we didnt copy new england. We were playing a two tight end heavy offense from day one under parcells and never changed it. Parcells offense used the tight ends differently but we didnt try to copy new england and I am tired of hearing people say this.
this team signed dan campbell in 03 and then drafted jason witten. then in 04 they drafted sean ryan, then in 05 they added brett pierce from baltimore who imo looked excellent, he was big and could move and block in the parcells offense perfectly. Then he tore his acl. In 06 they drafted fasano and he was the perfect fit and should have been here for like 8 years. Instead garrett shipped him off for nothing and without ever giving a clear reason why.
then of course 08 bennett.
This did not start when garrett got here and they were not copying belichick, it was a parcells staple in his style of offense. Fasano never ever should have been just given away after two years here. It was an Idiotic move. he was a team first guy and one of the qb's friends. Bennett showed up and his damn family was running around telling everyone romo sucked and everything was his fault...They still do it to this day. The total opposite of a team guy. Played a big part in how lousy the locker room was in 08.