Lynch To Retire

John Lynch, who had a hell of a career, will retire Monday during a news conference in Tampa, Fla. Lynch has made the Pro Bowl 9 times, and will definitely be a first ballot Hall of Famer. The odd thing about this story is that he will retire as both a Tampa Bay Buccaneer and a Denver Bronco. I don't really get this. His best years were in Tampa, where he spent 11 of his 15 seasons. Seems odd to me that he will also go in as a Bronco, but maybe he really enjoyed his time there. During his long career Lynch had 1,277 tackles and 26 interceptions, while playing in 224 regular-season games. I really thought after Harrison went down, that Lynch would join the Patriots, since he was on the team in the preseason, and left on good terms. I guess the Patriots really believe in Sanders, and Meriweather. Anyways, good career Lynch, enjoy the Hall of Fame.

-BMack

Patriots Saftey Situation

I, as many of you probably thought, the Patriots were going to go out and sign John Lynch, who was on the team during the preseason. The loss of Harrison leaves an interesting scenario growing the the Patriots backfield. James Sanders will now move over to SS, leaving a hole at FS, which will be filled by Brandon Meriweather. Meriweather is a hard hitting safety, who had trouble picking up the defense last year. He does have a pick this year, but overall has hands of stone. The Pats are really going to need their front 7 to get on QBs, or they are going to get tourched down field (just like what happened against the Chargers). Harrison was not good in pass coverage, but he was a leader on the field, and had to tendency to make a big play when it counted.

I actually think in the long run this will help the Pats, as they really need to inject some youth in to the defensive side of the ball, and Meriweather definitely gives them that. Still, I am surprised that they would not bring back Lynch, for running type downs (instead of Sanders being in there).

-BMack

Patriots Close To Signing Lynch

It is not official yet, but reports out of ESPNews are saying that the New England Patriots are close to signing safety John Lynch. The Patriots are only making this move, because they lost Tank Williams last week for the year, and they need more depth at the safety position. I like this move, because we all know Harrison will get hurt at some point in the season, and these two players are very similar. Both are hard hitting, run stopping safeties. What worries me is that the Patriots still are very vulnerable to the deep pass, because both safeties struggle in pass coverage. Still, this is a solid signing, and the Patriots love veterans that want one more chance at glory.

**Update: It is now official he has signed with the Patriots

-BMack