Patrick Chung analysis

OOOOOOooo yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaah. I wanted the guy and we got'em! Now to d-line and line-backer!

arggggh... seems like they're making everyone else better except themselves.

why ???????????

Great pick!

Meriweather+Chung=Greatness

I would have gone corner, Darius Butler first, and then maybe Chung.

But I am not BB, am I?

Pats don't have a good record in drafting Chung's!

Chunger!!!!!!!

Another SS to follow in the footsteps of Milloy and Harrison

Mike, I'm a little bit surprised the Pats didnt grab Maualuga with that pick in anticipation of Bruschi's inevitable retirement. I understand that they have a definite need in teh secondary and OLB. It's looking like it might be the right choice as Lauranitis just went and we are a few picks away from our #9 pick. Your thoughts on this?

im so excited..yipee a safety we couldve gotten a lil later this roud anyway with all these picks...wouldve loved to have to seen maualuga or larinitis the kid from ohio state..oh well, in bill we trust i know the mantra...but damn it sucks watching the nfl draft when your a pats fan lol

Terrible pick.

Mike,

Do you think the Patriots would have taken Delmas instead had he not gone the pick before to the Lions?

i like it and they're FAR from done

go reiss. keep blogging and we'll keep reading. hope you are having a fun day!

The only player selected so far that the NFL Network AND ESPN did not break down after being selected was the Pats pick. This is ridiculous!

Perfect!!!

I had exactly 3 Major Wishes, going in, this year: FS, OLB, and ILB.

What happens with the latter two still remains to be seen, and Coach Bill has been VERY lame in addressing his LB Crew, the last 4 years, and it looks like he's going for 5...Yet we DO have a Starting 4, already, and if we finish the weekend with a deep crew of young, fast, and ferocious LB on the InSide AND OutSide ~ and I'm ALL SET on Taylor + Peppers and their contracts, thanks!!! ~ then I, personally, will be VERY happy!

I STILL can't believe he traded a late 1 for a 2, a 3, and a 3!!! He RAKED those guys!!!

Those who understand the difficulty of building quality depth in the Salary Cap era LOVE that move!

Eric - There may be some LB's that will be FA next year that they have their eyes on instead of drafting another LB that may not be that good or fit in well.

I won't claim to know much about this guy but safety didn't seem like a real need at the moment for this team. Strange pick.

Any relation to Eugene Chung?

why????????????? It smells like the 2006 draft, that's why. Terrible 1st pick.

Like clock work the Cincy Bengals pick the two kids with character issues in Andre Smith and Rey Maualuga.

Maualuga's character issues, poor combine, and very low Wonderlic took him off of the Patriots draft board.

So now we know ........Matt Cassell and Mike Vrabel for Pat Chung. Mr Chung ...you better go on to do something great like ring Heath Miller's bell or shut down Dallas Clark because you sure were expensive.

I love the morons saying horrible pick. Like BB doesn't know what he's doing and you guys do

Brutal, just brutal. This guy is a 3rd round talent as best. Why not get Maualuga to bring along to replace Bruschi?????????????????????????

once again Belichick shows he is smarter than everyone else

EVERETTE BROWN WTF !?!?! HE EVEN FELL TO THEM !!!

Anyone who doesn't like this pick will change there mind when they see Patrick Chung take someone's head off. This guy has a lot of Rodney in him. He can play right away and they also get Butler. In Bill We Trust!

Belichick doesn't know what he's doing.....time for him to get canned....

Remember, back in 2005 everyone was saying Logan Mankins was a bad pick and a huge reach.

This guy is faster and has better hips than James Sanders. He will eventually start opposite Merriweather.

Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Pat Chung tonight
(sorry, couldn't help myself)

Ka-chung!

For those of us that haven't heard of any of these picks the Pats made, the funniest thing is those links that give info about them. Click on the links on Boston.com, and it sounds like the Patriots picked studs in the second round. Click on the same name-links on espn.com, and it sounds like my grandmother would be more skilled than any of them. I guess that's why the Pats stacked up second and third round picks - it is a very inexact science, and more is better....

Chung is a steal at 2 ! Hail BB!

Love this pick. I felt the biggest hole on this team was SS. Chung is a hungry, hardnosed player. Just what we need. We drafted a busload of LB's last year and seems like everyone is forgetting about Guyton and Crable. Guyton played about half the snaps last year. He's a player. If BB is passing on this years LB prospects 2,3 and 4 times they can't be very good. BB invented the passrushing OLB position with LT (the real LT)..I think BB knows who can play and who cant. Notice that Parcells passed on these guys as well. BB and Parcells not picking up this Kiper and McShay hyped players tells me they can't play a lick.

Butch, Maybe when they can BB, they can hire you to run their football operations because obviously you have decided to turn down every other GM job that's been offered to you in anticipation of BB's poor drafting doing him in.

3 out of 4 picks will never see the NFL
Now we know who was the brains on draft day....miss ya Scotty,

The Pats needed a replacement for Rodney Harrison and they appear to have gotten one in Chung. They needed a top flight corner prospect to replace Asante Samuel and they got one in Butler. On top of that, these guys are cheaper because they are second rounders. Sounds like a good draft so far! BB knows exactly what he is doing and the naysayers are simply out of their minds.

In Bill I don't trust ! Who the heck is Sebastion Vollmer! He isn't even listed in the Sporting News draft guide.
Every year there are a lot of big good OL personnel but Bill will not draft them, Why? Yet their OL is a joke and is the reason they lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl!

guy baird: "3 out of 4 picks will never see the NFL." Good prediction since nearly 3 out of 4 second round picks don't make it.

OJABOG: right on. I believe the two Bills are far better judges of potential than the dudes at ESPN.

Bruinsinruins: Matt Cassel, Mike Vrabel, and Cassel's contract for Patrick Chung, a couple of defensive backs, a Pro Bowl RB, and a Pro Bowl receiver.

Im from Boston and go to the University of Oregon where I've had the pleasure of watching Pat Chung play live for the past two years. He is an awesome talent, and we as Patriots fans are lucky to have him. He is going to be a great safety in this league for years to come. He is a hard hitter, great in coverage, and an unbelievable tackler. I've also met him several times and he's a very nice guy. He will fit great on this team and I'm nothing but excited about it. Trust me everyone who is doubting this pick now will be in love with this guy in the not too distant future.

The defensive picks were solid. The line and secondary are as good now as they ever have had. The linebackers are questionable for pass rush. I'd like to see a running back and a guard in the third round. Bring on Jason Taylor.

Patrick Chung is a great pick.Coming from the PAC 10 he will be very skilled in identifying spread offense schemes. He is cut in the mode of Rodney Harrison, great instincts to the ball, a ferocious hitter, potentially a bigger, faster Rodney Harrison ... I have a a few friends sons who play in the PAC 10 (Stanford, Oregon).

They say the Ducks are the most physical and athletic team in their division, Chung was the best athlete and hitter on the Oregon Defense....a Big Play guy,
he will help fill the void for the loss of Rodney...

I think BB first choice was Delmas, but because the Lions went ahead he decided to take his second choice which is Chung. Also, everyone please don't panic if BB did not take an OLB in the first round is because something really good must be coming this way. Jason Taylor anyone?

Just watched a video of him. He has good size and looks like an SS. Runs really well. can play special teams and return punts. Best at line of scrimmage looks like he'll fill rodney harrison's old role.

This was a great draft for the Pats! Value,Value value! A bonafide DT to rest Wilfolk and a hard hitting safety that can cover TE's. People forget about Adalius Thomas's injury last year and that was the cause of the non pass rush. He's BACK and so the pass rush is back. We have some nice young LB's here already. Watch out for Crable and Redd this year. Also stop getting caught up propspects grade from so called experts. What was there grade on Tom Brady?? Also the Defensive Player of the Year, James Harrison, was not even drafted. Forget grades and let Bill do his thing!

Thank you MossDeep. If the pats picked a Crable, Guyton ect. this year no one would be complaining about not drafting LB's. Well...we already have them!!! Try to look at the BIG picture ie contracts, specialties and health. And Ron Brace is perfect for them.

As a New Englander who now lives in Oregon and went to U of Oregon I can tell you all to calm down and get ready to fall in love with Patrick Chung. He is (on the field) Rodney Harrison revisited. Off the field he is a great kid. Took my 10 year old son to a football camp this past summer and Chung came out and volunteered for three days and worked with the kids. He was great, polite and respectful and signed my son's shirt the last day. My boy was so pumped to find out the player he know idolizes is going to the team he (and I) worship. You will all soon be very, very happy with that pick...

Patriots have used their top pick on a Chung twice now. What a coincidence!

Eugene Chung is not related to Patrick Chung. The Chung for Eugene is Korean and the Chung for Patrick is Chinese.

Some people never cease to amaze me. To all the ones bad mouthing BB on here, your probably the same ones that wanted Cassel canned after every preseason and then complained when we didn't get fort knox when he was traded!!!!!!

IN BILL WE TRUST!

As much as it is time for Bruschi to go (and it kills me to say that, I used to plai ILB and he was my idol) and we need another LB to replace him, where the Pats were really lacking last season was in the secondary, and we needed some one with the same fire and skill set as Harrison, and the leadership skills of Bruski to come in and jump start the Defence. The Pats have always, until very recently, been know for amazing defence, and for the Dynasty days, it was a defencive game plan with a great offence to back it up. Red zone stands and interceptions for TDs used to be our speciality, so it is no suprise, and in fact, a great reliefe that the Pats picked up Chung, who I believe can give the Pats D the boost that it needs to get back on top where it belongs.

As for all of you morons saying its time to can BB, SCREW YOU, lets see... 16-0, a dynasty, brought in Randy Moss, kept Brady over Bledso, and the list goes on and on... BB is the best thing that has happened to the Pats franchize, he is incredibly smart, keeps his players under control (Randy Moss used to run his mouth like crazy), picks players that work well together (football is a TEAM SPORT, the Cowboys have shown over and over again that just cause you have a bunch of All Stars doesnt mean you can win, you need to work well as a TEAM), and knows more about football then just about anyone out there, including all of us posting on this forum.

So, IN BILL WE TRUST and GO PATS, I can't wait to see Chung on the field.