Mike in Syracuse Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 I was reading an article about the Patriots signing Waters and I found this little tidbit at the very end to be fascinating: By releasing Meriweather, who signed with the Bears on Sunday, the team has no remaing players from those drafted in 2007. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821f4869/article/patriots-agree-to-terms-with-veteran-pro-bowl-g-waters?module=HP11_headline_stack
miserable_fan Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones.
Nuncha Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 The Bills have struck out consistently between 2000 and 2010 - probably a real good reason why they haven't beat the Patriots since 2003.
nodnarb Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones. Typical reply here at tsw. The Pats do it and it makes sense. They admit they made a mistake. The Bills do the exact same thing (Maybin, Hardy, et. al.) and it's not admitting that a mistake was made, it's more like they gave up too soon or whatever. "Well unlike the Bills..." What an eye-roller...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones. ??? What mistakes are still on our roster??? PTR
NoSaint Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones. Also, their mistakes could often start here. Making a 14-2 squad is much harder than a 4-12. They can be picky and send a probowler packing.
Bob in STL Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones. [/q] The Bills are not afriad to admit mistakes and move on. Problem is there are so many regime changes they draft without a long term plan. Edited September 4, 2011 by Bob in STL
miserable_fan Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Typical reply here at tsw. The Pats do it and it makes sense. They admit they made a mistake. The Bills do the exact same thing (Maybin, Hardy, et. al.) and it's not admitting that a mistake was made, it's more like they gave up too soon or whatever. "Well unlike the Bills..." What an eye-roller... We hoard all of our draft picks as if they're going to magically become good (McKelvin, McCargo for a long time, etc etc). And they draft for need, we keep drafting RB's and wonder why our team isn't getting any better. The best teams in the league don't have stud 1st round draft picks. They have great offensive lines, qb and/or d-line and linebackers. We refuse to address any important positions in our draft then we'll either keep them too long or just let them go and draft the exact same thing the next year. Dareus was the first pick in a LONG time that I actually liked.
Nuncha Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 ??? What mistakes are still on our roster??? PTR The mistakes have been cleared out - but who has filled the gaping holes after 10 years of horrid drafting? Do they have them filled now? That remains to be seen.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 The mistakes have been cleared out - but who has filled the gaping holes after 10 years of horrid drafting? Do they have them filled now? That remains to be seen. Dareus, Merriman, Barnett. Still more holes to fill but it's not like the Bills have not filled any. In fact they seemed to address our biggest hole from last season. PTR
KD in CA Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) The Bills are not afriad to admit mistakes and move on. Problem is there are so many regime changes they draft without a long term plan. The problem is there have been so many mistakes that the Bills are constantly in "get rid of our mistakes" mode. Yes, I would agree that constant regime change hasn't helped, but the real problem has been lack of ownership change. Edited September 4, 2011 by KD in CT
miserable_fan Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 The problem is there have been so many mistakes that the Bills are constantly in "get rid of our mistakes" mode. Yes, I would agree that constant regime change hasn't helped, but the real problem has been lack of ownership change. I think we can all agree on this
The Avenger Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 <br />??? What mistakes are still on our roster???<br /><br />PTR<br /><br /><br /><br /> Exhibit A: Leodis McKelvin - yet another first round pick who really isn't even starter quality - he wouldn't even make some other teams but he starts for us -the burn unit already has a bed waiting for him after the season starts
todd Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Yeah, the Bills don't admit mistakes. Especially when: 1. Firing Jauron 2. Cutting Maybin 3. Trying to trade McCargo 4. Cutting Corner 5. Cutting Edwards Would you like me to go on? The Bills issue is NOT admitting mistakes, it is making them in the friggin' first place! Interesting. Well unlike the Bills, the Pats aren't afraid to admit that they've made a mistake. They get rid of the bad pieces and fill them in with good ones.
Boludo Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) that factoid about the Patriots 2007 draft is misleading they had one first round pick (Merriweather), no second round pick, and no third round pick their late round picks didn't pan out that year, although it's generally a bit harder for late round picks to stick on top teams they still did miss on their late rounders, but in 2007 they only picked once in the first 125 picks in the draft, so it's really not that big of a fail f the pats tho Edited September 4, 2011 by Boludo
High Mark Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 ??? What mistakes are still on our roster??? PTR KELSAY Yeah, the Bills don't admit mistakes. Especially when: 1. Firing Jauron 2. Cutting Maybin 3. Trying to trade McCargo 4. Cutting Corner 5. Cutting Edwards Would you like me to go on? The Bills issue is NOT admitting mistakes, it is making them in the friggin' first place! 1. They extended Jauron and kept him when they shouldnt have 2. They drafted Maybin, thats bad enough 3. They didnt cut McCargo after they couldt trade him, and they let him play out his contract for another 2 years 4. Corner was not a mistake. He was a decent 4th round pick. 5. They started Edwards last year.
BobChalmers Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 KELSAY Prediction: You're going to be eating crow on that one this season. I've been bashing Kelsay too - but he really looks like he's got OLB figured out now - I don't expect you to believe me right now - just hold that thought for December and we'll check in again.
miserable_fan Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Prediction: You're going to be eating crow on that one this season. I've been bashing Kelsay too - but he really looks like he's got OLB figured out now - I don't expect you to believe me right now - just hold that thought for December and we'll check in again. That's a bold statement
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