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Mike Dussault

I’m sure this has been asked before, but if it came down to either Talib or Edelman, who would you take?

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Talib. No question.

I like Edelman, but we have to be realistic given the number of factors. 

  1. This was Edelman’s first full healthy season.
  2. He was the only receiver who had caught a ball from Tom Brady prior to this season. The others will improve with the experience they got this year.
  3. The Pats chose to pay Danny Amendola last offseason, not Edelman. They made that bed and now they have to lie in it.
  4. Does anyone really think it will be that tough for the Pats to plug in another slot receiver? I don’t. And I could see Amendola easily surpassing Edelman’s performance this season.
  5. How many slot receivers do you need? And how many can you realistically afford?

It might hurt more to lose his punt return skills. Don’t get me wrong, I like Edelman, but I don’t think he’s irreplaceable and the Pats only have so much cap room. They also have a ton of youth at receiver that they need to develop.

And unless we’re talking Bill O’Brien and the Texans, who know Edelman, I’d be wary if I was another team about giving Edelman a monster deal. Can he replicate his 2013 production with another QB, in another offense? And can he stay healthy? There are a lot of questions that would scare me off. That potentially could keep Edelman in the Pats’ price range, but they can’t afford to overspend on a position they put a bunch of money into last year.

As for Talib, we’ve seen the difference he makes. He changes the entire complexion of the defense. Corners like him are near impossible to find. You either have to grab one at the top of the draft or overpay one in free agency. That’s unless you get lucky on someone like Richard Sherman, but instances like him are rare.

Talib’s injury history should knock him out of elite corner money, but the Pats will have to pony up a significant contract to him. I’d even be fine franchising him if they can open up enough space.

Just given the Patriots’ history, what’s the harder position for them to find? A slot receiver or a top corner? It’s a top corner every time. They have one who is now experience in the system, showed great leadership in his first full year with the team, and can take out the top opposing weapon. 

For all those reasons, Talib should be the priority as I see it.

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Friday!!

Getting a late start this morning, oh well, it’s the offseason…

https://www.patspropaganda.com/friday-getting-a-late-start-this-morning-oh/

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townienews:

The ring belonging to the cameraman who got busted back in 2007, bringing about the whole “SpyGate” nightmare, is up for auction. And what I’m about to say is probably sacrilege, near heresy I imagine. But we need to buy it, and destroy it.

Think about it – this ring is cursed! We totally need to pool our collective funds, run a kickstarter, get a rich benefactor to step in and float us a few grand in return for “favors TBD” (gulp), buy this, and throw it into a volcano because, through no fault of his own, that hump got this whole damn mess started. Well, whether it works or not, I believe in this kinda magical hootenanny. Hell, they still bring goats to Cubs games, and Papi tried to bury a Sox jersey in the floor of Yankee Stadium just to fahk with them! To me this ring, as beautiful and majestical and Championshiperiffic as it should be, this one ring symbolizes all that has frustrated Pats fans and stirred up so much hate and spite and envy and vitriol and bitterness and other words that mean having to listen to “F the Pats!” and “18-1!” everywhere I go outside New England. It’s cursed, I tell you! And not all SB 39 rings; just this damned one! It was once beautiful, but now it has lost its way (thanks, Mangini, you Fredo-esque prick!) Therefore, it must be destroyed.

I’ll gladly be the one to stand atop a volcano, or a local garbage incinerator while playing the soundtrack to “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, and make it so. Hey, gotta try something, right? Fan is short for “fanatic”, after all.

I’m in!! Can we raise $6700 in one day?

https://www.patspropaganda.com/townienews-the-ring-belonging-to-the-cameraman/