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Nick Caserio was named director of player personnel on Feb. 21, 2008, after serving in a number of roles for the Patriots' personnel department and coaching staff.
2008 Draft:
Mayo, Wheately, Crable, O'Connell, Wilhite, Slater, Ruud
2009 Draft:
Chung, Brace, Butler, Vollmer, Tate, McKenzie, Ohrenberger, Bussey, Ingram, Pryor, Edelman, Richard.
Work some of that magic on the Fins Nick...
Krafty - did you notice that Ohrenberger was starting for the Chargers en route to their run to the playoffs? He showed well....
ANy 4th round pick that lasts 4 years in the NFL is not a big reach.
New England Patriots All-Time Draft History - Pro-Football-Reference.com
For all you draft historians you might like this sight.
We're now 5 years removed from the 2008 draft, so we're actually past the average career of an NFL player (3 years)... like I said, Myron Pryor was more productive than expected for a 6th. Not that this changes the calculation much - those drafts sucked.
Those two drafts set the team back when they should have done the opposite...IMO.
I'm not sure who you're arguing with, tbh. The 2008 draft was a total failure and 2009 was rocky (but did yield a couple quality starters plus draft picks that would eventually turn into a decent chunk of the core of the team).
2008 was the last draft Scott Pioli had major input into - his drafting from 2005 to 2008 sucked ass, and then his drafting with the Chiefs was bad as well. Weird that he ever had the reputation of being a good personnel guy. Their drafting since 2009 has been much better, not perfect but better.