The 2010 NFL Thread

[HailtotheYo]

Don't htey also have someone's first and second next year ? Or like a second and third or something ?

[Trey]

Oakland's 1st, Carolina's 2nd, Minnesota's 3rd, and someone's 4th that I can't remember off the top of my head.

[HailtotheYo]

Holy fuck, worse than I thought ....

so basically, if you're any good at all ... you'll be a Pat next year

[Evil Chase K]

I don't know, the Patriots haven't really drafted that well since Pioli left.

[Maxx]

Brady must be pissed, they wait until they've got him locked down to a new contract before trading away one of his favorite weapons.

[Damian WayLNKe]

Brady must be pissed, they wait until they've got him locked down to a new contract before trading away one of his favorite weapons.

It's better than trading him away, watch Brady's numbers decrease and then sign him to a lower contract.

[Maxx]

Yeah, and it's better than straight up releasing him too, doesn't change the fact that Brady lost another player he seemed to really want to keep around.

[gunnar hendershow]

I honestly thought it was a possibility for Brady to get out of New England after this season. They've shown no desire to keep most of his favorite players around, and the past few years their drafting has been dreadful. It doesn't matter how many picks they have in 2011 if they can't find the good ones in the draft. Brady's stuck there now, and he'll have to hope this is just a retooling and not a rebuilding effort they're starting.

As a Ravens fan, I'm feeling better about week 6 now. Moss terrifies me.

[Maxx]

I like that ESPN is discussing how well Favre and Moss will mesh together, as if either of them have a strategy beyond "Go long"

[HailtotheYo]

I don't know, the Patriots haven't really drafted that well since Pioli left.

WTF are you talking about ?

Pioli left in January of '09 ...

that '09 draft was terrible ... those Julian Edelman, Patrick Chung, and Brandon Tate guys have't shown anything .... Vollmer has only done enough to be the starting right tackle

(they also didn't have a 1st rounder in '09 mind you)

Darius Butler and Ron Brace rotate regularly on defense

out of the 12 players from '09, you've got a total of 6 that are impact players/starters/or regularly playing two years later

the '10 class ?

Uh, lets see .... Devin McCourty is a starting CB, Grankowski is getting playing time, Hernandez is looking like their best TE, Spikes is in regularly at LB, Mesko is the starting Punter

... that's 5 out of 12 doing the job in their first year

uh, yeah

[Meacon Keaton]

Mesko is the starting Punter

"ZOLTAN!"

[Cactus Drags]

Pats did better without Moss than they did with him anyway.

[naiwf]

The one Patriot who should be crying at night is Welker. He probably won't end up seeing 1 on 1 coverage against a LB ever again, unless they trade for Vincent Jackson.

[TCO]

Pats did better without Moss than they did with him anyway.

To be fair, Superbowl aside, the Patriots were one of, if not the greatest football team ever in 2007. They were better than any of the years the won the big one and that isn't down to Moss.

[DMN in the House]

New England wasn't winning the Super Bowl anyway. All those little white slot receivers can forget about running around wide open, though. Randy Moss is what made that offense go.

Can't say I'm sad, it's great to see the Patriots unravel.

[Cactus Drags]

Pats did better without Moss than they did with him anyway.

To be fair, Superbowl aside, the Patriots were one of, if not the greatest football team ever in 2007. They were better than any of the years the won the big one and that isn't down to Moss.

That's the point I made.

[Lowerdeck]

There's usually a point to whatever Belichick does. Right now I'm failing to see this one, other than getting rid of a steadily more annoying pain in the ass.

[Evil Chase K]

WTF are you talking about ?

Pioli left in January of '09 ...

that '09 draft was terrible ... those Julian Edelman, Patrick Chung, and Brandon Tate guys have't shown anything .... Vollmer has only done enough to be the starting right tackle

(they also didn't have a 1st rounder in '09 mind you)

Darius Butler and Ron Brace rotate regularly on defense

out of the 12 players from '09, you've got a total of 6 that are impact players/starters/or regularly playing two years later

the '10 class ?

Uh, lets see .... Devin McCourty is a starting CB, Grankowski is getting playing time, Hernandez is looking like their best TE, Spikes is in regularly at LB, Mesko is the starting Punter

... that's 5 out of 12 doing the job in their first year

uh, yeah

Ok, looking at their past drafts, perhaps I was wrong.

But I really don't pay attention to what New England does so I guess I should have researched before saying something.

Thank you for correcting me, King of NFL Draft Knowledge.

[The Heartbreak Kid]

The Patriots also have a pick from the Broncos too. Just to fill in that other pick that wasn't mentioned.

[Lowerdeck]

But I really don't pay attention to what New England does so I guess I should have researched before saying something.

Or anything besides the Steelers