You cannot expect a draft to fix all the off season screwups and you cannot depend on a single player in each need position; i.e. don't expect to fix the OL with a single pick of a tackle and don't expect a single pick of a WR to fix that problem. You probably need to draft 2-3 OL types and 2 WRs...this is why a trade back makes sense.
Wow Cousin, Good post. Hear! Hear!
Great breakfast for just a Thursday. Ham, cheese and veggie omelet and a side of a bit of a Wonderbar brand cold cut.. A cruller and a bonus of a piece of blueberry/lemon cake for lunch (it was near lunch Cousins...Don't judge me. Probably didn't need that) but the veggies were healthy so it conteracted the cake....Yes? No?) A hot cup of vanilla gray tea and cranberry-grape juice.
You are right. One pick to cover one position is not a fix. One QB won't make a difference unless it;'s Mahomes or TB. Yes, I would like the Pats to Draft a QB, but at what cost to the rest of the roster if we circle one in the top five ? Are you who demand one of the "Holy Three" absolutely positive that they will be "Franchise" QBs, being of the top five category? TB or Mahomes? Only 40% of the QBs in the top five since 2011 are considered top tier. The numbers from that point on (6th Allen, Herbert 6th, Mahomes 10th, Jackson 32nd, Dak 4th Round, Hurts 2nd Round even Rodgers only 24th as examples)
Evereyone is predicting a terrible season in 2024 for the Pats and we will be out of it by week 6 (there is the Brissett thing). I prefer competitive and we have the resources and Draft picks to accomplish a competitive Team if the Pats correctly surround one of these kid QBs........who do not have to be top 5 with outstanding talent. Remember the term "weaponize".
This is not a Madden Dream. What I propose can happen and we have the funds to do so,
I did this on another thread but I will simplify this:
1) Let's fix the OL. Onwenu is a good start at RT. We have signed Chewbacca as he "might" work at LT. Well I am ok for that experiment but for crying out loud son, sign All Pro DJ Humpries who is ACL recovering and might be a late season addition who is only 30 and would be a nice piece for a solid two or three years or in case of emergency......break glass later in 2024.
2) Bring back Zeke. He certainly filled the bill as a solid backup amd best pass blocking back. What are you thinking Wolf?
3) Take the prosposed "definate maybe Vikes trade" and sacrifice to have them move up to three........... but leverage and tweak it. They offered #11 and #23 for the #3 pick but they know it will cost a lost more. Take the #11 and #23 plus............. WR Justin Jefferson with whom the Vikes will struggle to pay because of his salary demands (which we can pay) and the Vikes have over $57mm in dead cap or 25% of their total salary availability. They still have Addison and Hoch.
They have not been able to get a deal with Jefferson. His QB situation is not different on the Vikes than the Pats so that is no longer a WR factor. We know the trade is at the least worth another #1 pick (2025) and maybe a third this year or next........so give the Vikes back their 2025 First rounder, then include Jefferson to be reunited with his best friend K.J. Osboune (that is a plus no one talks about)
3) Let's not stop there. Perhaps Swap picks of that #23 to SF for #31. Plus add our 4th #103 to the Niners for WR Brandon Aiyuk who is not going to get the moeny he wants with Deebo's new contract and that of CMC. Kittle and Purdy coming up. Niners can't afford him and we can.
4) Tke your QB at pick #11 (McCarthy?) or Nix or Penix at #31. Or get OL help or another top WR and still have #34 in the bank.
5) The Drama begins and the hate mail will start....I am double dipping and Drafting QB sleeper Rattler at #68....so there!
What do you think of them apples?
A sure fire method to make McCarthy, Penix , Nix or Rattler better first year QB propects than the Holy Three. Even Brissett or Zappe might look good.
This is NOT Madden.....We can afford to do this. If the Pats profess we want to "weaponize", you have
two young stud recievers in which we can afford and who's contracts might be chheap the way thinks are going three of four years from now. As a model look at Burrow. The Bengals OL is not great but he had Higgens and Chase even Tyler Boyd and he as a QB flourished. I am not saying the second tier is Burrow but who knows.
Those second tier QBs would have nothing but the best to catch their passes. Now add Ozzie and Pop and two reasonbale TEs we have signed.
Don't hurt my feelings about this.
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