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| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
my take on the past couple of weeks with the new england patriots....
as we all know, the pats have been very busy in the offseason. they signed adalius thomas(baltimore), donte stallworth(philly), wesley welker(miami), troy james(cincinnati) and randy moss(oakland). this is the most aggresive i've seen the pats be in a very long time.
after their loss to indy in the conf finals, i think billy bel took a hard look at his roster, and knew the pats needed some help. last year, they took a heavy blow by losing deion branch early in the season and richard seymour to free agency. billy bel also knew that last year, their "biggest" free agency signing was reche caldwell, and we all know what happened after that. they drafted well by signing lawrence maroney, who i think will be a good successor to corey dillon. billy bel and rob kraft knew they needed to beef up their team a bit, after seeing the jets surge last year, the bills looking decent, and the dolphins looking semi-positive in their rebuilding phase. so they had to be aggessive.
thomas is a great pickup for them, and in my opinion they should put a franchise tag on him, because he is a top notch linebacker. i am iffy on donte stallworth and randy moss. 2 great receivers, yet we all know in the past their problems. donte not coming through in the clutch in the 4th quarter. moss and his problems internally and externally. but if we look past these problems, these are 2 deep threats brady will love to throw to. brady loves the long ball (no gay reference here.  ). as for welker, this is a good pickup. all great teams have 1 guy in special teams that can make a difference in the special teams. welker is the man to fill that role. pats had tim dwight last year, and he was a bomb. let's hope welker isn't.
we are going to see a very different patriots team next year. maroney is going to be behind brady, instead of dillon. stallworth and moss are going to be at opposite ends, rather than jackson/gaffney/caldwell. barring they can settle the asante samuel problems, their defense will look a little beefier with thomas in the outside. they now can use troy james/randall gay, samuel, and hobbs for 3 wr sets becoming more popular(ala colts). i am afraid to say the pats are back in town.
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thanks for that... I don't think the INCREDIBLE offseason has to do ENTIRELY with the loss to the colts.... its just because the front office is incredible, and are way below the cap... so we can afford to go nuts in the offseason!!!
its Tory James by the way... and he's just insurance in case Asante's head doesn't shrink back down to size... i doubt he'll be on the roster this year... but anyway...
we already know I love Maroney, and no more butterfingers Daniel Grahm, glad he's gone, now BEN has to step up more than ever, little IFFY on that one, as much as I like the addition of another member of the bunch... KYLE BRADY, I kind of would have liked to see them draft Greg Olsen... but whatever... we're not the Colts, we're BETTER!!!!!!
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Steven Action Jackson.....#2 pick in fantasy here I come. Rams offense is gonna be a juggernaut next year, mark my words. Unfortunately, their defense is gonna still be a pile of shit.
