Patriot Stamp of Approval

Now, I totally understand Bob Brookover including the little nugget of info that the Patriots were going to take Stewart Bradley at #91 until the Eagles swooped in to snag him at 87.

 

“Perhaps the most interesting thing about Bradley's NFL career to date is that he was four picks away from joining the New England Patriots last month. According to the Boston Globe, the Patriots planned to take Bradley with the 91st overall selection in the third round but instead traded that pick to Oakland after the Eagles selected Bradley with the 87th overall pick.”

 

The Bill Belicheck, Scott Pioli, and the Patriots have proven themselves to be extremely astute talent evaluators. So the Patriots interest in Bradley would seem to validate the Eagles selection of him (both ability wise and pick/round/value wise). Still, and perhaps this is too nitpicky, the Patriots play a 3-4 defense, so their interest in Bradley does raise at least a slight question about which position they saw him playing in their scheme and whether it is equivalent to the role and responsibilities the Eagles will make of him at strongside LB.

 

Nevertheless, all in all, I like the Eagles to have players that the Patriots were interested in. (See Merriweather, Brandon and, unfortunately Stallworth, Dante). In fact, were the roles reversed in the 1^st round when the Pats took Merriweather who the Eagles were reportedly interested in one selection ahead of them?