Patriots Express Regret Over Drafting 130-Pound Linebacker Based Only on Cover Letter
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The Onion Staff
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
The New England Patriots front office admits they're starting to regret drafting a 130-pound linebacker named Thurston Welles based solely on the strength of his cover letter, acknowledging they overlooked key physical metrics and should have verified his athletic background.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledLooking back, we should've probably checked to make sure he'd played Division I football or at the very least had some kind of proven track record as an athlete, but honestly, we were just blown away by that cover letter
Admitting they may have overlooked some key physical metrics in the evaluation process
the team was starting to regret drafting 130-pound linebacker Thurston Welles based exclusively on the strength of his cover letter
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