Pats and the Draft

[stirs]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/bill-belichick-nfl-draft-new-england-patriots/ Taking advantage of weak and stupid organizations

[London Loves Luke]

Hilarious

 

 

Carolina general manager Marty Hurney, who accused the Patriots of having a “culture of cheating” last week, helped contribute by allowing Belichick to steal his draft pick. The Panthers fell in love with wide receiver Armanti Edwards and had no qualms about giving up a future second-rounder to acquire the 25th pick in the third round. After all, Carolina had gone 20-12 over the previous two seasons; how bad could it really go?

Really bad. Edwards was a total bust, a middling return man who finished his Panthers career with five catches in three-plus seasons. The Panthers collapsed and went 2-14, leaving them with the worst record in football. That meant the second-rounder they had sent to the Patriots for the 89th pick became the first pick of the second round, the 33rd overall selection.

 

[bigskypanthersguy]

Hilarious

 

In a fit of karmic pique, the pick they procured from us proceeded to amount to precisely piss-all, so it seems everyone involved managed to have a collective epic fail.

[Johnny Rockets]

I'm not familiar with Bill Barnwell per say but he is one researching mutha fuggin machine to come up with all that.

 

My head hurts after reading that. 

[stirs]

You can hate Belichek all you want, but he acquires draft picks like nobody else.

 

Hoping we can get to the point where we are drafting 10-12 players each draft also

[rodeo]

He sure does acquire lots of draft picks, but rarely selects anyone of note with them. He's far better at finding old free agents who fit his system than he is at scouting rookies.

 

He friggin picked Lawrence Mauroney over Deangelo Williams.

[stirs]

Which is why they win a ton of games?

[The Huddler]

Were awesome. They hate us cause they anus

[stirs]

Remains to be seen how Chip Kelly will do with the same power

 

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20150206_Will_Eagles__Kelly_be_a_team_player_.html

[Jangler]

Were awesome. They hate us cause they anus

 

 

corny

[TheNewStandard]

You can hate Belichek all you want, but he acquires draft picks like nobody else.

Hoping we can get to the point where we are drafting 10-12 players each draft also

we need to have that many true starters before we go giving away FA for draft picks,man.

once we have a true young core, then we can start pimpin' out our moderate and easily replaced players for draft picks.

we're getting there, but still a few years away.

[stirs]

we need to have that many true starters before we go giving away FA for draft picks,man.

once we have a true young core, then we can start pimpin' out our moderate and easily replaced players for draft picks.

we're getting there, but still a few years away.

 

Not sure if you read the article or not.  90% of it is about manipulating the draft, not so much players, just dropping back and accumulating picks

[SCP]

This makes me appreciate Gettleman's approach to the draft even more. BPA, don't overreact to perceived needs.

[Darth Biscuit]

This makes me appreciate Gettleman's approach to the draft even more. BPA, don't overreact to perceived needs.

 

 

I was thinking the same thing...  Gman seems to do this much more than our previous GMs, much to the chagrin of the huddle draft know-it-alls