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Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - falcon057 - 10-07-2010 06:09 AM
Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate
Posted on: October 6, 2010 11:08 am
Edited on: October 6, 2010 1:37 pm
Posted by Will Brinson
The knee-jerk reaction to the deal that sent Randy Moss from the Patriots to the Vikings is "TOM BRADY IS DONE!" (Well, from a fantasy football perspective anyway -- there's also the "The Patriots are giving up!" reaction as well.)
Both are silly, of course.
The deal just, hypothetically, means less deep balls in their offense -- but even that might not be correct with the lightning-fast Brandon Tate on the roster. And outside of that, they still have plenty of weapons in Wes Welker (he's good, duh), Julian Edelman (he's Wes Welker 2.0), Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski.
More importantly though, they now have two draft picks in the each of the first FOUR rounds of the 2011 NFL draft.
Think for a moment about how silly that is -- assuming they don't package these picks for more selections (which is not a safe assumption), they'll be grabbing eight players before most people get four and some people get three.
They have the Oakland Raiders' first-rounder (which is looking like a lottery ticket at the moment), the Carolina Panthers second-rounder (appearing to be in the high end of that round as well), the Minnesota Vikings third-rounder, and the Denver Broncos' fourth-rounder (you may recall they sent Laurence Maroney's corpse for that).
So, yes, eight selections in the first four rounds of the NFL Draft, a freshly signed Tom Brady, a slew of weapons on the offensive end and a young, but talented defense that needs some time to gel.
Are they the Super Bowl favorites this year? Of course not. Did losing Randy Moss probably hurt their short-term chances? Yes.
Can they turn those picks into high quality contributors and/or more picks in the future? That's the most important question, but it's safe to say that, yeah, they probably can do that. And because of that, the 2010 Patriots, once considered a near-dead dynasty, are suddenly straight reloaded.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - TonyGraziani - 10-07-2010 06:27 AM
They can very well replace Moss with A.J. Green from the Raiders pick. Its foolish how well they work things like that. And I wanted Tate for us in that draft. He's gonna beast in Moss's place, which is basically binary code. 111010010101101011010111010101. (to those who don't get my joke, 1 is a fly on the route tree, and 0 is nothing)
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - Sun Tzu 7 - 10-07-2010 09:59 AM
Knowing the Pats they'll probably end up trading down at some point and end up with even more picks... I remember the Pats had 2 first round picks for 2-3 years after they traded away Bledsoe and then kept trading down each year.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - Paulitik - 10-07-2010 10:00 AM
The Pats are going to get AJ Green. I'm so depressed.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - Duff_Man - 10-07-2010 10:06 AM
They'll trade that Oakland pick (unless the Raiders get it over #10) to some sucker team and move down and end up with MORE picks.
The highest return on picks is the late first and early to mid second round. The Pats are a great organization and realize this.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - Jesus - 10-07-2010 10:37 AM
Those two rookie TE's they have are awesome.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - zigg zagg - 10-07-2010 11:31 AM
whats funny is, by the time the picks they traded for work out, theyll be trading those players for more picks. new england hasnt won squat since they started dumping their best players. nothing.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - TomBradyMVP12 - 10-07-2010 11:33 AM
There going to get A.J. Green and he's going to end up going to 10 Pro Bowls in his career. Just watch.
RE: Patriots are suddenly reloading at a rapid rate - Joker - 10-07-2010 10:16 PM
(10-07-2010 10:37 AM)Jesus Wrote: Those two rookie TE's they have are awesome.
wish we had drafted one of em