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If he wants a trade to play the position he wants to play because he's comfy at that one position, what are you trading for?Giving up 32 for Fitzpatrick wouldn't be dumb imo.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.If he wants a trade to play the position he wants to play because he's comfy at that one position, what are you trading for?Giving up 32 for Fitzpatrick wouldn't be dumb imo.
From what I read on reddit, the impression I got with M. Fitzpatrick was that they may have overloaded him with like 5-6 different -roles- on defense immediately... he's been covering slot, CB, FS, SS, and some LB roles.
If redditor comments are anything to go by (big if), his strengths are being misused at SS, where he's being primarily used, instead of letting him be more FS/CB. (And I got the impression he really didn't like SS.)
In other words, it sounds like they're trying to use him as Pat Chung instead of Devin McCourty.
Sure but there was maybe an extra layer of disingenuousness that maybe sent me over the edge. Maybe.
he doesn't want to play SS and LB.If he wants a trade to play the position he wants to play because he's comfy at that one position, what are you trading for?
Nothing screams Patriots like a player who complains about playing multiple roles for a Belichick-tree coach. Promising player at Alabama, but they hid a lot of his deficiencies, which are now more regularly exposed. I'd rather keep our secondary as it is.
I don’t know what it would take, just throwing that out there. Perhaps if BB loves him he would be willing to give up their 1st rounder next year. He surely knows all of his strength and warts, given his familiarity with Alabama players. Trades within the division usually cost more, as we all know. They would need to draft or sign their next starting SS this offseason, so it’s definitely worth considering, IMO. He also has some positional versatility, a well known BB favorite trait, although it sounds like Flores has gone a little bit overboard in this regard and may have overwhelmed a young player trying to learn a new system.
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Not a prototypical "island" cornerback along the lines of Ward and Alexander, Fitzpatrick is a new-school corner capable of excelling in the slot and at safety while moonlighting outside the numbers. With the exception of his schooling at the hands of Raiders veteran Jordy Nelson in late September, Fitzpatrick has been one of Miami's most valuable defenders. He's allowing a minuscule passer rating of 49.6 from the slot, per PFF, beating out the Broncos' Chris Harris(57.3), the Texans' Kareem Jackson (68.3), the Chargers' Desmond King (69.0) and the Bears' Bryce Callahan (78.9).
but what is the right price?Everyone is available at the right price, but the right price that it would take for them to ship us here is simply not worth it.
Maybe.We must have a different definition of disingenuousness.
Yeah, he wants to play slot.he doesn't want to play SS and LB.
More so that Duke was supposed to be a slot corner who could play safety.Some context here?
Are we comparing a mid 2nd round guy to a mid 1st round guy?
Who cares what he wants? He’ll play where he needs to play, or be out of the league.He doesnt want to be versatile and he doesn't want to be a safety. He wants to be strictly a slot CB. Which the Pats just signed their slot CB to an extension
In other words, it sounds like they're trying to use him as Pat Chung instead of Devin McCourty.