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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2703264, member: 1414"] Look at your post a few spots up. You explained the Michel pick. I was surprised as well, but BB has a tendency to buck the trends in the league. Interesting article today mentioned that when he interviewed with the Krafts, he explained his approach to the salary cap. In short, the league is a copycat league, and that causes teams to overvalue certain positions from time to time. He expects to always get value by taking advantage of that. Pats took two TEs high with Gronk and Hernandez, at a time when TEs were all but phased out in favor of spread offenses. TEs were being undervalued, and he took advantage. Last year, the Saints demonstrated what a powerful running game could do in conjunction with a solid passing attack. Michel is a lot like Kamara, but is an even better pass blocker. I also think the best way to keep Brady upright now and to survive the transition to the next guy is to run the ball more. He does it on D too. He was a 3-4 defense guy a long time, but then the league trended that way, and he went to 4-3. Belichick is certainly not paying any attention to Mel Kiper or Prisco or Mayock or anybody's grades but his own. But he's aware of them and how the rest of the league might pick. I was sure they would not go QB first round. My guess is that the QB highest on their board hasn't been drafted yet. [/QUOTE]