Cotton Fitzsimmons

Well, pardon me, Guru. But I definitely don't see the cohesiveness that has been the Pats strength during their "dynasty" taking shape in 2005. The fact is they've lost a lot of leadership on the field in addition to 2 talented coordinators on either side of the ball. And... due him or not, Flutie IS a lightning rod for controversy just about everywhere he's gone. I can only imagine what that will be like in Boston.

As much success as Brady has had, the "Magic Flutie" is still Bean Town's favorite son. And knowing how the genius of Belichik manifests itself on gameday... I have little doubt that Flutie will see action on specifically designed plays for his abilities. This could get real interesting. I have visions of that locker room getting pretty nasty. How will things wash if the Pats hit a rocky stretch and you look around that locker room, and instead of Troy Brown, Bruschi, Weiss, Crennel, etc. there's the Magic Flutie and Corey Dillon.

Corey Simon would be a monstrous coup for us. Paired with Sam Adams, they'd absolutely reak havoc. Our defense would be even more dominant.

First of all, I'm a Donahoe fan at this point, but just looking at this situation if this is true... Maybe Shelton isn't great, but I'm sure he's adequate, and moving up would've allowed us to get Nugent. Chances are Parrish would've still been there in the 3rd rd. from the projections and mocks I've looked at. I have to say, IMHO, I would've liked that scenario much better than what played out. But, I don't think we're hurting by any means at this point either.

My favorite part is, "Poster is 6.6 feet tall. One side includes a growth chart that also notes how tall the Magic Flutie is." ...notes how tall the "Magic Flutie" is... LOL

Honestly, he sounds better than what we have. Lindell is DECENT on kickoffs, but hell at this point I'd take a guy who was consistent from 40 yds and in.

Well hells bells, if they're going to relish playing in double back sets, it's good that we kept them both. Is that "REAL DEAL" Roscoe Parrish or "Hollywood" Tony Everett in your avatar, Johnny?

If this team starts 1-5, heads will rolll... period. That said there's no way this team starts 1-5. I'd bet more strongly toward 5-1. We have a good team, we saw it come together in the latter part of '04. We haven't done anything flashy to upgrade this offseason, but we didn't lose much. The one thing we did lose that I think will hurt most is Pat Williams, and hopefully we can make some sort of upgrade between now and the opener to offset that loss. If we do and our D holds to similar form as last season, we should have no problem getting to 11 wins.

I really wanted Nugent and think he would've single handedly had more impact than all of the players we drafted combined next season. However, it seems if Donahoe really would've considered this guy, we could've moved up 10 spots or so and got this guy. Disappointing as it may be, the braintrust must not have been seriously considering Nugent unless he absolutely fell into our lap.

Ah well... I'm not sure what the strategy here is, but Nugent would've been a major impact player for us IMHO. Especially given the fact that our kicker is shaky past 30 yds. Khalif Barnes anyone?

As disappointed as some of us are at the lack of moves we've made today... if we end up with Nugent at the end of the day, are we happy?

JP has a stronger arm and more 'quicks' than Alex and Aaron, and that's the fact, Jack! Now that doesn't mean he will be a better QB, but personally I'm glad we have JP over either of these QB's.

I don't see TD pulling the trigger on a deal that nets us only a 3rd rd. pick for Henry. We spent a 2nd rounder on the guy, he panned out and became a Pro Bowl running back. If a 3rd rounder is all we can get for him, I don't see him going anywhere. Henry can say what he wants about sitting out, but for better or worse I don't see anyone winning a staring contest with Donahoe... he's just not going to blink.

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Wow! I didn't see it before, but when you look at it you're right. The eyes and facial features are almost a dead ringer for Ralph. The hair is obviously different, but they could easily pass for brothers.

It's easy to blame this all on Drew, and maybe if we had another QB in there our record would be different, but consider the following. When I look at the key plays/scenarios that have cost us games this year, the QB position really wasn't involved whatsoever. I remember the critical 3rd down in the Raiders game where T-Henry had a hole but proceeded to trip for no apparent reason. Also in that game Henry couldn't punch it into the endzone for a critical TD... or maybe he did and it should have been challenged. In either case the QB position had no significant impact on the result of the play. I recall Chris Villarial taking a huge holding penalty on a play where McGahee had the first down in the Jax game when we were running out the clock that eventually forced us to give the ball back to Jax and allowed them to take the lead. In the Jets game, the defense allowed the go ahead score with 1:00 left. A critical stop by the defense and we win that game. Granted... Drew has made some bad plays too, but when you look at these key turn of events... whether the QB was Brett Favre, Joe Montana, or Jim Kelly... would the result have been different? All things considered... Drew has posted an 85.2 passer rating... that includes 5 TD/3 INT, and a very respectable 7.29 yds. per attempt. If you're asking a QB to be efficient and run a smash mouth offense, and let a solid defense help win games, that's the kind of performance you're looking for. Frankly, I doubt Shane Matthews would perform as well as Drew has to this point.

Does anyone know for a fact what happened? Supposedly the drill it was in wasn't allowed to be filmed by media or anything, so everything I've heard was just accounts from those who were in attendance. I have to admit, I'm a little pissed at Vincent right now myself, but I'm not sure we have all the facts at this point.