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Football Outsiders: NFL Draft Poll Results

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Football Outsiders: NFL Draft Poll Results

Here’s the results for the Football Outsiders 2011 Draft poll and it’s littered with Patriots stuff. There’s even a full question dedicated to the Pats:

New England’s trades for more 2012 picks: Good move?

54.5% No, they needed pass rushers and they’re running out of time in Tom Brady’s prime.

43.7% Yes, the picks they added have more value than the ones they gave away.

1.8% No, there won’t be a draft in 2012 so they gave away picks for nothing.

As always the Pats are all over the map with what people think of their draft. I attribute this to people not understanding what the Pats did on draft weekend, but it’s tempered with an underlying “they must know what they’re doing because they haven’t stopped winning no matter what any of have thought of their drafts”, so the result? New England is once again on both the best and worst lists.

The truth? There will be hits and misses with this draft class as there always are, but there will be another bunch of picks next year to cover the mistakes that were made.

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After the New England Patriots 2004 season, coach Bill Belicheck and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels went to Gainesville, Florida to meet with Urban Meyer, scout some of his offensive players and discuss the spread option with him. Over the next few years, they would form a great bond and change the New England Patriots offensive attack from an old, smashmouth, Earhardt-Perkins offense left over from the Charlie Weiss and Bill Parcells era, to a new spread attack. The rest is history!

The 2007 New England Patriots went on to break every offensive NFL record with this new spread attack. They grew tired of stumbling into super bowls and barely winning them by three points. They wanted the offense to be explosive and be able to dictate to the defense. If you watch their offense, they use multiple formations to run the same plays, similar to Meyer’s spread. The exception is that the NFL quarterback can’t run. At least, not yet.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/after-the-new-england-patriots-2004-season-coach/

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“You know how they are. Maybe they’re happy with what they got (in-house),” McGinest said. “They do have a young linebacking squad. Maybe they like what they have, and those guys will start to get it pretty soon.”

“The Patriots are pretty smart. They probably have some free agents they’re eying,” McGinest said. “I think it’ll be good for them to go after some veterans to mix in with the younger guys they have. … Depending on how long the lockout goes, will determine how active they can be in free agency.”

Willie McGinest

https://www.patspropaganda.com/you-know-how-they-are-maybe-theyre-happy-with/