Patriots are confusing me - Page 4

cadmonkey · 03-06-2007, 08:01 AM

Why do I get the feeling the Wes Welker will only be a younger version of Tim Dwight? I love the fact that he can play a sh*t load of positions but the way people have been blowing this guy up here on the radio you would think he is going to single handedly bring us back the Super Bowl.

If we sign Stallworth or Moss (keeping my fingers crossed he wouldn't infect our team with cancer) I won't mind having Welker. But if Welker is our best WR pick up or Draft pick this year I will not be the bit pleased.

Amnorix · 03-06-2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cadmonkey

Why do I get the feeling the Wes Welker will only be a younger version of Tim Dwight? I love the fact that he can play a sh*t load of positions but the way people have been blowing this guy up here on the radio you would think he is going to single handedly bring us back the Super Bowl.

If we sign Stallworth or Moss (keeping my fingers crossed he wouldn't infect our team with cancer) I won't mind having Welker. But if Welker is our best WR pick up or Draft pick this year I will not be the bit pleased.

Welker is just a cog. If he's another Troy Brown, Chrebet or Meggett type, then we'll have done very well. If he's another Tim Dwight, then we overpaid, no doubt.

We do need a solid #1 or #2 guy to pair up with Caldwell, I think. I'd rather have Welker in the slot as the #3 than as a #2 opposite Caldwell.

Unfortunately, it seems Chad Jackson blew his ACL, so he's not likely to be helping us early in '07, if at all.

cadmonkey · 03-06-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Welker is just a cog. If he's another Troy Brown, Chrebet or Meggett type, then we'll have done very well. If he's another Tim Dwight, then we overpaid, no doubt.

We do need a solid #1 or #2 guy to pair up with Caldwell, I think. I'd rather have Welker in the slot as the #3 than as a #2 opposite Caldwell.

Unfortunately, it seems Chad Jackson blew his ACL, so he's not likely to be helping us early in '07, if at all.

I still hate thinking the Caldwell in our #1

Amnorix · 03-06-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cadmonkey

I still hate thinking the Caldwell in our #1

Look at our SB winning receiving groups and you won't exactly be floored by the HOF resumes of them all. Teh Pats prefer a larger group of short-mid range guys who are quicker than they are fast. They just aren't going to spend either the high draft pick or the $$ needed for an elite WR.

Plus, perhaps they think, the elite WRs are often self-centered, team destroying headcases (Moss, Owens, etc).

siberian khatru · 03-06-2007, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Look at our SB winning receiving groups and you won't exactly be floored by the HOF resumes of them all. Teh Pats prefer a larger group of short-mid range guys who are quicker than they are fast. They just aren't going to spend either the high draft pick or the $$ needed for an elite WR.

Plus, perhaps they think, the elite WRs are often self-centered, team destroying headcases (Moss, Owens, etc).

And yet, John Clayton reported this morning that Belichick has a hard-on for Randy Moss. Clayton said he didn't think a deal would come to fruition, but still ... very interesting.

cadmonkey · 03-06-2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Look at our SB winning receiving groups and you won't exactly be floored by the HOF resumes of them all. Teh Pats prefer a larger group of short-mid range guys who are quicker than they are fast. They just aren't going to spend either the high draft pick or the $$ needed for an elite WR.

Plus, perhaps they think, the elite WRs are often self-centered, team destroying headcases (Moss, Owens, etc).

I agree, but still...........Caldwell.......#1? It sometimes makes me shed a tear.

Mile High Mania · 03-06-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Look at our SB winning receiving groups and you won't exactly be floored by the HOF resumes of them all. Teh Pats prefer a larger group of short-mid range guys who are quicker than they are fast. They just aren't going to spend either the high draft pick or the $$ needed for an elite WR.

Plus, perhaps they think, the elite WRs are often self-centered, team destroying headcases (Moss, Owens, etc).

True, but I don't see a Deion Branch among the current group... no, not even the vaunted Wes Welker. I think Branch did well in one of those SBs.

Let's not act as if the Patriots only had "no names" in the SBs. I'm not suggesting those guys were Jerry Rice, but please... the SBs weren't won with a team of Welkers.

**2112** · 03-06-2007, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Look at our SB winning receiving groups and you won't exactly be floored by the HOF resumes of them all. Teh Pats prefer a larger group of short-mid range guys who are quicker than they are fast. They just aren't going to spend either the high draft pick or the $$ needed for an elite WR.

Plus, perhaps they think, the elite WRs are often self-centered, team destroying headcases (Moss, Owens, etc).

There are rumors that mumbles is going after Randy Moss for a 2nd or 3rd rounder..

What do you think about getting him?

CupidStunt · 03-06-2007, 08:15 AM

Wes Welker... LOL. That's a Chief-type move, sending a second-rounder for that kinda production.

Amnorix · 03-06-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lj4mvp

Wes Welker... LOL. That's a Chief-type move, sending a second-rounder for that kinda production.

Right, just trying to get a rise. I'm not biting. Please go find something more entertaining to do.

CupidStunt · 03-06-2007, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Right, just trying to get a rise. I'm not biting.

You sure about that?

**Bowser** · 03-06-2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by lj4mvp

Wes Welker... LOL. That's a Chief-type move, sending a second-rounder for that kinda production.

Please tell me you haven't just insured that we will send a second to Seattle for Jordan Babineaux.

CupidStunt · 03-06-2007, 09:53 AM

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Please tell me you haven't just insured that we will send a second to Seattle for Jordan Babineaux.

Don't know where that rumor came about but I don't see a chance in hell it happens and never have.

With Herm I feel we will draft well. The two questions I have are: (1) can we sign good players in FA to reasonable contracts (so far so good IMO), and (2) can we release garbage players with horrible contracts (Hicks, Sims, Wesley, etc).

It's all well and good adding some quality young talents in April but if they're playing side-by-side a bunch of trash like Sims it's all for nothing.

jspchief · 03-06-2007, 09:32 AM

I find a touch of irony in how doing things "the Patriots way" and not paying to keep Branch has resulted in them over-paying for Welker and courting a cancer like Moss.

Mile High Mania · 03-06-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

I find a touch of irony in how doing things "the Patriots way" and not paying to keep Branch has resulted in them over-paying for Welker and courting a cancer like Moss.

You're going to make Amnorix's head explode... look out, you're venturing into unchartered territory.

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