Comments on: Young Patriots hope to rebound from lockout/sophomore slumps

By: emotionalfatguy

emotionalfatguy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:14:02 +0000

What the heck happened to Jermaine Cunnigham? Dudes always hurt or never sees the field

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Bit of both. Pretty ugly DE-OLB transition also. Unless he has a good camp I foresee him being getting cut.

By: fearthehoody

fearthehoody — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:08:41 +0000

What the heck happened to Jermaine Cunnigham? Dudes always hurt or never sees the field

By: mrconnors

mrconnors — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:34:15 +0000

Brandon Spikes is good. McCourty is the big one. If, and that’s a big if, he can get out of his funk and play well (either at corner or safety), we’ll have him, Dowling, Moore, Chung, Arrington, and we’ll see what we have in the rookies Wilson and Dennard, that’s really not a bad group in the secondary. I’m forgetting a few names, too.

The defense doesn’t have to be terrific for this team to win a title, but it would help if they could cut the yardage way down and get the points down some. Get off the damn field on 3rd down.

By: CKL

CKL — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:46:12 +0000

A lot of us Pats fans feel that BB “simplified” the defense and went more 4-3 (aside from sub packages) because of the lockout, and even besides injuries like Spikes and Chung that hurt them a bunch they still struggled a lot for a good bit of the season, and a chunk of that was communication alone. Not just the Pats D, but a lot of the more complex ones suffered, IMO more than offenses. Much as I hate the NYJ for example, theirs did as well.

BB has never drafted a Saban player in the first round, but he did this year. Learning curve…shortened (if dude ever signs his contract, ).

By: scalfor3

scalfor3 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:40:32 +0000

gronk and hernandez were both in the draft class of 2010. more accurate if you had said defenders from that class