Comments on: Pats didn’t disclose their draft board to the media

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:19:02 +0000

Dumb argument. This is a 14-2 team that had 9 Pro Bowlers. They draft at the end of every round because they’re always good. They’re not gonna add 5 starters every yr like Detroit,KC, Rams etc. 20 of their picks are solid contributers. They traded 2 picks in 2007 for Moss and Welker making them part of their draft. They had the best record in football, yet have 6 of 1rst 91 picks. The rest of the league consistantly wonders how he does it. Rightly so.

By: ggeden

ggeden — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:36:31 +0000

Work it out…

That’s an average of 10 picks over the last 5 years. And only about 1 starter per 10 picks each year.

Woeful.

By: ggeden

ggeden — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:27:53 +0000

It’s not the ranking, look at the stats…only 7 starters from a whopping 51 picks. Yeah real genius there!

Look at the Cowboys, only 3 starters. As you can see, they should’ve been ranked last, but it’s just the guy’s opinion to rank them 28th.

Same with the Patriots. Seriously, take off the rose-colored glasses and consider Belichick’s track-record with draftees. Belichick is better at acquiring veteran FAs.

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:37:48 +0000

Ranked 9th out of 32 teams(top 25%) by some nobody.
Wow, that sucks.

By: ggeden

ggeden — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:15:11 +0000

Those who think the Patriots are godly at the NFL Draft, just check out the statistics on Football Outsiders “Five Year Study of NFL Drafts”.

The analysts stroke Belichick’s ego, but his draft record isn’t good.

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:17:22 +0000

Think TCurran’s doing damage control so they let him back in the room.

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:09:06 +0000

Hate to say it men, but I think that’s their board.
Huge Pats fan, not a jealous hater. Someone FUpped(ie there was supposed to be no video)

By: JimmySmith

JimmySmith — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:17:35 +0000

If the draft board were real, they will send it in to the league headquarters where it would be promptly destroyed and never seen again.

By: BernardPollardIsAnAss

BernardPollardIsAnAss — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:17:51 +0000

Also, if there is anyone out there who really thinks BB has Bowers ranked ahead of Dareus and Quinn, by all means, continue to believe this is real… and that Santa Claus will be by with presents in a eight months. Duh.

By: BernardPollardIsAnAss

BernardPollardIsAnAss — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:12:37 +0000

Those tricky PFW guys. You always need at least three eyes on them.

By: micronin127

micronin127 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:58:12 +0000

The actual Patriots draft board is not a comprehensive set of 1,000 draft eleigible players. More than any other team they narrow their focus to 50 players or so. I bet their actual board is the smallest in the league.

They might start out with something like this, but come draft day they will have targeted the players they want and if they don’t see value where their pick is, they’ll trade the pick.

By: ryanclark25

ryanclark25 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:44:25 +0000

what i find very interesting is that the consensus top guard (pouncey) isnt on the list. has belicheck gone off him because he seems to like to run his mouth or is he being counted as a centre? also bowers at the top of the list of DEs do NE not run the 3-4? i find it hard to believe they’d have him at the top with the intention of making him a rush OLB….no way does belicheck let a draft board out against his wishes.

By: grpatriot

grpatriot — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Only BB cheats, why is this a story?

By: alkscout

alkscout — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:08:28 +0000

I’ll tell you right now it’s not the Patriots draft board because there are too many players on it at three positions already.

Their “draft board” might have 75 players on it. Also, they differentiate between outside linebackers and five-techs unless they’re different than any other 3-4 team I’ve ever talked to, so those defensive ends wouldn’t be mixed.

By: goombar2

goombar2 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:34:09 +0000

The funny thing is, Rick Spielman is now using it… Heck, it’s better than anything him or his scouts can come up with.! Now if they just remember to turn that pesky card in on time…

By: deljzc

deljzc — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:44:37 +0000

I don’t know. Seems like a lot of work to assign a NUMBER grade to each player as part of a hoax. And the grades on the players make sense too.

Who on that list is in the wrong place in the conspiracy to HELP the Patriots get the guy they want? JJ Watt? But his grade is still an 8.2 something, which is damn good and probably right where it’s supposed to be.

I would love to see if the Patriots actually stay true to this board in 2 weeks.

By: tomwill21

tomwill21 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:34:07 +0000

Jamarcus Russell as a OG/DL would make my dummy draft board lol

By: turk2875

turk2875 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:33:58 +0000

There goes Bill Belichick trying to out-smart everyone again. But dammit it always works!!!!!

By: thefiesty1

thefiesty1 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:31:26 +0000

Smokescreen. Belicek is hoping to see a video of other teams’ draft boards. Bait and switch.

By: moneymike23

moneymike23 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:26:02 +0000

I agree j0hnny63 and ezmoover. Btw, who gives a s*** about the patriots board.

By: ezmoover

ezmoover — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:17:01 +0000

Hmmmm….

If it is a fake (dummy) board, then why didn’t Belichick just allow the general public (and everyone else) think it was legit?

Why would he care?

Hmmmm….

By: j0hnny63

j0hnny63 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:16:57 +0000

Dummy board story sounds like they’re trying to cover the über-gaffe of flashing the real board on screen.

An actual dummy board you’d think they’d let slide to possibly fool other teams.

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:15:33 +0000

My dummy draft board would be obvious because the names would include Mike Hunt, Richard Hertz, and Jack Mehoff.

By: Kave Krew

Kave Krew — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:07:10 +0000

Stop kissing Curran’s youknowwhat…….he is a typical Beantown screama with nothing to say. He was good and i looked forward to his stuff before the other Beantown jokers got to him

By: tomwill21

tomwill21 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:00:35 +0000

I hope that’s not their board with Bowers over Dareus and Quinn

By: buckeyefan1026

buckeyefan1026 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:54:09 +0000

I find it hard to believe that they have Bowers ahead of Dareus… other than that, the draft board seems to be pretty accurate

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:47:49 +0000

Cheat-a-chick playing again.

By: ggeden

ggeden — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:45:58 +0000

If it was the real Patriots draft board, it would’ve had written….. “Trade Down at all costs until we have a dozen picks and randomly draft someone that will make the NFLN and ESPN think I, Bill Belichick, is a genius”.

By: sergio138

sergio138 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:40:51 +0000

Right before they show the pseudo draft board, there’s a shot of BB in front of a blurred out white board. I’m guessing that’s the real deal.

By: jw731

jw731 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:27:05 +0000

Like any NFL team would allow it to be filmed….It kind of looks like the juke boxes they have at a cheap diner…With the 17th pick in the NFL draft, the New England Patriots select….Elvis Presley….