USA Today: Ranking the decision makers: Who is best at the NFL draft?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Pioli Zombie

Exactly. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Colts and Steelers. But all this ballwashing that goes on at CP for the Eagles,Ravens,Chargers,and Packers amuses me. Those 4 teams have won shit.

The fact is that those teams have done a better job of drafting overall through the years, but it all comes back to Tom Brady.

And when you look at it, guys like Willie McGinest, Teddy Bruski, Mike Vrabel, Rodney Harrison, etc...etc... who were big contributors to those SB teams, were all drafted before BB, or signed as free agents.

[B_Ambuehl]

Exactly. There's a lot more that goes into winning games than drafting. You have free agency, trades, coaching, luck, and cheating, and the Pats used every one of them. The only thing Pioli can do here is draft. Clark isn't gonna do trades and isn't gonna do free agency, and Pioli doesn't coach. so he (Clark) shoulda made damn sure he hired a master of the draft. As Pioli has proven thru his drafting record in NE and 2 years here, there were assuredly better potential hires out there.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by milkman

The fact is that those teams have done a better job of drafting overall through the years, but it all comes back to Tom Brady.

And when you look at it, guys like Willie McGinest, Teddy Bruski, Mike Vrabel, Rodney Harrison, etc...etc... who were big contributors to those SB teams, were all drafted before BB, or signed as free agents.

You forgot Adam Vinatieri for your group, and Ty Law also.

But no team has 100% roster turnover in 2 years. And most of those guys were from the Parcells era, which meant they fit Belichick's schemes better than the guys that had been brought in during the post-Tuna, pre BB era.

BB brought in these stiffs (during the SB winning seasons only): Tom Brady, Matt Light, Dan Koppen, Deion Branch, David Givens, Daniel Graham, Stephen Neal, Vince Wilfork, Richard Seymour, Eugene Wilson, Asante Samuel, Ty Warren....