Anyone who takes on a stroke then comes back from it to play Pro Football is a man in my book, no matter what team he plays for.

The more free agency strolls along I’m thinking CB is going to the first Fin pick. It just isn’t looking that great right now.

I didnt know they had signed Boden so cheap, but I think the Tri didnt pick it up for one of these reasons:
1= its obvious he wanted to play for a solid team for just one season while giving strong performances so that next off season he gets a huge long term deal and the trifecta arent interested in bringing in guys for just one season.
2- If we were already a contender, it would be unimaginable to see McFadden and Boden get away so cheap and dont even make a run at them, but we arent, we are getting young and strong so this most mean the trifecta want their next Kendall Langford or Merling or Bess or JL to be a stud young CB.
3- What they mention about Allen, but no thanks

Ronnie Brown is just awesome to have on our team. With the line being improved, I can see him having a solid year next year. As far as the CB situation, I read (I’m searching for where) that Parcells likes to use the pass rush instead of relying on the DB’s , so maybe its not a huge concern right now. I’d like to see us take one the first day, and then another late like you said.

He was out there for a while and there wasn’t a whole lot of activity for him. Maybe Bodden is just not that good. Guys, we have 3 of the top 56 picks in the draft; we will have a couple good cornerbacks that can play the kind of coverage that they’re looking for. I’m not worried about it. Honestly, its possible that they wont take a CB at 25 either. I think we’re in for a surprise there I just can’t wait for the draft.

Round 2 picks…

He has been a stud, since day 1. He’s averaged over 4 yards per carry in each of his 4 years, which is tremendous considering the teams we had the first 3 years. Even elite RBs dont do that when they are on bad teams,( accept a couple of the all time greats J. Brown, B. Sanders and maybe a couple others) however in 06 running behind a bad line, now let me quote M. Schlareth " to say the M.D.s line was average, would be an insult to all things average everywhere" R. Brown posted just over 1000 yds in TWELVE GAMES! He played in 13 games but gained yds in only 12. Phinomenal performances like that get over looked when your on a bad team. I look forward to this year and R. Brown cementing his statis as an NFL elite!

We all know Ronnie is special….the way we kill Teddy for being the #9 pick…we NEVER even mention being displeased with taking Ronnie #2 overall. Thats cuz we all know he is a LT waiting to breakout.

1st rd pick HAS tob e a corner. We need to inject allot of young talent into that position. We have the safeties set for the next few years….lets go get the young corners to play in front of them and learn. I would love to see us sign just 1 vet. Bly, McCallister, or Surtain. Just someone who can at least hang with a vet WR until the draft picks learn the ropes.

1st pick – Darius Butler…BONUS-just found out he’s from Coral Springs Charter High School..were my sister goes to school now..and the place used to be a mall where i used the batting cages in high school lol

2nd rd picks….take a WR with 1….take a NT with the other.

3rd rd pick…another corner

I think a sleeper pick could be Brandon Tate the OTHER UNC WR. This guy was a surefire 1st rd pick…then blew out his knee early this season. He is compared to T.O. (skills only)

The Boston Globe disputes the NFL.com report that Leigh Bodden’s one-year deal is for the veteran minimum of $750,000.
According to the Globe, the deal calls for $2.25 million with $1 million guaranteed. It’s still a good deal for the Pats as Bodden was undervalued on the market. Bodden remains hopeful of signing a long term deal with the Pats down the road.
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2009/03/breaking_down_b.html

and my immediate reaction was….Jason Allen – starting CB – we are in trouble!

There may be some players released or waived around training camp but as it stands now, we are more or less placing all our figurative chips for a CB – on the draft.

You don’t need outstanding corners to be successful and as we’ve seen in the past few years – many of the top guys (Bailey, Asomugha, Revis) have played for average to outright bad teams. I think a player like Bodden would have fit the bill as an experienced guy who would give you solid performance every week.

As for Ronnie Brown – part of the reason his national profile isn’t as high is simply that the dolphins, until last year, had largely been flopping around the bottom of the NFL in irrelevancy. For as well as Ronnie played last year, he was even better the year before – when he was injured – but well, being on a 1-15 team takes the luster off.

i was hoping the ronnie nugget was going to be about the trifecta working on a contract extention with him,,, :(

if he can pass a physical. all indications are that he has been cleared, and the guy is a ball hawk who can help teach the young guys.

I understand wanting to do a year deal if you don’t think the money for a long term deal will be right- its the smart thing to do and prevents hold outs and hard feelings later.

But for the league minimum? It really seams as if Bodden didn’t want to play for anybody BUT the Patriots because any sensible team would have paid him more than the league minimum based on his last year in Cleveland alone.

I just can’t wait until after Sparano’s 3rd Super Bowl win when players are willing to take ridiculous discounts to play for us ;)

Like you said Matty his numbers are not huge because of two years splitting carries and injuries ,but also I did not see if you mentioned this he spent two years under Saban who did not even use this kid even as the starter under Nick Ronnie hardley seen 20 plus carries in a game iI think one year it was only like 4 that is not alot for a starting back,I must say though that the only smart thing that Cam did when he was here was use Ronnie to the fullist and showcased his talent.We all know the talent this guy has.

Apparently, the Trifecta is not as worried about picking up cornerbacks as some of the fans are. They must be comfortable with Jason Allen, Will Billingsley, and the other CBs on the team. They will draft at least one Corner in the first 3 rounds of this draft, and they will let these guys battle it out in Training Camp. We don’t need to panick and dish out money on an overpriced veteran when we can just grab a cheaper alternative in the draft, teach and train him the way we want him, and let him mature or take a starting position this year.

Lets face it, we aren’t the most talented team in the league, and we won’t be for another year or two, so we might as well get younger and talented than getting a stop-gap solution for a year or two.

I like Vic “Macho” Harris in round 2 (later pick) or round 3. I thinkwe could also go for Darius Butler from UConn, D.J. Moore from Vandy (probably with the 1st rounder) or Mike Mickens from Cincinnati in rounds 3 or 4.

I think we will try to get a NT and a pass rusher early in the draft, and a WR early too. I would love to bring in Torry Holt with a cheaper 4 year deal because he is a great leader and he still has a few good years left (a la T.O.). This would cure the need for an immediate starting wide receiver and let other guys learn from him. He is built sort of like Teddy Ginn, and I just really like Torry.

*Also, Bruschi is one of the few Pats that have class, and he definately is one tough son-of-a-gun!

is there were 31 other teams – including us – that could have had him very easily for a similar deal. 31 teams could’ve signed him, and 31 basically just said “nah, not interested.” This isn’t some shrewd New England signing, because if he (and his agent especially) were willing to settle on a small, 1-year deal, with all that CB money flying around, then there obviously wasn’t a market for him AT ALL. And there has to be a reason why the entire league would pass on a guy. I wonder why that is…

I don’t want to bring in a veteran CB either. Will Allen is a veteran CB. Get a rookie and let him compete with Jason Allen for the starting job. Getting another veteran puts us in the same position with the secondary as we were last year. Yeah, we have starters for this season, but there’s no future. Draft a guy like Butler or Smith, start him, and let’s continue with the youth movement. Guys like Chris McAlister don’t help for squat right now.

that he really wanted to play for the Patriots if he was willing to sign for that kind of money after Goodman got 5 mil.

that Bodden turned down the Pats offer of 4 years 16 million on Feb.27th….not a good move….he came crawling back