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Should the Patriots pursue Brandon Carr, CB of the Kansas City Chiefs?

Earlier today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that former Oakland Raiders cornerback Stanford Routt had signed with the Kansas CIty Chiefs on a three year, $19.6 Million deal. Generally, that would mean that Kansas City and head coach (and our dear friend) Romeo Crennel were just bolstering the already strong secondary, and making moves that they see best fit for the football team. However, the Chiefs are in a bit of a predicament. Their star wide receiver Dwayne Bowe is a free agent, and their star cornerback Brandon Carr is also about to hit the market. So, they have the decision to make whether or not to tag Bowe and pay him Larry Fitzgerald/Andre Johnson/soon to be Calvin Johnson money, or tag Brandon Carr and pay him Nnamdi Asomugha, Darrelle Revis and Asante Samuel money.

So, being that the Patriots are looking for help in the secondary, or could at least stand to improve on a couple of positions, should they pursue the 25 year old corner? Or, should they just target secondary help through the draft?

In my opinion, they should make a run for Carr. He would bring a bit more experience to the secondary, and a secondary of Carr, McCourty, Chung, Sterling Moore, Ras-I Dowling, and Kyle Arrington would be damn good in my opinion. Going after Carr would also free up the Patriots to address other needs in the draft (i.e. 3-4 DE, wide receiver, Center.)

What say the rest of you?

Poll
What should the Patriots do in this scenario?
Pursue Brandon Carr, draft mid-round CB/S for depth
81 votes
Don't pursue Brandon Carr, draft CB/S early
11 votes
Pursue other options, such as Atlanta's Brent Grimes
12 votes
Leave the secondary as is, Dowling's return should be enough to bolster it.
3 votes
Bring Ty Law out of retirement whenever the Pats face a Manning brother
21 votes

128 votes | Poll has closed

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I wouldn’t count the Chiefs out on resigning him. They have a ridiculous amount of cap space. Having said that, yes, they should do their due diligence and see what it would cost to pry him away.

by Oughat on Feb 20, 2012 3:46 PM EST reply actions  

Just thought

that we should be real interested when I heard the news on Chief signing Routt.

Carr is a physical corner that would be a very welcomed addition in my eyes, and he’s still entering his prime.

by BJA on Feb 20, 2012 4:04 PM EST reply actions  

leigh bodden money?

Tedy Bruschi- "How do we feel about being AFC Champs?"
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by freeland1787 on Feb 21, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions  

ehhh

rather spend money on a fa safety n wr. we have wayyy too many options in the draft. one of the best cb drafts ever.

by AMORALES on Feb 21, 2012 1:27 PM EST reply actions  

we have a wild card in the safety position with Devin McCourty

Tedy Bruschi- "How do we feel about being AFC Champs?"
Team- "Aww Yeah!!!"

by freeland1787 on Feb 21, 2012 2:57 PM EST up reply actions  

I've thought about this some more

I see Carr potentially having the same impact as Johnathan Joseph (Texans) or Carlos Rogers (49ers).

In truth those defenses might have been a notch above ours before and maybe the complementary CB was the missing piece but still I think adding Carr might take us to another level on defense.

I see no reason to at least be very interested until it gets to the point where it’s not sound from a dollars standpoint.

by BJA on Feb 21, 2012 3:02 PM EST reply actions  

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