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Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:47 pm to
Posted by patendedgmf
BR
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Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:47 pm to
Patriots draft history. Malcolm Brown, Jamie Collins, Don'ta Hightower... Bryan Stork?

It's been 6 years since Gronk/McCourty...

They've cut or traded away more players than we have....

The Patriots "GENIUS" is highly over-reported...

their Edelman, is our Colston

Please give me our last decade, over theres
Will Smith, Robert Meachem, Reggie Bush, Roman Harper, Jahri Evans, Rob Nikovich, Zach Strief
Malcolm Jenkins, Tracy Porter, Carl Nicks, Jimmy Graham, Mark Ingram, Cameron Jordan, Kenny Vaccaro, Terron Armstead, Brandin Cooks, Stephone Anthony
Posted by patendedgmf
BR
Member since Jun 2006
1443 posts
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:49 pm to
quote:


For kicks:

1: Sheldon Rankins
2: Michael Thomas
3: Vonn Bell
4: Landon Turner
5: Dave Onyemata
6: Avery Young
7a:Jack Allen
7b: Daniel Lasco

There's no difference between this and how it played out


AMEN!!! and our first 3 players, had Top 50 grades on most boards... Rivaling only maybe Jacksonville in this draft... but without taking the injury risk.
Posted by bonethug0108
Avondale
Member since Mar 2013
12690 posts
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:52 pm to
Their FAs and cap management is better than our though. They are willing to wait for value more often than not, rarely signing more expensive players. And they are willing to let players walk when they feel they are demanding too much.

That (and Brady and Belichek and a weak division and cheating) is how they've stayed on top so long.
Posted by patendedgmf
BR
Member since Jun 2006
1443 posts
Posted on 4/30/16 at 10:02 pm to
Like David West taking a $1 MM salary to go play with the Spurs... instead of 10x that anywhere else... they have that FA swag because of Tom and Bill...

has very little to do with the front office. the confidence that office has to let guys walk, partly has to do with players taking less money to play there when the opportunity arises.

That old saying I love, "nothing draws a crowd, like a crowd"
Guys without SB Rings, want to play where they happen...
Once that momentum gets going, it's hard to stop.

More rings than us, but more GATE scandals too... and our QB has stayed spotless through the years. No scandals directly attached to him.

That all said, I've been to a dozen or so NFL stadiums in for games in my life.
That train ride from downtown Boston into Foxboro, and seeing those games outdoors.... that is a special experience. Better than Solider Field. Better than any stadium. Got to see Brady v PManning there, Top 5 football fan experiences of my life.
Posted by beauchristopher
new orleans
Member since Jan 2008
65785 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 5:22 am to
The Pats have had some bad picks which comes with so many.. They aren't perfect. They have tremendous coaching though.
Posted by beauchristopher
new orleans
Member since Jan 2008
65785 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 5:27 am to
Ikr.

It is bothersome people kept saying we gave up 2 picks for Bell.

They fail to understand we just acquired a top 50 talent and we still got our third player selected in 3 rounds.. So we essentially lost out on just a 4th.. We got 3 guys in the first 3 rounds who should see the field.. That's big.

Now the other trade I don't know enough about the guy to justify that or not. And I would like to have one draft with all our picks for a change and that changes that now. Ha. Also, now this guy here is a project. Could be boom or bust. But at least our first three picks seem solid. We shall see!
Posted by beauchristopher
new orleans
Member since Jan 2008
65785 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 5:29 am to
Yes. The Pats do well in free agency and coaching them up.

Really they have had some really questionable picks at times lately. They aren't exactly above anyone else there. They can afford drafting back in drafts though and acquiring more picks. Sometimes it works and look genius and even when it doesn't work they still find football success.
Posted by Brettesaurus Rex
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
38259 posts
Posted on 5/1/16 at 8:07 am to
The biggest success I attribute to the Patriots is their excellent forethought in knowing who to give the big contract to. I think the whole constant reading back thing does allow them to get more players in, but I don't think they're an incredible drafting team just because of that.
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