My Wes Welker Blog

#22 - New England Patriots - Brandon Graham - Michigan

Plain and simple, the Patriots need more LBs. The team tied for 23rd in the league with 31 sacks last year. Adalius Thomas was a free agent bust, and the old LBs Bruschi, Vrabel, and Junior Seau are done. Jerod Mayo can be a great LB as long as he has a bounce back year from 2010. The team needs to replace Adalius Thomas with Brandon Graham as soon as possible. The offense is there even though Wes Welker is hurt. Julian Edelman can replace a lot of what Welker did, and there's a serious question on if Welker will be the same player in the future. The team needs to draft a WR to replace Randy Moss, but Moss seems like the type of player who would explode if the team drafted a deep threat WR like Demaryius Thomas. This will eventually hurt the team because they need to start drafting a #1 or #2 young receiver.

The team needs to improve to help keep up with the NY Jets. The Patriots did win the division last year, but the Jets are doing everything they can to improve. It seems inevitable that the Jets overtake the Patriots at some point in the next 3 years, and it could happen as soon as next year. For free agents, the team resigned Vince Wilfork, who was rated the second best free agent behind Julius Peppers. Their only big moves were resigning their own players like Tully Banta-Cain and Leigh Bodden.

The team can win the division next year, but more players need to step up if New England wants to be considered a serious Super Bowl contender again.

Visit MotionTickets.com to buy tickets for sports and concert events.