Patriots Prepping to Pick Peppers from Panthers?

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

If this trade goes down like this, then I can't help but wonder...do the Pats really miss Pioli, and was he maybe not the magical personnel wiz in New England we all thought he was?

You could argue the opposite as well, sort of. Maybe Pioli was SO good that he groomed the staff underneath him to be able to take the baton and keep running at full speed without him. Maybe that's why the Pats were willing to let him walk.

We know the Pats epitomize "team" as well as anyone. Maybe their front office structure is the same way.