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Converted tackle, so yes he has the size/ability to block; clueless as a receiver though. Blew his route in Preason game 3 against the Panthers that lead to Brady's pick6. SSDD

People like to bring this stat up, but it is not unique in NFL history, and I don't remember ever hearing about it with two of the other teams that it happened with (there is actually a third, but I cant' remember who it was.): 1974 Superbowl winning Steelers 1999 Supperbowl winning Rams aka The Greatest Show on Turf. SSDD

Wow, you might want to have your facts straight, since you are WAY off. "Running up the score" and "comfortable lead"? That injury happened in the first quarter, with no contact, when the Texans where up 7-0, on the Patriot's first drive, and on Welker's first catch. The fact that those guys were playing is something that can be argued, but Belicheck almost always plays his guys, the chances of an injury are relatively small, they did just play 15 other games without a serious one. That team just wasn't that good, BB wasn't happy with it, and was still trying to get the team to improve on the way to the playoffs. They ended up losing that game by the way. SSDD

If the offense subs players they have to give the defense the chance to do the same. New England wasn't changing players so no need to allow the Fins the chance to sub. SSDD

It's been happening for years: Parcells did it to get Curtis Martin from New England to NYJ (I think this is the case, can't find documentation); Vikings did it to Seattle with Hutchinson; and I assume there have been many more examples over the years. ------------ So info from Wiki about it, it is from Wiki so take it for what it is. LINK SSDD

Welker was originally an UDFA with the Chargers in '04, made the team out of training camp, and then was cut after week 1; Then the Fins picked him up. Hard to call an UDFA a bust, but wanted to make sure the record was straight. SSDD

I've got nothing to say about RWS, never been there, but what part does NE play in this situation? Kraft paid for that stadium, no public money was used for it. The state/town did some infrastructure improvements, but no public money is in the stadium. SSDD

As a Patriots' fan, I want nothing to due with him. SSDD

No thank you; ZERO desire to pick that high, especially at that cost. SSDD

Brady hasn't practiced on a Wednesday in over a month because of the shoulder/foot issues; the flu is new, but this far out I doubt it will be a problem; if it turned up Friday I would be more concerned. SSDD

I'm sure that was an honest mistake, but it was the 2006 draft, not the 1996! There is a slight difference from when New England picked Maroney and Buffalo picking Spiller. NE was in a down year, winning the division with a 10-6 record and a year removed from back-to-back SB wins. It was a pretty solid team that was looking to find a replacement for Dillion. Spiller on the other hand was a high pick that is seen by many to be a luxury pick for a team that already had two better than average RBs on it. I won't say that drafting a RB in the 1st is stupid, but it is not something that I, as a Patriots' fan, want New England to do. I just believe that there are much more difficult positions on the team to fill, and that for the most part a RB relies on those parts more than those parts rely on a RB. SSDD

San Diego could not release him until he passed a physical. SSDD

That's fine, I just think it is alot about perception. I could go find threads on Pat's boards where people are saying that all the calls go against NE. Of course I hate most of those people, but that is a different story. SSDD

I actually read about this somewhere, I'll have to try and dig up a link; but there is no penalty associated with using two timeouts in a row, the ref just isn't supposed to grant the second one. The officials should have just ignored the time out, let the play clock expire, and then thrown the flag on the delay of game. SSDD

If the line judge sees a player initially fall on the ball and gain possession, and then the player is then touched by the other team ending the play, they don't need to wait to pull the players off of the pile. They have to pull all of the players off when then do not see who gets control, the line judge was just in the right place this time. How about that KO return by Spiller, that was absolutely blocked clean right? Bad calls happen both ways every game, it is just part of the game. SSDD

Patriots did it in '03 at Denver. SSDD

The Packers drafted a falling QB near the end of the first round, and then were able to let him sit and learn behind a future HOF'er. By the time Rodgers made his first start he had something like three years in the system. You guys, not having a solid QB to start with, don't have the luxury so either you would pick up a free agent QB, or draft a rookie and start him early. Further more Rodgers took over a team that was playoff caliber with a stable front office, two things that I think even the most die hard Bills fan would agree you don't have. SSDD

FYI -- Jackson cannot be on the PUP list as he has already practiced this year. It is either the 53 or IR. SSDD

The answer to the question is no, and the reason in the second part I bolded. The commish basically dictated to the schedule makers that the last two weeks of the season have as many divisional games as possible, so that it is less likely that a team can get away with coasting through those weeks. SSDD

Well you really don't have to single anyone out, if they aren't there when camp starts they are a hold out. I looked this up earlier today, last year there were all of 4 1st rounders signed by this point; it seems that everyone is making this a big deal, and it maybe, but at this point 1 signed vs 4 signed isn't that different. SSDD

Can't happen, damn California QBs! SSDD

I don't know about the rest of the post, but there will be a draft next year, it will be the last thing that happens in the league year. SSDD

I don't know where your numbers come from, or where the discrepancy lies, but according to the page 20 of the 2009 NCAA FBS record book, PDF located here, Tate is the career leader. Honestly it doesn't really matter, they were both good at it on the college level, McKelvin has proven it in the NFL, Tate hasn't had the chance yet. SSDD

FYI -- New England did in '00. Bledsoe as the #1, Brady as the #4; I can't remember who was between them. Basically Bill's answer to why was that the team was so talent deficient at the time that they could get away with it. SSDD

You are right of course, but do you agree that some positions are MORE important than others? Or that some are easier to fill with late round drafties, or street free agents? Guard verses Left Tackle for example. Understandable, but I didn't comment on that, I was just asking if the previous poster couldn't see any reason why two different teams could make, on the surface, similar moves and get different reactions. Besides media bias, of course. Well I would say that 75 - 80 percent of the NFL teams are pretty close in pure talent, the game is really what you do with that talent. SSDD