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Three of those starters (2011 first-round pick Nate Solder and 2014 fourth-rounders Bryan Stork and Cameron Fleming) are offensive linemen, and the Patriots have arguably the worst offensive line in football.

#Aaron hall i miss you genius pro#

According to the Patriots have found just 10 starters in the last four drafts, none who has made a Pro Bowl, and none who has made much of an impact. Then Kellen Winslow in 2012.ДЄround the same time, Belichick's genius for drafting fell off the same cliff. The worm started to turn a few years ago when he swung and missed on Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco in 2011. Corey Dillon, Danny Woodhead, Andre Carter, Moss, Welker - Belichick got them for pennies on the dollar. Time was, Belichick was a thrift-shop genius Macklemore minus the stupid 'undercut' hairdo. (USATSI)Д«elichick can still get rid of 'em with the best of 'em. Tom Brady is struggling behind one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL.

Belichick was probably even right in August about perennial Pro Bowl offensive guard Logan Mankins - who would have cost $10.5 million against the salary cap this season, but was traded to the Bucs. Belichick was right about Lawyer Milloy in 2002, Richard Seymour in 2009 and both Ty Warren and Randy Moss in 2010, four players who combined for nine All-Pro slots with the Patriots and zero after Belichick bid them adieu. Meaning, he's as good as he ever was at identifying when a great player is no longer worth great-player money.

But lately Belichick's genius is a one-way road heading out of Foxborough. Ten division titles in 14 years of the salary cap era. His coaching skills? They're as good as ever, given the way his teams keep winning games and going to the playoffs - the Patriots won 12 games in each of the past two seasons despite their obvious talent erosion - but have you seen the chicken bleep the guy in charge of player personnel (Belichick) has asked the coach (Belichick) to turn into chicken salad?ДЇor years we called Belichick genius, and it seemed to fit. Pete Prisco Don't pin all of Patriots' problems on Tom BradyДid Bill win those Super Bowls? Did he do that? Yeah that was him, but he's not the same guy. The Patriots have been beaten by the Dolphins - whose only other win came against the Raiders - and now this blowout in Kansas City. They beat the Vikings in Minnesota's first game since the Adrian Peterson scandal broke, and they beat the Raiders, who just fired their coach because their coach and their whole organization is lousy. The Patriots are 2-2, but it's a lousy 2-2. The 24-point defeat was the Patriots' worst loss in nearly a decade, since they lost by the same score to San Diego in 2005. Belichick has made so many mistakes, and he has made them in the same spots for so long - at receiver, at offensive line - that a game like the one on Monday night was an inevitability. It was a comeuppance.ДЄnd it was a matter of time. What happened Monday night in Kansas City wasn't merely a 41-14 humiliation. It was so good and it lasted so long that, even as Belichick started to make the slide from has to has-been, the momentum - and Tom Brady - carried the Patriots to a 24-8 record over the past two seasons.Д«ut all bills come due, even this Bill. It was a luxury cruise while it lasted, with three Super Bowl titles in four years and a 16-0 season that resulted in a fourth Super Bowl appearance after the 2007 season, and a fifth Super Bowl shot in February 2012. Bill Belichick, genius? That ship has sailed.

Bill Belichick, genius, didn't become Bill Belichick, has-been, on Monday at Kansas City.Д«ut it is happening. Has Bill Belichick lost his golden touch as a talent evaluator? (USATSI)