Is Bill Belichick a lousy GM?

We have been discussing this for a while, but it hasn’t really been talked about. Finally, someone actually comes out and says what is becoming more and more obvious. Maybe New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn’t the genius that everyone thinks. Phenomenal coach? Undoubtedly. But as Bob Ryan correctly points out in this video, the Patriots are the worst in the league (in terms of getting starters) at the NFL draft over the past five years.

Signing Adalius Thomas was obviously a mistake (he’s inactive for Sunday’s game). Trading away Richard Seymour? How is that looking now considering that the Pats don’t get that first-round pick until 2011 and they can’t currently stop anyone on defense. If the Pats don’t get extremely with Tom Brady (it’s not every day that you find one of the best quarterbacks of all time in the 6th round), Belichick could have been out of a job some six or seven years ago.