OKAY......I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF SQUABBLING ABOUT THE RECENT TRADE WITH KC REGUARDING CASSEL AND VRABEL FOR THE 2ND ROUND DRAFT PICK (34TH OVERALL)......AND I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT!

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THEY GET FIRST:

WE SEND THEM MATT CASSEL AND MIKE VRABEL! NOW, FIRST LET ME SAY.......I "LOVE" VRABEL! HE'S DONE SOME AWESOME THINGS FOR US THIS DECADE, AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR SUPERBOWL WINS! HE CAME IN ON OFFENSE AS AN ELIGIBLE RECIEVER AND CAUGHT SOME TD'S THAT WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THOSE TROPHIES! NOT TO MENTION WHAT HE'S DONE ON DEFENSE! I KNOW THIS ISNT A "POPULAR" MOVE LETTING HIM GO, BUT IT CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME! TWO SEASONS AGO WAS HIS BEST YEAR WITH GETTING 12.5 SACKS, BUT SINCE THEN THOSE NUMBERS ARE DECLINING, AS HAPPENS WITH AGING LB'S! THIS REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER "UNPOPULAR" MOVE THE PATS MADE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH LETTING GO OF WILLIE MCGUINEST! IT WAS BASICALLY IDENTICAL.......HIS BEST SEASON WAS TWO YEARS BEFORE HE WENT TO THE BROWNS AND ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE IN ROMEO CRENNEL! BUT LIKE VRABEL, AFTER THAT SEASON HIS NUMBERS DECLINED......AND "CONTINUED" TO DECLINE WHEN HE WENT TO CLEVELAND! HE RECORDED ONE SACK LAST YEAR! NEED I SAY MORE! BY MOVING VRABEL, WE ALSO FREE UP SOME CASH UNDER THE CAP, COMBINED WITH CASSELS MONEY NOW BEING DROPPED, THATS ALMOST 20 MILLION IN CAP MONEY FREED UP!

NOW, I LOVED WHAT CASSEL DID FOR US LAST SEASON AS MUCH AS ANY PATS FAN AND I APPLAUDED HIS PLAY ALL SEASON LONG! HE DEFINATELY IS DESERVED TO BE A STARTER AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WASNT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE BARRING ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE INJURY TO BRADY! PLUS, HE WAS DUE TO MAKE MORE THAN BRADY THIS SEASON WITH THE FRANCHISE TAG ON HIM! DO I THINK HE'LL DO GOOD IN KC? THATS YET TO BE SEEN, BECAUSE HE DOESNT HAVE THE "SYSTEM" WE HAVE HERE! SAY IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOU WANT TO.....BUT I DISAGREE! ASK TY LAW HOW HE DID AFTER LEAVING OUR SYSTEM! OR SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAVE LEFT WITH OTHER TEAMS THINKING THAT IT WAS THE PLAYER WHO MADE US GREAT! IT WASNT.....IT WAS THE TEAM WHO MADE THE PLAYER, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! BUT I DIGRESS..........

NOW LOOK AT WHAT WE GET:

WE GET THE 34TH OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT! SAY THATS NOT ENOUGH ALL U LIKE! YEAH, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE DETROIT PICK POSSIBLY (LAST I HEARD THO, THEY ONLY OFFERED THEIR 33RD OVERALL PICK, NOT THEIR FIRST ROUND 1ST PICK OVERALL), OR WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN DENVERS PICK WHICH WAS WHAT, 19TH OVERALL OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT! 1ST ROUNDER! WITH A THREE WAY DEAL WITH THE BRONCOS AND BUCCS! I SAY WE GOT THE SAME THING! ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE DRAFT KNOWS THAT 20-35 ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME CALIBER PLAYERS! BUT HERES THE THING.....LOWER THE PICK IS.....THE MORE YA GOTTA PAY! DO WE "NEED" A FIRST ROUNDER???? NO! AND IT DEFINATELY WONT HELP US WITH THE CAP HAVING TO SHELL OUT FIRST ROUND PICK MONEY EITHER! WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN THE DRAFT ANYWAYS? DEFENSE! CORNERS AND LB'S, MAYBE SOME LINEMEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL! OUR "KEY" POSITIONS HAVE SUPERSTARS IN PLACE ALREADY! WE HAVE ARGUABLY THE BEST QB IN THE LEAGUE, POSSIBLY EVER BY THE TIME HE'S DONE; WE HAVE TWO GREAT WR'S IN MOSS AND WELKER FOR BOTH SHORT AND LONG PASSING; WE HAVE THE RB BY COMMITTEE SYSTEM, RECENTLY UPGRADED WITH TAYLOR COMING IN NOW FROM THE JAGS; OUR O LINE HAS ITS FOUNDATION WITH KEY GUYS THAT WE CAN SPRINKLE WITH A COUPLE OF NEWBIES TO LEARN FROM SOME OF THE BEST! SAME GOES FOR OUR D LINE! WE HAVE A COUPLE GREAT LB'S, DE'S! I MEAN WE'RE PRETTY SOLID WITH JUST A FEW TWEAK SPOTS THAT NEED ATTENTION! ALL OF THE GUYS THAT BILL HAS DRAFTED THAT HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE GOLD MINES HAVE COME IN LATER THAN THE FIRST ROUND AND HE KNOWS HOW TO SPRINKLE THEM WITH A FEW VETS TO TEACH EM OUR SYSTEM OF WINNING!

BASICALLY, IM SAYING.........DONT DISSMISS THIS TRADE AS "WE COULDA DONE BETTER" JUST YET! WE HAVE THE BEST COACH IN ALL OF FOOTBALL THIS DECADE BY A WIDE MARGIN! HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING, AND BELIEVE ME.....WE HAVENT SEEN WHAT THE FULL EXTENT OF THIS TRADE HAS DONE YET! I BET ANYONE TOP DOLLAR THAT BY SEASONS END, IF I REPOST THIS BLOG...........U WILL BE COMING IN HERE SAYING "DAMN, THAT 'WAS' A GREAT MOVE FOR US! DONT LOSE FAITH IN OUR ORGANIZATION........IT HASNT LET US DOWN YET! GOING BACK TO THE TY LAW THING......REMEMBER WHEN HE LEFT? EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING AT US AND SAYING WE LET OUR BEST PLAYER ON DEFENSE SIGN WITH OUR RIVAL, THAT WE WERE DOOMED, "AND" THEY WERE ALL SAYING "WHO THE HELL IS ASANTE SAMUEL, HE'LL NEVER FILL LAWS SHOES" AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO TY LAW.....NOTHING! YET LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMUEL! KEEP IN MIND WHAT I SAID "ITS NOT THE PLAYER THAT MAKES THE TEAM GREAT.......ITS THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE PLAYER GREAT!" WATCH AND LEARN........THE PATS MADE A GREAT DEAL! PATS IN '09-'10.......