Recent content by patfanken

Signing FAs comes for 2 reasons. First is to add experienced depth in areas of need, much like BB did in 2000 and 2001. Not big names, but good players who know what they are doing. The second are the first day or two kind of guys. These are the the the kind of guys that take you from a...

"Franchise altering????" NO way. We trade the #3 and a chance for a REAL franchise altering pick to get a shot at ONE top tier pick (and at the bottom of that top Tier at best) and likely 2 second tier guys who MIGHT be very good, but certainly not "franchise altering". Now granted...

Well I don't disagree with your premise. It makes perfect sense and pretty much is right on line with my expectations. But just 2 points. First and most importantly is that EVERY team is "rebuilding" EVERY year. Let's not forget that even during the Pats 2 hottest runs the team was turning...

This is just a gratuitous slap in the face at Bill, VJ. The man did what no HC has done in the hard cap era. He LITERALLY maintained a competitive championship contender team for 20 straight years. He did this while he RARELY fielded the better roster during the playoffs. His handling of...

here's the thing: When you listen to all these clips it is hard NOT to be believe that Maye is the QB we are looking for long term. That's even knowing that he is the youngest and rawest of the top 3 guys. But Greenberg is right. There have been a LOT of first round QB's who have failed...

Not if Milton turns out to be a better QB than most think and becomes a quality back up to Maye and can be a guy you can run plays for. Also if he can get a chance (and you got to think that a QB will miss a few games in a 17 game season (what was it? 23 QB missed games last season.) If he...

Just a random thought that hasn't been discussed (or at least I o to my knowledge), anyone watching the UFL to see if there are any guys worth a camp invite, like a LT perhaps, or edge, or TE??? You got to think that a dozen or so of them are getting invites. I would be happy to see at...

Well speaking of that, the last time we drafted OLmen in the 3rd and 4th, it WAS Thuney and Mason, iirc. So if these turn out to be 80% of those 2 guys, then it will be HR. BTW- I STILL would have rather gone with a CB, (Tampa) in the 4th, but it was pointed out to me that Bolden might...

No slight on JJ. He is a very good slot CB and a capable boundary guy. I thought that we HAD to get a Gilmore or Howard before camp. Again this is what I thought before I remembered Bolden. I STILL wouldn't mind adding one of those guys since you can't have too many quality CB's, but now...

I am CONFIDENT that Mayo is going to be a great leader of men. I've met the man (a few years ago, before he was a coach) and I confess that Mayo has THAT kind of charisma. That is an important factor in today's NFL. But you also have to be more than JUST a charismatic learder. You...

I completely forgot about Bolden. He could very well be the big CB who can match up physically with the big 50-50 guys like KColeman

I HATED this pick. Not because of the player chosen but the one we left on the board. We COULD have had a legitimate cb prospect in TJ Tampa who most had going in the second. Not only was he the BPA, he was a position of need. Selecting a G was a luxury

On the other hand I think it was smart. Here he gets $2MM guaranteed, but the chance to earn $6MM more if he has just a good season. Next season he'll have Judon Young and barmore plus a lot aggressive rush opportunities. So if he has a good season he not only gets close to 8 million in...

Supposedly, next year's FA WR class is much better than this year's.

FA is not a simple equation of bid the most and sign the player. Never forget that these are HIGHLY competitive guys. WINNING is very important to them in making a decision. The kind of guy who you want to play for you will almost always take the $20MM/yr. deal to play for a contender over...