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He looks just like I feel. It’s Draft Day, WOOT WOOT!

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Every single year, the football press manages to convince themselves that this year is different. That this is the year The Hooded One throws away the book he’s spent 35 years writing and goes after and “elite pass rush” specialist who can “get after the quarterback” and “apply pressure.” And every year I remind the world that in his 11 Patriots drafts and 11 free agency periods, he’s never once brought in a guy that fits that description. I run around like the scientist from a Syfy Original Movie, showing everyone the data, laying out my case, telling them to heed my warning. But they still… won’t… listen. Belichick will no doubt look for a guy who can (altogether now) apply pressure. But if he’s not a 5-tooler like McGinest or Mike Vrabel or Jermaine Cunningham, he won’t bother. He’d no sooner bring a 5-11 James Harrison-type and fit him into this defense than he’d outfit a pickup with three truck tires and one wheel off a Mini Cooper.

Amen, Jerry Thornton

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ5q_9wqjus

Congrats to Peyton Hillis on getting the cover of Madden 2012. His performance versus the Pats had to have been a big factor. Here’s the final nail in the coffin of the last Patriots regular season loss of 2010, aka the point where I turned the TV off.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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PatsPropaganda & Frenz Podcast Draft Schedule (with special guest Fitzy on Saturday!!!!)

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We’ve got four podcasts planned for the next four days, so we’ll have ample time to break down all the picks and trades the Pats make! And we’re honored to welcome the legendary Paul “Fitzy” Fitzgerald on Saturday to hear his take after witnessing the draft crowd outside Radio City live in person.

Here’s the schedule, hoping everyone can listen in! We’ll post a player here on the blog for easy access, or you can hit us up on Itunes if you’d prefer to download and listen on your Ipod, Ipad, or Iwhatever.

Thursday April 28th: 11pm EST (Day One Wrap)

Friday April 29th: 11pm EST (Day Two Wrap)

Saturday April 30th: 1:30pm EST (with special guest Paul “Fitzy” Fitzgerald)

Sunday May 1st: 1pm EST (Draft Wrap Up Edition)

Rapsheet: Belichick responds to the Patriots getting “too young”

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I’ve been meaning to post on the whole “Patriots getting too young” angle, so I was excited to see Ian Rapoport asked BB what he thought about it. Tedy Bruschi has mentioned the “too young” factor a couple times this off-season, which is kinda funny coming from one of the guys who was at the heart of the team when everyone said we were “too old”.

But it made me wonder, are the Pats really too young? Jerod Mayo and Vince Wilfork are the leaders of the defense and they’re entering/in their primes respectfully. Granted there aren’t many guys over their 30s, but it was just a few years ago when every impact player on our defense was.

There’s certainly an element of having a good mix of young and old on your team, but when I look at the Patriots I see a talented team that definitely skews on the younger side but not to an extent that I would call it a detriment.

The fact is that the majority of these young guys, especially on the defensive side are going to be playing together for a CBA-willing long time. It won’t be long before they’re all in their primes and well versed in the Patriots defensive system. That will be when we can expect a championship level of performance out of them.

I don’t see the practicality of bringing in older veterans just to have a veteran presence. It comes down to who are the best football players. We weren’t talking about replacing Bruschi, Vrabel, Harrison, McGinest just because they were on “the wrong side” of 30. It came down to replacing them when they could no longer get the job done.

The way I look at it is the younger we are, the longer we’ll dominate!

Here was BB’s take to Rapoport:

“I understand what you’re saying, but I don’t really think we’re there,” Belichick told me. “I think we still gotta try to bring good, young players onto the team. There are certain positions that I wouldn’t say we’re young at. There’s others that we have some youth, but competition at those positions, I don’t think it’s a bad thing, either. Last year you know we drafted a kid like OL Ted Larsen, and he didn’t make our team but then he went and started for Tampa. So, there isn’t room for everybody.”

 

“At the same time, you can have a good young player like a Dane Fletcher or (Brandon) Deaderick or (Myron) Pryor the previous year, (Julian) Edelman, guys that you get even at the end of the draft. Brian Hoyer, who wasn’t drafted who can still come in and help your team,” Belichick said. “I’m glad we have those guys. I’m glad we’re not sitting there saying, ‘Well, we’re trying to find somebody to fill those spots now.’ We already have that. So, we got a punt returner, got a couple guys who can play in the kicking game. We’re young at linebacker, but we’re good at linebacker. So…”