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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
He's hit on one or more almost every year. Tell me you would have won without the contributions of those players.
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Wow. With one hand you giveth, and with the other you taketh away. He's great with late round picks, yet stupid about giving them away.
The answer is that you're wrong. Brady is a once in a lifetime. Koppen in the 5th and CAssell in the 7th. David Givens and Tully Banta-Cain in the 7th worked out ok, but once they went elsewhere they were shwon to be not all that special after all. Other than that, nobody who has been much more than a warm body comes to mind. I could be missing one, but that's 5 picks out of (yes, I counted) 38 picks in rounds 5-7. So maybe a 12% chance of getting someone who isn't just fodder.
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Now we've given up another pick. We had 7 to start, presumably traded one of them for Vrabel, now we're using one to trade up to get a play we could have had if we just kept our pick.
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err...what? You can trade from next year, or package some garbage late round picks to move up. What is with this unholy fascination with late round picks?
And your team is already TOO YOUNG. Do you not get that part? You need guys who understand how to win in the NFL to show some of these guys hwo to do it.
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Who's he gonna teach to play linebacker?
Derrick Johnson, who's probably not going to be re-signed?
Demorrio Williams, who's also likely to be told to walk once his deal is up?
He's a rental, and it's pretty likely with a roster this shallow that half of the players he's "mentoring" this year aren't going to be on the roster next year.
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He's not just teaching linebackers. TG is worth more off the field than just to the other two TEs on your squad...
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He was great for you guys, he fit the system. Part of that system is being smart enough to know when to cut a guy loose because he's got nothing left to give. I think Belichick is ****ing brilliant for getting anything for a guy that isn't an every-down player, who wouldn't have been on the team in 2010.
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I agree, for now. Ask me again in November if one of our OLBs goes downs. Depth in August isn't the same as depth in November/December.