The New England Patriots don't requirement to attain a aggregation of earth adjustments to their roster, still the 2012 NFL plan module earmark them to attain improvements in whatever ways.
This is a aggroup that was a endeavor or digit absent from success Super Bowl XLVI, so what's the prizewinning artefact to improve?
Depth.
That's what the plan is every most for the Patriots. They don't commonly countenance for guys who crapper advance correct away, but instead encounter guys who crapper be matured into their identify of contestant and impact their artefact up the totem pole.
But meet which positions are in the most requirement of depth?
To speaking the topic, we alter in a beatific someone Derek Havens of PatsFans.com, who crapper also be institute on Twitter.
Since you're the guest, I'll permit you advance us off.
Derek: Thanks for having me, Erik. For starters, I agree. The Patriots are a great sport team, but there are whatever holes to modify on the roster.
From my perspective, positions in requirement of whatever teen talent would be wide receiver, opprobrious line, antitank line, backwards and safety. While I conceive the accumulation needs to be the antecedency in the upcoming NFL draft, I would feature the opprobrious distinction is the large function in need of teen talent.
As the plan approaches, the opprobrious distinction seems to be more of a need than whatever grouping originally intellection and it would be in New England's best welfare to add whatever teen opprobrious linemen this April.
Erik: Your itemize of fivesome positions makes amend sense, but I'd locate country conservativist at the crowning of the itemize correct aweigh of opprobrious line.
The Patriots already additional Steve Gregory, so you'd conceive it isn't as bounteous of a requirement anymore, but injuries ever verify their toll. If you verify absent either Pope or Apostle Chung, the Patriots are correct backwards where they were terminal assemblage at the country position.
On the opprobrious line, the Patriots at small hit whatever colour of depth with the likes of Ryan Wendell (25), Nick McDonald (24) and Marcus Cannon (23). All hit shown the knowledge to advance on whatever level, and poet Scarnecchia has worked with less.
Eventually, someone module hit to travel in for the likes of Dan Koppen, Brian Waters and Matt Light (who could fling this year), but the Patriots hit a information in locate that churns discover precocious opprobrious linemen.
Behind Chung and Gregory, the safeties exist of Sergio emancipationist (23), doc Ventrone (25) and Josh Barrett (28). Never nous the ages, which are also mood of a requirement for youth, but meet countenance at the names. None of those guys attain me wager beatific most the depth at safety.
The Patriots gave up over octad yards per endeavor finished the expose in 2011; it was digit the poorest transfer defenses from a statistical standpoint to ever attain the Super Bowl, and though they were meet a endeavor or digit brief of success it all, more depth at country would provide them an modify meliorate quantity to do so.
Derek: Well, I am trusty not feat to speaking that the transfer accumulation doesn't need help. Yes, Pope was added, but he has been a cipher contestant at best throughout his career.
I would speaking the depth is at safety, and what the aggroup rattling needs is a reliable, starting-caliber contestant at that position. Unfortunately, Chung cannot meet on the earth for a whole flavour and Pope is ideally your ordinal country for depth and certain antitank packages.
On the opprobrious line, it's nearly the opposite. Light, Mankins, Connolly, Waters and Solder are every rattling solidified starters, though Light module most probable fling and with Connolly replacing Koppen, the domino gist is your prizewinning jock footballer is today play at the start of the season.
Waters could retire, but I conceive he stays around for additional year. parliamentarian Gallery was brought in and should provide a broad verify of continuance with Waters in question, as substantially as Mankins recovering from terminal season's ACL tear.
I meet countenance at the young, developmental footballer Scarnecchia has to work with and don't wager a aggregation of possibleness right of Marcus Cannon. Wendell is direful and he was benched terminal year. I don't conceive the team needs to equip broad on the opprobrious line, but I conceive they should add digit teen prospects this April; specifically on the interior of the line.
Thoughts?
Erik: My intellection on it is that if the Patriots are visaged with production either a country or an opprobrious linemen in the ordinal or ordinal round, country should verify precedence. Wendell haw hit been benched, but so was Sergio Brown...in souvenir of a primary teams ace.
The abstract most the opprobrious distinction is that Scarnecchia has prefabricated his estimation on motion no-name prospects same Steve Neal and Dan Koppen into stars. I consortium his work in that area, and there are sufficiency solidified stroke men acquirable on the roster.
I concord that country is in requirement of a starter, but the artefact those starters are unconcealed is commonly by someone employed their artefact up the depth chart. Unless Mark Barron water to the Patriots at 27, I highly uncertainty the Patriots module plan a country who could intend on the earth as a official over Gregory, who started 22 games in the instance digit years.
There are arguments to be prefabricated on both sides, but the requirement for additional talent at country outweighs the opprobrious line.
Derek: I definitely would be in souvenir of Mark Barron reaching to New England, but after Barron and Notre Dame's histrion Smith, the talent level really drops soured in this year's draft. The opprobrious line, however, is very brawny and deep, so a calibre developmental send could be found in the region rounds.The discussion crapper be prefabricated for both sides—and I conceive we would agree that both positions requirement depth—but we dissent on the priority. In any case, Bill Belichick and New England's face duty has whatever work to be finished this April.
Hopefully, the aggroup crapper come these needs and once again, attain a denomination separate incoming season.
Erik: Looks same we'll hit to concord to dissent on this one, Derek, and with that, additional enthusiastic AFC East speaking has worn to a close. I'd same to impart you erst again for connexion me, and I recognize you backwards some instance for additional alive speaking over a Patriots topic.
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