03-02-2019, 03:27 PM
(03-02-2019, 02:49 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I agree with the guy that had this to say in response to the tweet:Whits replacement was benched by Paul Alexander in 2016. When else has Alexander ever benched a player before that? Dude blew chunks and honestly should have been cut after said season that's how bad he was. There is zero defense for the front office on this issue.
"I guess the Patriots are cheap. Wilfork, Seymore, mcginst, Collins. Come on man. Kirkpatrick was the right call on that day. History looks like MAYBE it's the wrong call. Dre is still an asset in my opinion."
Maybe not so much on the "Dre is still an asset" part, but at the time it was the smart move.
1. We had a young corner coming off a career year.
2. We'd drafted to replace Whit
3. Whit was 36 years old. Players that age RARELY continue to play at an elite level.
Hindsight is 20/20, but the odds of a guy continuing to play at an elite level at that age are slim. We just got bit and it turns out that Whit is the Jerry Rice of tackles. That doesn't mean that it was a dumb decision at the time. Had Ogbuehi lived up to his draft status, none of this would even be an issue. THAT is where we screwed up.
