Wow, you are sensitive to any criticism of the Pats, even fairly mild criticism. Maybe, put down the Pom poms for a bit. Johnny come lately? I’ve been around here for more than a decade. BTW I didn‘t criticism the trade down. There are players we did pass on and time will tell on those extra picks, but my question really after the draft had settled. Was whether it was good to go guard then WR or vice versa, even if it meant losing out on Strange and getting the second best guard on the Pats board. And the WR for comparison the Pats could have if they went WR first was Christian Watson then they still may have gotten Strange or their next rated guard.
ROFLMAO. No. Not sensitive to criticism of the Pats. But you should have a farkin clue what you're talking about. And you DON'T. Yes. You're a "Johnny-Come-Lately" in regards to b**tching about Cole Strange. You literally spewed a bunch of garbage that you don't even understand. You couldn't be bothered to read any of the other threads before running your mouth on what YOU "buy".
Maybe you should go back and read your own post because you're the one who was prattling on about "Opportunity Cost". You failed to acknowledge what was gained by trading down. That tells everyone you don't really understand what you're talking about.
You made a statement about other guards being rated higher. When challenged, you couldn't name a single one. You also failed to take intro consideration that there is a good chance that the Patriots are projecting Strange to LT since he's the same height/weight/arm length as Matt Light. The difference between Strange and Light? Strange had better testing numbers.
If the 2nd best guard on the Pats list wasn't rated until a 4th or 5th round, that kind of throws out the whole idea that taking someone like Watson would be better. This is what people like yourself fail to consider. You look at only YOUR way of thinking without the possibility of the same scenarios you throw out, but in reverse..
Is Christian Watson an actual comparison? Or was he just someone you preferred based on the Info the Draftnicks throw out? Please tell us the grade that the Patriots had on Watson compared to Strange. Do you REALLY think the Patriots didn't take the player who was on the top of their list?
You talk about competition for Strange, but then you fail to mention the level of Competition for Watson. I mean, the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference is such a paragon of toughness, right? Baylor is at least in the Big12. Thornton went up against people at Oklahoma, Ok. State, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, etc.
Lastly, going into this draft, there was no consensus. Not on the top picks, not on most of the other players. A look at the UDFA shows you that the draftnicks were wildly wrong on MANY of their evaluations. This draft is the epitome of showing that the Draftnicks are good for gathering data. But you need to take their evaluations with a grain of salt. Particularly when it comes to how the TEAMS actually view players. Strange is a perfect example. At least 4 teams had a 1st round grade on him.. That's a far cry from the draftnicks who said he was a ":consensus" 3rd round pick. Someone posted earlier that many teams had a 2nd round grade on Thornton. That's a far cry from the draftnicks claims of a 5th round pick. The Draftnicks downgraded Thornton harshly on the size of his hands/wrists. That is despite never having a hand/wrist injury in college and the fact he won MANY contested catches and didn't fumble much.