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Initially I shook my head on the Easley pickup in the 1st due to blown ACL's in each knee at college. But I heard that Seattle was ready to draft him right behind NE. So they get a pass on that move. Yet still, both Wilfork and Kelly are also coming off injuries. So their best move was to add another guy into coming-off-an-injury list?
But the Garappolo move is a great place to point out why they stink. They don't even need a QB right away, and they already drafted Mallett a few years back. So basically drafting Garappolo makes the Mallett pick a waste or vice versa. ZERO reason to waste picks like this. And no, I don't really care that Mallett's deal is about up. He's been on the roster and knows the system. He's had zero starts. Obviously this wasn't a move to push Brady for a starting job. It was at best insurance if he gets injured. But he hasn't and so the Pats spent a 3rd rounder on a guy to hold the clipboard. And now spent another pick, a second rounder to fight for a job holding the clipboard? Waste. The Pats are so good that they can spend 2nd and 3rd rounders on guys that have no shot to play?
The only saving grace is if the Pats do in fact trade Mallett and recoup something for the wasted pick.
Stork may have been their best pick. James White was ranked by McShay as the 263 best player and 21st ranked RB. Yet they took him at pick 130. They easily could have waited another 2 rounds and got White.
The step in the right direction for them was to not stockpile picks that they end up wasting. If they want to waste picks at least do less of it. So they headed in the right direction by not trading down a zillion times.
Yes, this team is an annual playoff team. But, they have needs and haven't made the SB in a long time. They needed help on the defense still. They lost Talib, Spikes, and Blount. Revis is a huge add but he's got some miles on his legs too. No clue why they didn't just re-sign Blount who is right now way better than White. But whatever. And they did not draft a LB which would have been a better move than Garappolo.
The easy wrap up is that their 1st pick was a guy with serious injury concerns and who is added to an interior D line that already has injury concerns and their 2nd rounder was a guy who won't see the field.
But the Garappolo move is a great place to point out why they stink. They don't even need a QB right away, and they already drafted Mallett a few years back. So basically drafting Garappolo makes the Mallett pick a waste or vice versa. ZERO reason to waste picks like this. And no, I don't really care that Mallett's deal is about up. He's been on the roster and knows the system. He's had zero starts. Obviously this wasn't a move to push Brady for a starting job. It was at best insurance if he gets injured. But he hasn't and so the Pats spent a 3rd rounder on a guy to hold the clipboard. And now spent another pick, a second rounder to fight for a job holding the clipboard? Waste. The Pats are so good that they can spend 2nd and 3rd rounders on guys that have no shot to play?
The only saving grace is if the Pats do in fact trade Mallett and recoup something for the wasted pick.
Stork may have been their best pick. James White was ranked by McShay as the 263 best player and 21st ranked RB. Yet they took him at pick 130. They easily could have waited another 2 rounds and got White.
The step in the right direction for them was to not stockpile picks that they end up wasting. If they want to waste picks at least do less of it. So they headed in the right direction by not trading down a zillion times.
Yes, this team is an annual playoff team. But, they have needs and haven't made the SB in a long time. They needed help on the defense still. They lost Talib, Spikes, and Blount. Revis is a huge add but he's got some miles on his legs too. No clue why they didn't just re-sign Blount who is right now way better than White. But whatever. And they did not draft a LB which would have been a better move than Garappolo.
The easy wrap up is that their 1st pick was a guy with serious injury concerns and who is added to an interior D line that already has injury concerns and their 2nd rounder was a guy who won't see the field.
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