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Leeroy Jenkins PhD

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Leeroy Jenkins PhD

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With the current NFL lockout and players and coaches not being able to communicate until who knows when, any draft picks selected this year are going to be playing a serious game of catch up.

Our entire time is going to be playing catch-up. Trying to learn an entirely new offense and defense in as short as a few weeks.

Would it make sense to call this season what it is. Lets face it, with this scenario playing out we are hardly going to be in playoff contention.

Please don't think I hate our team, I am just a sad realist.

With all that said, I hope we are able to trade away some of this years draft picks and stock up for next year. Everyone wonders why New England has a good young group of players year after year, they invest in the next draft every year. Hell, this year they have multiple picks in the first 2 rounds.

Any rookies selected this year are not going to impact our team very much, is it a good year to try and get a head start on 2012's draft?

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With the current NFL lockout and players and coaches not being able to communicate until who knows when, any draft picks selected this year are going to be playing a serious game of catch up.

Our entire time is going to be playing catch-up. Trying to learn an entirely new offense and defense in as short as a few weeks.

Would it make sense to call this season what it is. Lets face it, with this scenario playing out we are hardly going to be in playoff contention.

Please don't think I hate our team, I am just a sad realist.

With all that said, I hope we are able to trade away some of this years draft picks and stock up for next year. Everyone wonders why New England has a good young group of players year after year, they invest in the next draft every year. Hell, this year they have multiple picks in the first 2 rounds.

Any rookies selected this year are not going to impact our team very much, is it a good year to try and get a head start on 2012's draft?

marcell dareus wants to show you what 3800+ lbs of force slamming into your chest feels like.

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One of the reasons New England can afford the luxury of stock piling picks every year is bc they have a top 2 QB in the league, maybe top 1 :lol:.

Well, ya got me there. but wouldnt it be nice to trade our #1 pick this year for a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd next year. and woulnd't it be great to win the lottery, or just pick up Peyton Manning...... Man, this draft needs to get here fast, I just need some kinda football and arena league doesn't cut it!

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Not a bad idea but I (and most fans) would lose respect for a team that intentionally lost. That just doesn't rub me the right way. And for what....Andrew Luck - give me a break. That guy could be a bust like anyone else. I hope his stock drops like Jake Locker and he ends up playing for the Bengals or Lions. That will teach him...

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I agree.

New coach. New system. Potentially new QB? And best forecast to a CBA being finished is around June? I'm sorry, but that's just insanity to think that drafting Cam/Gabbert/whoever QB is going to put together a playoff team for 2011-2012.

Draft as if there is going to be no season. Trade-down and go defense/other skill positions (WR).

Let's just say we DO draft Cam and we have a season and he absolutely sucks. The entire 2011 offseason will be blamed. Then we'd have to wait another season to truly find out. Let's say by chance it goes bad. We could potentially be setting ourselves up for 3 years out of 4 where our first pick was a QB, AND we choose to skip out on Luck (if we'd even be in a position to do so) on next year BECAUSE we'd blame the offseason for not giving Cam the best chance to succeed.

LOL...gotta love it.

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