson, if he plays up to his tremedous skills, will eventually displace Deion as our go-to receiver to drive the stake in the opposition's heart, like Deion did against Pittsburgh in the playoffs two years ago.

The prospect of not having Heath Evans run the ball or bringing in journeyman Mike Cloud to spell not-so-much R-E-L-I-E-F is a real breath of fresh air.

Now Corey can be used more sparingly to help preserve his health, esp. going into the playoffs. Faulk can still be Kevin. And occasionally--hopefully with increasing frequency--we can see the "Irishman" Larry Maroney break through a small seam lightning fast and go for big gains.

We don't have Charlie Weis as our offensive coordinator. We have to go back to basics on offense--being able to run the ball. Let's face it, Skri65 has a good point. In the playoffs our offense was a tad underachieving. Brady made that horrible mistake in Denver, forcing it to Troy Brown when he was covered by arguably the best CB in football in Champ Bailey because he felt he had to.

Last season Brady was called upon, mainly because of injuries, to do too much. Now he can relax, not put up the great numbers like last year, and take what the defense gives him.

As we saw, Denver's defense wasn't nearly as good as the Patriots made them out to appear. Pittsburgh disabused the country of that notion.

 

[14thDragon]

Well, it is now morning, surprisingly enough I got a good night sleep. I also have now cleaned up from the draft party yesterday. Picked up my hat and sweatshirt that I had tossed into corner, brushed them off and put them back in the closet.

I am still not buying off on that this was a great first day of the draft. But I am backing off on the idea that it was the worst draft ever. This will ensure that Brady will not again have to throw 75% time and always into the teeth of a blitz. I still think that the second tier WR and RB are better then the second tier LB and DBs this year. But we will see when the season comes.

I guess I will continue to trust in the FO to make good moves to imporve the weaknesses in the D. Maybe last years FA period was just a massive fluke. But with this draft I think we have to say that last years FA period was pretty bad. But, perhaps they sent Beisell to remidial tackling training and gave him a copy of ILB for the Inept. I will trust that the conditioning staff has some new ideas on keeping DBs out of the hospital. Maybe BB was erious when he said that he was going to imporve his coaching and get more out of who we have.

I'm not happy, but I am safely off the ledge. I have also learned that draft parties should not have kegs.

 

[Jacky Roberts]

Well, it is now morning, surprisingly enough I got a good night sleep. I also have now cleaned up from the draft party yesterday. Picked up my hat and sweatshirt that I had tossed into corner, brushed them off and put them back in the closet.

I am still not buying off on that this was a great first day of the draft. But I am backing off on the idea that it was the worst draft ever. This will ensure that Brady will not again have to throw 75% time and always into the teeth of a blitz. I still think that the second tier WR and RB are better then the second tier LB and DBs this year. But we will see when the season comes.

I guess I will continue to trust in the FO to make good moves to imporve the weaknesses in the D. Maybe last years FA period was just a massive fluke. But with this draft I think we have to say that last years FA period was pretty bad. But, perhaps they sent Beisell to remidial tackling training and gave him a copy of ILB for the Inept. I will trust that the conditioning staff has some new ideas on keeping DBs out of the hospital. Maybe BB was erious when he said that he was going to imporve his coaching and get more out of who we have.

I'm not happy, but I am safely off the ledge. I have also learned that draft parties should not have kegs.

Remember how far under the cap they are and understand that entire mother load will be used for top flight defensive FA's. Think about it, I'd rather have rookies on offense than rookies on defense.