[painekiller]

I agree with you on many points. 1st off it appears that the team went need, and that they ranked the needs RB/CB then DT. Then they went BPA.

2nd I agree with you on the issue is the position they took when they selected BPA. I am not a coach and I did not see every play that Sharpton played, but he appeared to be weak in coverage, yes he flashed to me in the run game, but a backup MLB is not a position of need at the top of round 4. FS, another CB or another RB, maybe an OL player.

I really question this teams love of Studdard and Myers, and the belief that Wilson will return to play 16 games.

Now I do not think that signing Dunta would be a good thing. I think letting him go was the correct decision, Dunta became selfish and put his feelings above the team. I understand being upset about the franchise tag, but if he wanted to be a team leader he would have been in camp before the 3rd preseason game. Since his injury he has not been the player he once was and we needed to upgrade him. Bodden was the next best FA, and he looked bad one season and good the next, that shows me he is a system guy and needs to be with the Pats.

IMO this draft was a safe draft, in the 1st they took the most ready now guy. There are scouts that think he has no more upside due to the high level of coaching he has had, and that McCourty and Wilson will get better as they get coached up. They went safe.

In the 2nd, I think Gerhart will be the better player, but they got some extra picks. Gerhart, or Tate, Sharpton, McManis.
IMO I would have been happier not trading the 93 pick, we could have had Mike Johnson or Brandon Ghee and I like either one of them over Sharpton + McManis. I like McManis, he looks like a steal, but Mike Johnson is a future starter and IMO Sharpton is not. But like always I am probable wrong on Sharpton.

I hope three years from now we look back at this draft and say how great they did. I hope this is our 1983 Bears draft, and we are talking about our Super Bowl champions, but our OL is not Super Bowl worthy and our HC does not get that.