He actually ended the season on a pretty strong note. Nelson isn't a burner anymore, but I think he can be a solid complementary outside receiver. At worst he'll give you what Hogan gave you.
Doesn't it depend on cost?
I think, too, you never want to be in a situation where the team thinks it's best to sit a player for a few plays and the player is fighting to get in so he hits his incentives. If the team consistently takes care of the player in these kind of situations (as the Patriots have), you avoid contentiousness about playing time.
It's almost as if instances like these are part of the Patriots' culture which Omar Kelly thinks doesn't exist.
One of the recurring themes in the "why are they good" thread is that BB is flexible in his approach, despite having some ironclad core beliefs. So maybe this year and next are years he doesn't trade all those stockpiled picks for even more picks, as he is commonly assumed to do all the time. It obviously puts a lot of pressure on the crap-shootiest part of any team (the draft), but that's where they are.
This obviously assumes Gronk is coming back. I don't see DLine as quite as big of a need after the Bennett trade and the Pennel signing
True about TE; but at the moment, that's all we can go by.
Agreed. And I've now seen Tillery as mocked to the Pats at 32 in several mocks. I wouldn't be against that at all. Their last 2 first round DL picks didn't work out quite as planned.
They are running four deep at LB with Hightower, Van Noy, Bentley, and Roberts. You could argue for putting it in the second category given Van Noy, Roberts, and Hightower are nearing the end of their contracts, but I don't see it up with the more urgent needs you have listed there.
