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I am ready to roll. ICEMAN

Another year, another draft behind us! How did your team do? Let's hear everyone's thoughts on their teams selections. I'll start with the Patriots. Overall grade: D I'll be honest. I have never thought that Bill Belichick was a genius. Like myself, he was a legacy in the industry that he chose to join. He has just be exposed to so much more football/coaching, because of his father, that nobody can hope to catch up. Until Now. He is so set in his ways and at the point of his career that he refuses to change. This draft encapsulates what I am talking about. A Guard in round one? Not to totally dismiss the guard position, but when have you ever watched a game and at the end thought that a guard was the reason for the win/loss? I don't care if Strange is a perennial Pro Bowler, the Pats needed a difference maker on offense, or defense. Their biggest needs were (and are!) CB, ILB, OLB & WR. I'll give them credit that they correctly identified that they were lacking speed in all facets of the team (please see their disembowelment by Buffalo in the playoffs last year), but the players that they drafted seem to be structural role players. They aren't difference makers. Long gone are the days if "In Bill we trust." After last years draft, Bob Kraft admitted that the team had instituted a new draft philosophy that included more decision makers than just Bill and it was a good draft. This year it seemed like Bill went back to the old ways of doing things. ICEMAN

What moves do you hope your team makes this offseason? As a Pat's fan, I pray that Belichick doesn't trade out of the first round. I hope that they take one of the WR's that can be difference makers. I also hope that Mac Jones hires a nutritionist and hits the weights. That kid has to put on some muscle, or he is going to start missing games left and right. ICEMAN

Bob Kraft will be all over this opportunity for the Patriots to be one of the first teams to play in Germany. I'm sure that Belichick will be excited about the prospect! ICEMAN

First 4 picks - Austin Ekeler, Antonio GIbson, Josh Allen & Cooper Kupp. ICEMAN

A 19-30 record will get you fired every time. ICEMAN

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Another thing to consider is the running games of the teams that Indy has played against. In their last 8 games, they have only played against 2 decent running teams (TB and the 49ers). The rest of the teams that they have played have running games that blow. I think that Indy's defensive ranking against the rush is more than a little inflated. ICEMAN

Barkley just went 2.07 in a competitive 12 team PPR league that I have been in for 25 years. That OL is scaring the crap out of everyone. ICEMAN

I agree with RC on this one. ICEMAN

16.11 - WR Sterling Shepard, NYG

15.02 - TE Eric Ebron, PIT

14.11 - D/ST Baltimore

I thought long and hard about Gage as well. It's a good situation. ICEMAN

13.02 - RB Alexander Mattison, MIN