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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.What "JAG WRs" were drafted and converted to DB?
From a philosophical standpoint I'm afraid to say that this so wrong. Tradition is what moulds us. We are the sum of everything that happened before us. Change is not in and of itself a good thing. What tradition, history and custom provide is the natural brake to unfettered and inadvisable change. Evolution is better than revolution.
Fortunately for me, I do not have to agree with you, and that my belief is wrong to you and you only.
Having said that, I believe that BB's philosophy is in line with mine. He keeps establishing that each game stands on its own merits. What happens in last season's game with a particular team would have little bearing on the outcome of the next game against the same team in question. Even week 1 is different from week 5 or week 10. (I'm reluctant to use words like causality)
Nowhere did I mention revolution. Change is change. Evolution or revolution, these are words used to confuse others. Just break it down to its simplest form. Labels like these serve only to segregate and create conflicts.
I am only what I experience. True. But I shouldn't be what others tell me I should be. This is the bottom line. People hide behind tradition (for certain things) because they are afraid to do the right things a lot of the time.
Just to be sure, I'd like to end by saying that anything I say is open for discussion and I try my best to write in such a way that would not sound like a personal attack to anyone's belief.
Julian Edelman.
Not sure how he was a "JAG WR" when drafted since he'd never played the position in college.
From a philosophical standpoint I'm afraid to say that this so wrong. Tradition is what moulds us. We are the sum of everything that happened before us. Change is not in and of itself a good thing. What tradition, history and custom provide is the natural brake to unfettered and inadvisable change. Evolution is better than revolution.
Revolution is the result of a failure to embrace change. It is the curiosity about the traps and blind spots that are inherent in tradition, and the willingness to challenge them, that define and limit the success of any organization or society.
Maintaining tradition is easy. Changing it requires time and courage.
At first glance that would appear to be the case, but their method does not apply strictly to corners. Nickel backs were just an example; the same goes for all other sub packages, such as the 3rd down running back, 3rd down pass rushers, etc. In fact it may have even been part of the consideration to draft a second tight end (Aaron Hernandez) in 2010; a 2TE set would have been looked at as a sub package and not the primary formation at that time.Perhaps this explains why our drafting of DBs haven't been entirely successful. BB and company have been artificially(?) overvaluing the secondary position. Prospects originally valued as a mid third round pick is now rated as a second round pick.
”We had hits and misses, even in free agency,” Pioli said. ”Donald Hayes, I blew that one. No offense to Donald. What it is, it’s difficult sometimes to see a player in a different system. And depending on how complicated or how the challenges of your offense . . . there’s the mental part. There’s some guys that can get by purely on athletic ability and skill and make a difference in college. As those players become pro players, and other people around them improve, sometimes it becomes difficult. Some of that becomes the mental part of the game. ”
From a pure evaluation standpoint, gauging the mental aspect is tough. How do you know how they’ll adapt? So is judging a college wide receiver who doesn’t go up against the same types of coverages as in the pros.
”College receivers don’t get a lot of press coverage. If they get it, it’s not good quality,” Pioli said. ”Their ability to get off the line of scrimmage, and escape the line of scrimmage . . . there are some really good corners in this league that know how to press, and really good defensive coordinators know how to set things up . . . so beyond size, how is that player going to be able to get open?”
Congratulations, you know more about college players than the Patriots entire staff of college scouts do. Please do all fans of this team a favor and convince the Pats to hire you so that we won't ever again have to go through the disappointment of the team drafting the wrong player.
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