me and a buddy of mine had a disscussion about the pats woes they should fix this offseason.

"Brendan A" (10:23:22 AM): some site's saying the pats should get Brandon Jacobs in free agency don't we already have a salary problem, and solid RBs?

shadow8caster (10:23:37 AM): not a bad idea, true, but can you count on Morris and Jordan

"Brendan A" (10:23:54 AM): if they'd be willing to boot maroney for him, i'd love that

shadow8caster (10:24:13 AM): maroney is gone either way i think

"Brendan A" (10:24:32 AM): i hope so, but they seem to love him no matter how much he stinks

shadow8caster (10:24:59 AM): they're just hoping he gets better,  he's done either this year or next year

"Brendan A" (10:25:28 AM): 4 years and he still blows, doesn't lower his shoulder to gain yards, etc

shadow8caster (10:25:42 AM): he's too soft and to injury prone, yea they should already know he isn't worth it

"Brendan A" (10:26:28 AM): Lamont is a free agent too next year, I'd like to see him back. any tough running game like in the snow or wind relies on him

shadow8caster (10:26:47 AM): yea he's also unreliable, and Morris is injury prone. Jacobs would be an overpriced yet decent addition

"Brendan A" (10:28:12 AM): ya, morris is injury prone, but when he's not hurt he's untouchable

shadow8caster (10:28:27 AM): yea but when isn't he hurt

"Brendan A" (10:28:28 AM): remember the game before he went out this past season? he had a career high in the first HALF of the game, and he didn't even play the second

shadow8caster (10:28:40 AM): yea, but he got hurt

"Brendan A" (10:28:54 AM): i'd still take him over maroney

shadow8caster (10:29:01 AM): yea me too, I'd take Faulk over Maroney as an every down back. Maroney just isn't NFL material

"Brendan A" (10:30:43 AM): haha, i don't know about that kevin's too small

shadow8caster (10:31:09 AM): yea but he's better than Maroney. He doesn't get hurt I'm not saying he's the no 1 RB  not at all, but hes better than phoney Maroney

"Brendan A" (10:34:46 AM): maybe, i like him more as a receiver

shadow8caster (10:35:17 AM): he's a great utiliyt back

"Brendan A" (10:35:47 AM): i hope we can find someone else like him when he retires

shadow8caster (10:36:00 AM): bill Belicheck will. I mean come on he is what troy brown was, mister reliable

"Brendan A" (10:37:09 AM): well they can do that because they have one thing in common, they rarely play 2 snaps in a row

shadow8caster (10:37:43 AM): yea but they always make big plays

"Brendan A" (10:37:43 AM): troy could do all that on offense and defense because he wasn't out there for all the snaps

shadow8caster (10:37:59 AM): they were put in when it counted

"Brendan A" (10:38:08 AM): it's not a bad idea to have a player like that on 3rd down that was fresh and rested. They take up roster spots, so usually they get pegged as a backup. If it's affordable, do it

shadow8caster (10:38:36 AM): lol it's an important role

"Brendan A" (10:38:50 AM): btw, Jacobs was franchised, just found out

shadow8caster (10:40:19 AM): i know

"Brendan A" (10:40:45 AM): we don't need a running back anyways. we need a corner and a linebacker

shadow8caster (10:40:59 AM): well lb isn't too bad, we need 1 solid corner. Hobbs is good, Deltha stinks. We have good young lbs waiting in the wings

"Brendan A" (10:43:08 AM): Hobbs would be ok if there was someone decent on the other side, and O'Neal stunk when he came here

shadow8caster (10:44:06 AM): as for lbs, we have Mayo, Thomas, and Guyton, all who look good at times last year

"Brendan A" (10:45:25 AM): Thomas is going to be traded or someone you wouldn't expect, maybe Richard Seymore

shadow8caster (10:45:49 AM): no way he's a key plug man

"Brendan A" (10:46:02 AM): he had one good play this year, against Favre and whoever he brought down with him. but he's injury prone and getting slower. not slow yet, but slowing

shadow8caster (10:46:37 AM): ride him out for a year, we have plenty linemen if he doesn't muster up then throw him out

"Brendan A" (10:47:13 AM): i want to see another rookie linebacker, another threat like Mayo helps the pass rush and takes pressure off the corners

shadow8caster (10:47:28 AM): we need a CB first, we may need a new Saftey too with what happened to harrison

"Brendan A" (10:47:56 AM): i think Pierre Woods will take over for Rodney. According to Harrison, he's looking to come back with "whoever signs him"

shadow8caster (10:48:25 AM): he's done, he should hang it up. Great player, just holding on after an injury like that

"Brendan A" (10:49:25 AM): i think if he makes a stink about coming back, they'll pass on him, if he doesn't, he'll be back sharing load

shadow8caster (10:49:33 AM): yea definitely, not too much of the load though, he's going to be a lot less fleet footed. Maybe on Saftey blitz' cause we all know he'll never forget how to hit people. His coverage will be less effective