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I can see your argument up to a point, like say if the Pats ranked 18th. But 32nd!? 32nd says you haven't been drafting well, no matter how you look at it.
Boy, are you drinking the kool-aid!
I can see your argument up to a point, like say if the Pats ranked 18th. But 32nd!? 32nd says you haven't been drafting well, no matter how you look at it.
We heard the same exact stuff in 2001.
I believe an even more interesting piece of information would be the answer to this question: How many Patriots' draft choices from 2004-08 are still on NFL rosters and how does that number compare with other teams? Anyone have that data or know how it can be obtained?
Hard to believe some of the homers would even try and spin this.
"IT IS WHAT IT IS" Belichick is not the man to be calling the draft.
To much value and not enough quantity.
Though I personally think BB has whiffed too often, especially in the 2nd round...still a bullsh*t effort because:
1) The Commish stole a 1st from the Pats
2) Drafting at the bottom of each round yeay after year
3) Trading picks for Pros not factored
I didn't ask the question with the intention of assessing your level of interest in it. Plus, when the Patriots cut draft choices and those players are signed by other teams and end up on those teams' rosters, it certainly isn't because it was NE's goal to "stock other teams." Faulty logic, in my opinion, but that's just me.I find that not at all interesting. Our goal is not to stock other teams, actually to the contrary.
I believe an even more interesting piece of information would be the answer to this question: How many Patriots' draft choices from 2004-08 are still on NFL rosters and how does that number compare with other teams? Anyone have that data or know how it can be obtained?
The biggest flaw I see is it doesn't account for UDFA. If BB drafts player A in the 6th round and signs player B as an UDFA and player B does a better job in TC than player A, player B makes the team, on other teams they keep player A so they look good with draft stats.
Lets pretend Woods, Hoyer, Guyton, Green-Ellis, etc are late day draft picks instead of UDFA and rerun the analysis.
Indeed, such as, how good is your team? Do you have space for rookies?
Have you traded picks forward into the future? Have you traded picks for veterans?
But if your team is loaded and there is no spot for you draft picks why would you keep them around? If you already have a person on the roster that is better than the draft pick you're not going to keep the draft pick just to say that we kept more draft picks than everybody else while going 10-6 (instead of 16-0 ).