Originally posted by lamontb:
Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:
Has anyone seen Pats recent draft record? For the amount of picks they have had, they don't have more than couple of good starters from last few drafts. They have drafted as many busts as anyone in the last few years.
Making it even more remarkable. When you have a legit system in place and a legit coach, and quarterback they overcome some of those busts. You get a team without that structure and they can't overcome those bad picks. No surprise that the front office guys(Pioli, and Demitriof(sp)) that left the Pats have went to KC, and ATL. Both 4-2 teams leading there divisions and on the rise. That is what knowledgeable football guys do, and the Pats have a lot of them.
Look, I understand that Pats got really lucky with Tom Brady. If they knew what he could do, they would have drafted him in 3rd or 4th round. I give them credit for drafting well earlier in the decade and what they did was - they drafted well in the trenches. You do that, and you get lucky with the QB - you have a team that can contend for the division every year.
As a coach, Belichick is a pretty damn good one. I give him credit there. But, if you want to talk about structure, they have one guy running the show. Other guys have titles but he has power over all of them. He has the final say in everything football related.
Majority of his assistants haven't found success anywhere. There aren't a lot of coaches like Bill Belichick - but let's not over-analyze the whole Pats have a great organization and structure.
Recently, they have drafted busts after busts, and the team they have today is good enough to have a winning record but they won't be winning Superbowl with this team.
The defense is average, running game is below average, and now with Randy Moss gone - they will have some tough time against good teams.