If you were told to choose your draft selections with the sole goal of beating New England NOW,
would you draft any differently than you would otherwise?
If you were told to choose your draft selections with the sole goal of beating New England NOW,
would you draft any differently than you would otherwise?
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
Yes. That is my first instinct as well. It shouldn't matter, right?
So I am wondering if this new directive might even just cause a subtle change in strategy.
For instance, might someone consider double dipping on edge rushers now whereas they otherwise might not have?
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
The window is closing. I'd take younger faster players over the same old slow guys. Gotta do something different. Because right now Tom Brady owns the Black and Gold my friend.
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Well... they just picked up a quality TE and a quality CB... We are thinking about re-signing our backup QB...
Like I recently heard, the Pats play chess and the rest of the NFL plays checkers :-/
No. We play them maybe once every season or 3. Why build to beat them? Build to make the playoffs.
You can have all the chemistry in the world but it may not help you get better. Look at the 2005 Eagles. They made it to the Super Bowl but had probably some of the worst chemistry out there.
I'm not saying you are in the wrong but signing all the same players back may not necessarily be an improvement...you'd still be missing the same pieces you were missing last year.
I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest. If you can't take it, you shouldn't play! - Jack Lambert
The Steelers will likely do what they usually do in free agency, wait and sign a few lower key guys, at the right price, to contribute. It's the same strategy they have used for a while now, a strategy they used while winning 2 Super Bowls.
It's going to take more than drafting to consistently beat them. Old Bill has a system and the coaches & players ALL buy into it, its almost cult like, but they win and do it with no name players year after year. I mean their best receiver is a R7 draft pick!
I've just accepted the fact that we'll probably never beat New England in a meaningful game.
I believe we can not only beat New England but also win at least 1 super bowl in the next 2 years.
Here's why.
1. We have arguably the most talented offense in the NFL.
2. We had a good defensive draft last year and our young defense should only be bettter next year.
3. This years draft is again loaded at our biggest positions of need on defense.
Keeping with the draft thread, maybe it is best to load Ben up with a top shelf TE in the first round.
This could be the final piece which will give Ben the most explosive offense he has ever had and allow him to put up the numbers needed to keep up with Brady.
Then draft defense....maybe one or two can contribute by the end of this year and next while Ben's window is still open.
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
pressure is a must , but pressure alone is not enough still have to cover without big cushions ... otherwise Mannings colts would have beat them more often as they got pressure but the coverage lacked ...
key to beating them is pressure with bump and run or at least man coverage ....
Never never never never never draft to beat a specific team. That is being reactive rather than proactive.
Ask the Ravens, Bengals, and Browns how attempting to construct a team with one opponents roster in mind works out.
You should draft based on trends, etc. Draft to defend TEs and slot WRs - the whole league is going that way. Draft to defend RBs in the passing game with smaller quicker LBs - that is a league wide trend. Most NFL teams have figured out that if you want to compete for a SB, you have to lock down both OT spots. No more lumbering road graders at RT that can't really pass protect. As a result, every team is more susceptible to pressure up the middle than off the edge. Or at least the ones that aren't garbage.
The fact that these would work well against the Pats is just a nice by-product.
Looking at how it stands today, the Patriots don't have a pick until the 3rd round. Some of you are good at how trades work. If we traded our pick at 30, can we get their 2018 1st, plus their 2 3rd rounders this draft? We would have 62, 72, 94, and 96. Plus our rounds 4-7, and pick up a 2nd 1st rounder for next year's draft. All we give up is 30. Would that work out?
pick 30 is not worth a 2018 1st and anything extra unless its coming from a team that is also destined to pick late every year
but we could trade back a few spots get an extra 3rd this year .....
say to 32 with N.O.
could then try and mover back 3-4 more spots and get another 3rd and perhaps STILL get the guy we would have taken at 30
now that would be interesting because there is a lot of talent to be had in rd 3 in this draft