John Abraham is a Patriot

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Originally Posted by milkman

Bellichick has drafted mediocre players on defense, the side of the ball I am talking about, to replace the guys he's inherited.

1) Oh, did Belichick "inherit" Seymour, Wilfork, Warren, and Asante too? Well, those guys were all drafted SB winners. So, it wasn't just because Belichick inherited some all star D....that somehow Pete Caroll sucked-ass with in regards to his record.

2) Compare those 4 drafted players to the ones Bill inherited: Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson were not well known/respected players before Belichick. And McGinest and Ty Law were high round picks, but really weren't living up to expectations until Belichick came along....

There have been just a couple of good players mixed in, but no playmakers or difference makers to speak of.

Meanwhile, the Steelers find those guys year after year, regardless of draft position.

Hey genius? The Steelers are in deep crap for this upcoming year. Hmm. Why is that? Oh, yeah? Because so many of their vets are getting old. Sorta the same problem Belichick encountered a few years bach, huh? So, Pit has lost players, and they don't have replacements either. So, where are those easy drafted-replacements you speak of? Yeah, I think Pit is going to experience some bumps in the road. But that's expected. Almost unavoidable, really.

So, The Patriots are in way better shape right now than Pit. Will the Steelers rebound? Sure. But it'll take time.....which was my entire point in regards to NE, as well.

Also, lol. You want to bash "inherited" success, yet you cite The Pittsburgh Steelers as a counter example of this? Don't make me laugh. That team hangs on to old vets longer than anyone.

(Oh, Baltimore's GM, Ozzie Newsome, is the other GM that constantly gets compared to Belichick too. Guess what? He is currently losing a ton of his players; including the two HOF players he inherited (reed+ray) and I guarantee you that Baltimore is going to have some major personnel gaps this year and beyond. So does that make Ozzie a bad GM? Hell no. It's just that anyone who isn't a moron knows that you cannot just draft All-Pros multiple times, year-in and year-out. Duh.)