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I think will allow us to collect more data real time in the field, have the draft evaluation process done quicker and sooner, and allow the coaches, if they want to in season, because they’re trying to evaluate a position now and thinking about the next year, [find out] are there going to be guys in the draft? In the old days, you’d have to pick up the phone and call upstairs and talk to somebody upstairs. Now, if Bill is interested, he’ll be able to go to his tablet or go to his desktop and in a very efficient and very multimedia way and get real data instantly…
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Brady was rated pretty highly on the board and in the fifth round — we took Brady in the sixth — Bill walked over to the board and picked up Brady’s card, looked at Scott, and said ‘what’s Brady still doing here? There’s too much value to be sitting here. This kid’s a winner.’
Mike — Quick, on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you that the Pats are going to: a) trade Amendola, b) re-sign Edelman, c) Trade for Revis and, d) sign Decker, Sanders, Orakpo, Allen, Tate, Mack, Bryant, and (hopefully) Moss in free agency? Every. Friggin’. Off-season. :)
a) 8, but that they’ll release him.
b) 10, I’m bumping the Edelman return chances from 40% to 60%.
c) 3, never going to happen but fun to imagine.
d) 10, Moss AND Welker are coming back.
Would Sam Shields be a good FA acquisition? I can’t imagine him costing too much and he’d be a good addition getting rid of any immediate DB needs and has insane speed and potential.
Probably not as long as Talib stays. With Ryan/Arrington/Dennard/McCourty/Harmon and hopefully Talib (or Revis, even though that’s a pipe dream) the Pats have other places where they should spend their cap space.
I expect them to be active on the offensive and defensive lines, including at defensive end, where a “splash” acquisition could happen.
Shields should land a solid deal, but if they pay Talib, there’s not much need to add him.
Do you think Harmon and mccourty could work well as the safety tandem despite the size
Yeah, in today’s NFL it’s about balance. The traditional free/strong safety dynamic is becoming less and less common. Both safeties need to be able to have some range in coverage AND come up into the box to tackle a running back.
Is Harmon that enforcer everyone is clamoring for? No. But I really liked what I saw out him in his rookie year. He has long arms, good range and comes downhill aggressively.
We’ll see how free agency and the draft play out but the job won’t simply be handed to Harmon regardless. There will be additions at the position and maybe even Adrian Wilson sticks around now. It will be competitive.
But if it’s McCourty and Harmon as the starters I think they’ll be pretty good together.
We saw through the first six weeks before injuries started piling up the defense looked really good, what do you think it will take for the defense to take that last step
They have to continue to build on their press man defense and not be quite so reliant on Talib (assuming he returns). That means staying healthy mostly. Ryan should make some strides. Dennard and Arrington are scrappy and good pieces.
They also can’t remain so reliant on Ninkovich and Chandler or they’ll run them into the ground like they did to Wilfork.
A third defensive end, healthy/versatile defensive tackle rotation and Mayo back will do wonders.
I’m excited to see what Jamie Collins might blossom into. It’s possible Hightower could see a lot less playing time next year if he’s reduced to Mike-only snaps. That actually might not be a bad thing, it would allow the Pats to play more base because they have a middle linebacker in Hightower who’s got more quickness than Spikes had.