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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Not unless we take him.
The Patriot Way is 99% bullshit, but there's one thing they believe in that I do as well.
If you don't draft a guy, it makes no difference what he does elsewhere. A player kicking ass elsewhere doesn't mean you made a mistake, and a player sucking ass somewhere else doesn't mean you made the right decision.
Circumstances are different. Coaching staffs, schemes, surrounding talent.
Someone like Tim Couch could have went somewhere else and been a decent QB. Aaron Rodgers could have went somewhere else and just been a decent QB.
What Geno - or any other player we pass on does - doesn't matter. You never know how he would have performed under different circumstances.
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My take on why that is espoused as Patriot Way philosophy:
I think there is legitimacy to it (Chaos Theory), but it also insulates the management from any skepticism on the players they pass up (Clay Matthews).
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