Duane Starks, CB from Arizona

rblevens · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 4025 Location: Norman Oklahoma

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/03/02/starks.patriots/index.html

Apparently we are trading our third rounder for him...There goes my Travis Daniels plan...and my Fab Washington plan...
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Canadian_Patriot · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 8709 Location: Halifax

I HATE that idea....i've heard of him... but i don't know...not the pick up i had in mind.. but hey we can make Gay great!!! Cool

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andrew91 · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:44 pm Post subject:

Damm you beat me to the reporting of it...
I dont like the idea at all...but we need to trust BB and Pioli...
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RD · Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2958 Location: Long Beach, CA

The last pick in the 3rd round for a proven playmaker at corner. Ill take it.

He's had injury problems, but IMO, thats the only downside with him.

WHen he was in Baltimore, he was one of the best playmaking corners in the game. He leaves for the money in ARizona, and has no one around him to help him out, and he struggles. He needs to be in a D that can get pressure on the QB(every corner does), and when he is, he's successful. I think he'll be great as a Patriot, assuming he stays on the field.

rabbisson · Joined: 26 Dec 2004 Posts: 28134 Location: #PoWwWwWvidence

Now that we got a CB, who do you think we will draft?

Also, who else do you think we will sign?

I'm hoping and praying for Kendrell Bell. Is there any chance we can get him?
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Canadian_Patriot · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 8709 Location: Halifax

I think our draft needs remain the same.... CB,LB,WR and OL. We lost brown...so our reciver need is big. Sante and Blue are great and now starks...but whos behind them? no one lol...we still need more depth there. Im starting to worry about the o line. Granted we will get a few guys back we didn't have for most of last year. Hochstein and ashworth.

As for how the draft plays out...the only WR id be willing to use our first rounder on is Mark Clayton. If hes off we need to take the best corner available for our system.
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clownworth · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 25

Did anyone else notice at the end of that article it said that they will enter 05 with Tyrone Poole. Whats the deal with him and how come everyone is writing him off?

CowboyChris · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 355

yea, if he is such a great player - why would Arizona get rid of him? Come on, a 3rd rounder for a guy that probably won't even start - yea, great move...

BUMPANDRUN · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 57 Location: Boston

Yeah a 3rd rounder for a proven player with experience that fills a depth need and can start in a pinch and is ready to play now, is that dumb? besides, Starks has one more Superbowl ring than most of your Cowboys.

Belicheck didn't get his 3 superbowl rings by being dumb.

T0wer · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 78

Pretty good pickup for you guys. AZ actually had some good secondary players last year. Bring him to New England he will probably play even better. Denny G is trying to revamp that team, get some new players in there. And You guys need to get some more corners.

I am not a pats fan, nor a Cardinals fan. However I do think this was a decent trade for both parties. I think that most fans, have learned that alot of "nobodies" come into new england and just flat out get the job done.

Idi Amin · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 721 Location: Long Beach, Cali

I like the move for you guys...homeboy makes plays, he returned one INT for a TD in the Super Bowl...all players who go to AZ seem to get lost in the desert...he's learned his lesson and probably just wants to win again.

It could be that whole Dillon thing about losing all the time in a [inappropriate/removed] franchise...I know it was a trade, but I'm sure their will be contract restructuring and Staks'll take less to play in NE - if that's so then he's made his money and he wants another ring...for the last pick in the 3rd - he's a steal
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RD · Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2958 Location: Long Beach, CA