Leave No Doubt

With our injury rate (and the whole league's, really), the word of the day seems to be Depth. We can't have enough lately

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JAYHAWKS34

I love getting him back, he will make an improvement

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BelichickFan

Stat of the day. Not saying it's causal or coincidental but it is what it is :

Before Colvin got hurt last year Vrabel had 9.5 sacks through 11 games. Since then Vrabel has had 6 sacks in 20 games.

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BradyManny

I think Vrabel's been playing hurt, personally. Either way, he's not been real effective as a pass rusher, though when I've paid attention to him, he is forcing the QB to step up at least.

My ideal Patriots nickel package (excluding the 5 DBs):

........................Seymour.........Wilfork
................. AD.....Mayo.....Guyton...[healthy] Colvin

I want to continue to see Wilfork in more passing packages, that way when the QB is forced to step up, there's less room in the pocket with the big fella barreling down. If Colvin is even 75% of the player he was last year, he should have better impact on the pass rush then the currently hobbled Vrabel.

JSn

Did you guys see the pre-practice report? Yikes.

Welker at practice; Warren is not - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com

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BelichickFan

It goes back to last year too, he had 9.5 sacks through 11 games then in the 8 after Colvin got hurt he has zero sacks in 7 of them, saving his overall numbers with a 3 sack game against Miami.

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BradyManny

The no Warren is killer. When AD went down, I was ready to throw up my hands and just say "WTF is going on here, football gods." The idea of not having Warren down the stretch is a little bit of the same. It might just be an injury or two too many, but if they come back healthy, then I maintain we're as good as anybody in the AFC.

BoTown

I'm thrilled by this news! Always thought the Pats should've found a way to keep him. It sucks that they're doing this out of desperation, but at least he's back.

Edit - One thing I didn't like from his Q&A was this:

Doesn't strike me as confident regarding his football condition.

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BradyManny

It's a steep dropoff for sure, but I think Vrabel must have had an injury during that time span, we know that he is fighting something this year according to reports. Including playoffs, Adalius has 13.5 sacks in the last 19 games, so that makes me doubtful that its Colvin's absence alone that has caused Vrabel's drop off, since Adalius has maintined Colvin's level of pressure, and demanded the attention Colvin demanded from offensive line's.

IMO, when all 3 are healthy, if I have to pick 2 out of the 3 to rush the passer (Colvin, AD, Vrabel), I choose Colvin and AD.

PatsWickedPissah

Players not present for the media-access portion of the practice included:

DE Ty Warren (groin)
OLB Pierre Woods (mouth)
OLB Adalius Thomas (forearm)
OLB Vince Redd (unknown)


Add in the word about Vrabes having shoulder problems and I think it's obvious why BB reached out to Rosie (the good looking well spoken one, not the fat loudmouthed one) for help. Just being in the rotation will help this depleted corps.

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