Little Bit of Scouting on Darius Butler (And other Pats DB's)

[TylerDurden]

I actually was going to post in the other thread that he really reminds me of Asante. I already thought it was a great pick-up and I just think he fell victim to politics. As this article pointed out, nothing was significantly better about Arrington, yet BB favored him over Butler after the "meltdown." By taking him out, he wasn't given a chance to redeem himself there and he fell out of favor permanently with BB.

Could have very well happened with a guy like Gamble if Fox was here for another year.

Well, time for redemption.

[frash.exe]

if he can't wrap up ball carriers then he won't last long here at all. pretty sure rivera's emphasized that part of the game improving. not saying he can't at this point though, I like the signing because of some of the upside he's got.

[thunderraiden]

at least our broomsticks and dirty mops don't shoot people

Errrrrr

[DickolausJ]

The Captain isn't losing his job to this guy anytime soon, but we aint losing anything by giving the kid another shot.

[thunderraiden]

or CHEAT

Again, we cheated too.. How do people forget these things?

[OneBadassCat]

Again, we cheated too.. How do people forget these things?

Everyone in the league is on steroids or some other enhancement. No one in football is all natural. At least we didn't know what the Patriots were doing schematically.

[Marguide]

Sounds like he could be a good player for us if he regains his swag.

Give him the locker next to Cam. Let a little rub off.

And before anyone gets upset, yes, I know Steve Smith is next to Cam now. Smitty already has plenty of swag so he won't mind.

[Jrock88]

Again, we cheated too.. How do people forget these things?

so our offensive line roided it up in the Super Bowl run, big deal... what did it get us? We're probably the least respected team in the NFL, in the sense that no one cares about us. The Pats cheated their way to their Championship(s) and are still acclaimed by the media, writers, etc as if they are some sort of Football Gods. It's incredibly annoying, and I'll end this rant by saying Tom Brady is a douchebag. HAVE SOME MORE

[RSXNova]

so our offensive line roided it up in the Super Bowl run, big deal... what did it get us? We're probably the least respected team in the NFL, in the sense that no one cares about us. The Pats cheated their way to their Championship(s) and are still acclaimed by the media, writers, etc as if they are some sort of Football Gods. It's incredibly annoying, and I'll end this rant by saying Tom Brady is a douchebag. HAVE SOME MORE

Just remember the Jags exist.

[Jrock88]

lol true they are the AFC version of us

[CatMan72]

Yeah, we just haven't been the same since we got screwed out of a Lombardi trophy.

[USCGuardsman]

Wait, so that Pats fan mentions how bad we are at CB, and how thin we are there as well...then he wonders if we'll draft Luck? Goddammit people are fuging ignorant.

[MHS831]

Here is how to keep this in perspective:

Is he better than Stanford?

Did he cost us a draft pick or player?

Is his salary reasonable?

Does he have high upside?

Is he young?

How many teams in the NFL would have cut Butler?

Bottom Line: He should be under no pressure to start right away, but the pressure on him here will be less intense than in NE. They HATE NY there, especially the JETS and Ryan. Perhaps his double interference was overblown and the backlash got to him. Take him out of that mess, and he could be special.

If not, we cut him again. What was lost?

[Cyberjag]

Why can't the Pats draft decent CBs anyway? Is it their scouting, or a problem coaching them up to NFL caliber?

Why is anyone still whining about 2003? That sort of thing reminds me of the guy in Napoleon Dynamite who videotaped his passing. It's history, done, over, kaput, capisce?