Random thought: with all the talk about this being a weak draft, wouldn't it make sense to try to move UP this year instead of trade down? I'm thinking package both 1st rounders for a top 10 stud pick, maybe pick up a 3rd round pick as well from the deal, and go from there?
I agree 100%. I respect everyones opinion. But then again my worthless opinion is just as apt to put money in your pocket as anybody else in these threads that try to put you down and question your manhood if you think the Pats should draft a certain dude. When people are starting to talk Joe Staley as a first rounder? you know this is a weak draft.
If we got Staley and Nelson, this draft would be a complete failure for me and ruin my day. I would rate it a "D". It would make others ecstatic. There are some people that have made studies of this draft in great depth. It's really poor. Fortunately it is deep in some areas we can get better in. The top 18 are real first rounders, then 19-99 are all very close and bunched together. Perhaps third and fourth rounders last year.
Has anybody seen this Joe Staley play? I saw him in the Senior Bowl. One game does not make a player, but this kid is terrible. Third round maybe IMO. What does everyone see? Look at the tape.
There is a kid Denman that could be had in the fourth or fifth that is almost equal in talent.
O.k. we take Staley. He does not start in 2007. He does the DNP deal and we need talent on the field because IMO this is a potential Super Bowl run in 2007. A draft waste! Can't see he's better than Kaczur or O'Callaghan.
Nelson. We already got a very small FS in Wilson. This kid plays ST maybe only in 2007. Watch him play. He is like Wilson but doesn't hit people. Overrated. Look at his stats in 2006. These kids have to have great agents!
Staley and Nelson are very fashionable but third or fourth rounders in my worthless opinion. Unless someone from the Pats FO comments in this thread, that is what they are.
I like your idea. Pat Willis is a tackling machine. He is a top ten value stud. He plays hurt. He plays intense. He's a great kid with sub 4.4 speed as a middle line backer. Maybe we step up to the plate and give away 24 and 28. I think we would have last year for Hawk? He could be a franchise type LB.
O.K. lets see if I am wrong. Who would trade Staley and Nelson even up for Willis, so Willis is a Pat Sat. Night? Raise your hand. In a blue minute cousins.In a blue minute.
All of this is just for fun and excitement. It's all opinion, but mine is no better or worse than yours. We all look forward to Sat.
Good luck with whomever you want the Pats to draft. Remember whomever you profess to be an expert on, BB/SP aren't gonna pick anyway. We all know that!
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