Pats Keeping it Young

[OhExaulted1]

One of the things I like, so far, with the Patriots approach to player signings (their own and other team free agents) is they are signing players 30 years old or younger.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I wasn't digging their Joey Galloway/Tory Holt approach of the past. Too many players were added in the recent past that were past their prime IMHO.

So far this year it's been guys like Fanene (30), Tracy White (30), Steve Gregory (29), Connolly (29), Marcus Harrison (28), Slater (27), and Kyle Love (26). I was happy they signed Connolly over Koppen for example.

IMO, when you trade for or sign an older player, you add risk to the equation, ie, can they still play at a high level? I like what they've quietly been doing so far. It'll set the team up nicely for their 6 picks in the first 4 rounds in April.

Now let's get a receiver (Lloyd is 30 and A. Gonzalez is 27)

Sure, I see. No one over 30 should be hired. Kind of a microcosm of our society.

 

[Ring 6]

Great points, although even Carter was 31 a year ago, and not exactly an old man.

If given a lie detector test, I will admit that I want Brian Waters back.

I still stand by my original post which said thus far the Pats are keeping it young. They are, and I like it.

I'm certainly not saying that everybody 30 or younger will be a hit, and everybody older will be a miss. There are exceptions to every approach. I like the getting players in their prime approach, if you can pull it off.

Older players usually aren't signed at this stage anyway.
Also, you have a big misconception of the signing of older players.
They are ADDITIONAL guys who may help. Tory Holt was brought in to see what he had left. There is nothing wrong with the fact that he didn't. We have 80 roster spots for camp.
Taking some of them to see if veteran players have anything left in the tank is a good risk. Everything to gain, nothing to lose. Expect to see more later in the offseason

 

[OhExaulted1]

IIRC Randy Moss caught 47 TD's in 3 years after turning 30, and 1 of those years was WITHOUT Brady.