Redskins CB Bashaud Breeland Offseason FA Target?

[patsfaninpa]

I'd rather they just pay Butler if they're going to go the FA route at that position.

Malcolm is pretty thick in lower body. I doubt he keeps his speed as he ages. May already be slipping. Let someone else pay him 10m plus/yr

 

[patsfaninpa]

IDK about the Pats needing to take a DE with a high pick necessarily. Once they get everybody back from IR, they actually have qute a few guys who can play an Edge role, most of them fairly young. I might make more sense to invest in a veteran FA who might have a couple of decent seasons left in him.

The issues with Tackles (and OL, generally) coming out of college these days - their often complete lack of familiarity with NFL blocking requirements and technique - perhaps makes it even more risky to spend high for one.

It seems to me that where the Pats are thinnest on defense, personnel-wise, is with inside LB and in-the-box safety - roles that overlap to a large extent. It may come down to best-player-available at one positon or the other when the Pats pick.

IOW, when the Pats are up with the SFO pick from the JimmyG trade (probably ~#40 now), if there's a SS-type who's significantly better than all the others left on the board, but the LBs available are not significantly better than those they are likely to be able to snag at #64 or #96, they may go with the SS.

Agree. Want veteran edge guy. Maybe, we lucked into one #92.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Malcolm is pretty thick in lower body. I doubt he keeps his speed as he ages. May already be slipping. Let someone else pay him 10m plus/yr

He does turn 28 in March.

Wilfork got his big money at 29 but very different positions.

 

[maineman209]

Agree. Want veteran edge guy. Maybe, we lucked into one #92.

If he's productive for the Pats in the playoffs, wins a ring, and has fun doing it, I could see Harrison doing an "oh, what the hell - one more time!" in 2018.

 

[maineman209]

Malcolm is pretty thick in lower body. I doubt he keeps his speed as he ages. May already be slipping. Let someone else pay him 10m plus/yr

Wild thought ...

Butler is currently listed at 190 lbs (might be more). If he has the frame to add another 5-10 lbs of upper-body muscle mass, he might make a pretty decent safety.

 

[HailHydra]

JJ is an inch shorter than McCourty. He also has a 4.33/40 (same as Cooks & Dorsett), 1.47 10-yd split, a 36" vertical, a 123" long jump, 19 bench reps and appears to have very good awareness and coverage/tackling technique (he should be tutoring Roberts and Richards - and Rowe - on tackling technique).

I never bet anything on what the Pats may or may not decide to do with a specific player, but I'm not seeing a lot about JJ that would seem to exclude him from the coaches' consideration for a starting role (from my perspective).

For the record, through week-16 (in descending order by number of tgts)...

Butler:
... 90 tgts/47 catches (52%) .. 643 yds (13.7 ypc) .. 7 TDs (1/12.9 tgts)
... 2 INT (1/45 tgts) .. 13 PBU (1/6.9 tgts) .. 4 flags (1/22.5 tgts)

Gilmore:
... 64 tgts/36 catches (56%) .. 517 yds (14.4 ypc) .. 3 TDs (1/21.3 tgts)
... 2 INT (1/32 tgts) .. 6 PBU (1/10.7 tgts) .. 5 flags (1/12.8 tgts)

Chung:
... 59 tgts/33 catches (56%) .. 354 yds (10.7 ypc) .. 2 TDs (1/29.5 tgts)
... 1 INT (1/59 tgts) .. 8 PBU (1/7.4 tgts) .. 1 flag (1/59 tgts)

JJ:
... 46 tgts/22 catches (48%) .. 268 yds (12.2 ypc) .. 2 TD (1/23 tgts)
... 1 INT (1/46 tgts) ... 8 PBU (1/5.6 tgts) .. 2 flags (1/23 tgts)

McCourty:
... 31 tgts/15 catches (48%) ... 135 yds (9.0 ypc) .. 2 TD (1/15.5 tgts)
... 1 INT (1/31 tgts) ... 5 PBU (1/6.2 tgts) .. NO flags

Rowe:
... 18 tgts/13 catches (72%) .. 215 yds (16.5 ypc) .. 1 TD (1/18 tgts)
... 0 INT ... 2 PBU (1/9 tgts) .. NO flags

Butler - 92.04 rating allowed
Gilmore - 85.22 rating allowed
Chung - 83.45 rating allowed
JJ - 71.65 rating allowed
McCourty - 68.62 rating allowed.
Rowe - 130.56

Do you by chance have Bademosi?