Bob Sacamano
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still perplexed? well, the Pats took 2 TEs in the 1st round in 3 years, '02 (Daniel Graham) and '04 (Ben Watson), and they won a SUper Bowl each year, coincidence? yes lol, but still...
summerisfunner said:still perplexed? well, the Pats took 2 TEs in the 1st round in 3 years, '02 (Daniel Graham) and '04 (Ben Watson), and they won a SUper Bowl each year, coincidence? yes lol, but still...
That thought crossed my mind a lot on draft day, but the difference is, we weren't the SB champs. You could make the case that instead of wasting the 2nd 1st round pick, they could have improved their team much more at another position, say CB and would have won more.summerisfunner said:still perplexed? well, the Pats took 2 TEs in the 1st round in 3 years, '02 (Daniel Graham) and '04 (Ben Watson), and they won a SUper Bowl each year, coincidence? yes lol, but still...
Great post, I completely agree.It's a wait and see deal for me but I will say this after thinking about it, I have had a difficult time penciling in that 11 starter on offense for 3 or 4 years now ... not just the name but the position. So if Fasano solves that quandry I'm all for the move.
Truth is before this draft who was your 11th guy ... Crayton ... Polite ... Hannam?
And if you are definitive unlike me as to which of those 3 would have been the guy then consider this ... my favorite of those 3 would have been Crayton, but know way Parcells uses a 3 WR set as our base especially with our depth or lack thereof at that position, things get thin real quick at that position after you get by our top 3. Also that gives you a pass 1st tendency not exactly coaches 1st choice.
Hannam? Not a bad option there except he's really a blocking tight end and that gives you a run 1st tendency plus the depth situation there creeps right back up, not much behind Witten and Hannam predraft.
Polite? Truth is we haven't smelled the likes of a game changing FB around these parts in awhile. That position is going by way of the dinasour ... and so by the way are the RBs that know how to run behind them. Just from a talent standpoint we needed to think about change here.
So if these things are true then we've been held captive by that 11th guy. Now I don't pretend to know if Fasano is the dude who will change this problem, but I do like the idea in theory. Fasano has the POTENTIAL to develop into a complete TE much like Witten has become. If he does then the two VERSATILE TE set shows no tendencies whether it be run or pass and creates matchup problems somewhere on the field almost all the time.
I'm not saying I'm sold but I am intrigued and willing to take a wait and see approach.
Doomsday101 said:Shocked? Yes. Upset? No.....I consider him a very good hardnosed player.
summerisfunner said:still perplexed? well, the Pats took 2 TEs in the 1st round in 3 years, '02 (Daniel Graham) and '04 (Ben Watson), and they won a SUper Bowl each year, coincidence? yes lol, but still...