And what you really have to take into consideration is that this team considers itself the home team of all of New England including Maine, NH, RI, and Western CT in addition to Massachusetts. (Yes, I left out Vermont intentionally. I really don't think a significant # of people make the long drive to Foxboro from there.)
I agree with your assessment of the team's flaws, but they do have 4 picks in the first two rounds in the 2010 draft. The question is how many of them can be impact players in year one.
1st Round (Currently 27nd Overall)
2nd Round (Titans - Currently 43rd Overall)
2nd Round (Jaguars - Currently 45th Overall)
2nd Round (Currently 59th Overall)
4th Round
6th Round
7th Round (PHI -for Greg Lewis)
7th Round (DEN - for Russ Hochstein)
These picks have been traded away:
3rd Round (OAK - Derrick Burgess)
5th Round (OAK - Derrick Burgess, Thru DEN - Le Kevin Smith)
5th Round (TB - Alex Smith)
7th Round (Den - Le Kevin Smith)
The 1st round pick they got from Chokeland for Richard Seymour is a 2011 pick.