Dwayne Bowe.

I don't know a whole lot about Melton. But he did play on a D that had Peppers, Urlacher, Briggs, Jennings, and Tillman. It could very well be a case of him looking better next to those guys.

Seymour is old and injury prone. If you could take any FA, it would really be this guy? Might as well get a younger talent.

Byrd would be my second choice.

Goldson my third

Goldson didn't really thrive until JH came along. He, along with the rest of the secondary, didn't look too great once Justin Smith got hurt. I still think goldson is a good player. But I think the system makes him look slightly better than what he actually is.

I think you can Byrd and Bowe would be a toss up. I picked Bowe because he put up some good numbers with a bad supporting cast. One would have to assume his numbers would improve playing here.

 

BB has also had zero success drafting WRs, so it would be nice to get this problem out of the way.

 

In response to PatsEng's comment:

 

 

Wozzy, first it's bleacher report. I really don't think anyone takes bleach report seriously. Second it was in Oak, a lot of Oak players look great but it's just they are on a bad team by comparison. I mean everyone and their grandmother threw against Oak because they were giving up 66% of passes with the 3rd worst QB rating (for D's) and 2 least amount of sacks. Additionally who did Oak have to rest Seymour? Bryant had to take Kelleys snaps on almost all passing downs and who was Seymour's sub, Bilukidi? Additionally Seymour was only asked to rush and not play multiple roles like he was in NE. For the right price I'd like him back and would use him in what Deadrick is currently being used for. But, don't think you'd be getting anything close to Seymour in his prime

 

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree here, you and Rusty agree, while myself and the rest of his peers agree that wrestling Richard Seymour is a losing proposition.  

Since he made the Pro Bowl in 2011 it appears more of the media than just the Bleacher Report and fans agree with me, that he made the All Pro team in 2011 shows that the players who have to suit up and play against him as well as opposing coaches still fear him.

He is still productive at a high level, his stats and standing amongst his peers proves this, you've only got your opinions... despite how well regarded those are by the NFL at large.

In response to PatsEng's comment:

over cruz? not sure abotu that one. nor do i think cruz coudl happen.

In response to sportsbozo1's comment:

dashon and taliib plus a pass rusher is what we need.

though id take talib and wallace (fat chance in hell im sure) and let welker go

In response to wozzy's comment:

ravens were better than us on d line, o line, wr, dbs and returners

In response to dapats1281's comment:

byrd / goldson needed

legit big outside wr needed

pass rusher needed.

big cb needed.

draft and fa howeva they do it.

I just get nervous with bowe because a lot of his yards and catches came during junk time.....

D- Goldson, Dashon.

OR

O- Bowe, Dwayne.

In response to NOISE's comment:

Bowe

1st half: 507 yards

2nd half 274 yards

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Bowe is a stiff who likely won't work in our system, he's not overly fast, big is great but only if it's accompanied by blazing speed. 

I'll take Dashon Goldson...28 years old, looks like he loves football, fast, big and can hit. I've got to think that Belichick would help him in coverage too.

In response to mthurl's comment:

He would be my first choice as well, I honestly don't think we have a shot at Seymour due to his past with the team.  After signing our own free agents (Vollmer, Talib) I'd like to go hard at Goldson and then grab another vet depth guy like Chris Canty at a good price.

Here's rotoworld's list of the top FAs this year.  If we're assuming a "big time" FA (rather than a mid-level FA, which Seymour now is), I think Melton or Bryant or Starks woud all be good choices on the D-line.  Getting a corner (Talib?), RT (Vollmer?), and WR though still would take precedence in my mind.  And safety is about equal in need to DT, I think. 

1. Rush linebacker Paul Kruger
2. Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe
3. Defensive end Cliff Avril
4. Cornerback Aqib Talib
5. Rush linebacker Anthony Spencer
6. Free safety Jairus Byrd
7. Offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer
8. Defensive tackle Henry Melton
9. Wide receiver Mike Wallace
10. Free safety Dashon Goldson
11. Defensive end Michael Johnson
12. Left tackle Branden Albert
13. Cornerback Brent Grimes
14. Left tackle Jake Long
15. Right tackle Andre Smith
16. Wide receiver Wes Welker
17. Defensive lineman Desmond Bryant
18. Guard Andy Levitre
19. Cornerback Sean Smith
20. Running back Steven Jackson
21. Defensive end Michael Bennett
22. Defensive tackle Randy Starks
23. Strong safety William Moore
24. Right tackle Phil Loadholt
25. Wide receiver Greg Jennings
26. Wide receiver Danny Amendola
27. Tight end Dustin Keller
28. Defensive tackle Jason Jones
29. Free safety Louis Delmas
30. Tight end Jared Cook
31. Running back Reggie Bush
32. Cornerback Chris Houston
33. Guard Louis Vasquez
34. Defensive end Osi Umenyiora
35. Outside linebacker Daryl Smith
36. Free safety Ed Reed
37. Tight end Martellus Bennett
38. Nose tackle Terrance Knighton
39. Running back Rashard Mendenhall
40. Fullback Jerome Felton

In response to mbeaulieu07's comment:

This!

well first off, they need to re-sign talib and vollmer if possible...it should be. and if they arent going to sign welker, than id like to see them sign either dwyane bowe, dashon goldson, or ed reed.

In response to wozzy's comment:

Bowe did pretty well without being accompanied by blazing speed. He put up 1159 yards and 5 TDs in 2011.

Other WRs on the team were Breaston, Copper, McCluster, Horne, Urban, Baldwin

Rbs were Draughn, Jones, McClain, Battle (Charles was IR'd)

Most important, Orton, Palko and Stanzi were his QBs

Bowe is prefectly capable of being great without being accompanied by blazing speed.

A list of Free Agents would help.

Agree...I don't think we need a WR with blazing speed. Someone 

like a boldin or Bowe that are big and can battle is my preference. If we compliment that in the draft with a blazer we could get in the later rounds, that would be my choice . 

I would love for us to get one of the dt's mentironed above. Melton would fit the bill. We could do Melton, vollmer and Talib if we don't resign welker, and use our first on Hopkins at WR, or get Elam in round 1, and grab a WR like Patterson in round 2. Welkers money holds the key to what we do in fa

paul kruger and jarius byrd. all day long.

In response to dapats1281's comment:

I disagree, especially in our system, how many big receivers have we brought in with average speed who washed out very quickly.

In response to 49Patriots' comment:

Here you go . . 

 

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/42077/309/2013-nfl-free-agents

 

In response to wozzy's comment:

How many of them were as good as Bowe?

What big WRs have we had under the BB era? Bowe is 6'2 and 220. I don't remember ever having a WR remotely his size. Givens was the closest but I wouldn't say he's even close to the talent that Bowe is. Moss was tall, and was mainly just a burner. Gaffney? Not even close to the talent.

Unless I'm missing someone, I don't recall the Pats bringing any big receivers...and they definitely did not have a track record like Bowe's.

 

Bowe can outmuscle most cornerbacks. His size would make an a great redzone threat. Considering Gronk is still the best red zone weapon, I would imagine Bowe would get a ton of one on ones in this offense.

 

 

In response to wozzy's comment:

Fanene, Brace, Pryor hurt the rotational depth, but Wozzy is correct. Interior DLine  is biggest area of need. 

I think interior D line is an area where we need to improve, but I don't know how you can put that as a higher need than positions where we don't even have (signed) players, like corner, RT, and WR.  I think you need to get those three positions taken care of first.  Then you go to the positions that really need to be upgraded, which include safety and interior DL.  After that, you look at positions that would be nice to upgrade--Interior O line, OLB, and DE.