I think we should make a serious push for Julius Peppers. It will prob cost us a couple of picks, but it will be worth it. I’d feel a lot more comfortable with Woods coming off the bench. I would also look to sign Bodden or Springs to fill a void at corner. As far as the draft is concerned, as usual we will move up, down, left and right. When its all said and done we’ll come away with a Safety or two, a Receiver, another CB to develop, a LB to rotate in(because thats what we do) and some O-line depth. We’ll also probably set ourselves up with a solid draft next year because thats the BB way.

Although Julius Peppers would be nice we would have to pay him a significant amount of money for an extended period of time. I am not sure that is the way to go, but I am also not a genius like BB so if he does it, I’m just going to go with it.

I would like to see the Pats lock up either Bodden/Springs/McCallister at the CB position.

I would like to see them tie up Vince Wilfork for the next 4-6 years.

I also wouldn’t be opposed to re-signing Tank Williams to another one year deal as long as he is healthy and I wouldn’t be opposed to them testing the market for recently released Keith Brooking for a year or so.

In the draft I expect them to trade a pick or two into next years’ draft, but would really like to see them land Laurenitis to get younger at ILB and then maybe the Barwin in the second round.

If we can’t get Peppers(which I’m still betting we do) and Brooks would come cheap, then I say do it. Woods and Crable could work in and take pressure off the vet while developing at the same time.

Breaking News: Redskins release Jason Taylor. He could play OLB for a year or two..

The Pats will not waste the cap space and draft picks on Peppers. They will be looking at corner and lb in the draft. Or they could package a first and second to move up and grab Curry if he is there at the third pick. Is that the rest of the Cassel/Vrabel deal? Pats send two picks to KC and grab Curry? KC has many needs to address and more picks would be the logical way to go. And Curry is supposed to be the closest thing to a sure thing in the draft. Depending on whats avail they could switch Mayo to the outside. He has the speed and skills to be devastating off the edge. Put AT on the other outside and draft at MLB. Or leave Mayo at MLB and draft a DE/OLB type for the outside. There are half a dozen strong prospects out there. They could take two LB’s and two CB’s with their first four picks and sign all four for less than what Peppers would be paid. They will go with the four value picks and hope to hit 2-3 of them. A lot depends on where players slip to in the draft. There are 3 potential 1st round CB’s. Alphonso Smith Wake Forest and Malcolm Jenkins Ohio State are both 6 footers with speed. At OLB picking where we are picking I think the most likely suspect is DE/OLB Larry English of Northern Illinois might be the man. But if Laurenaitis is still on the board they could go that route and consider switching Mayo to outside. Sign Jason Taylor, leave Mayo at MLB, AT is the other OLB, and take best available at CB/LB is most likely route. My money would be CB at the first pick just because the LB’s are deeper and they can still get a good value LB with their first second rounder. They have huge flexibility in moving up to grab players if they see fit. So moving up to grab Curry (for their 1st and 2nd and getting maybe a 4th back0 and taking the best available corner at 34th pick? Or again moving up to take Smith trading the two seconds. Really go for the impact players. Forget Springs, old and slow, best scenario is he is a nickel option. If Willie Moore is out there late second round he could be of interest, size and speed and hits like a brick wall. Make you forget all about old Rodney.

It is an intriguing idea, but I am hesitant to move Mayo outside for these reasons:

1. It takes a lot to be able to play the MLB in the Patriots system. It seems like Mayo is the ideal person to play that position and he should be able to fully grasp all of the intricacies of the MLB spot alongside Bruschi for one more year.

2. I feel like it is easier to find an OLB to play in the Pats system than an ILB, hence Vrabel having to move inside for a few years.

3. Mayo’s size does factor in a little better in the MLB spot. I also think Pierre Woods or that Barwin kid from Cincy is a better fit at OLB

This is the family site to Celticsblog? Kidding this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Or at least I hope it is. So do people in here break down game action as well? I live in the middle east so these blogs are about as close to the sports wold as I get.