Pats sign C Al Johnson, re-sign Tank Williams, Ventrone, and Britt - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

***mgteich*** · 03-16-2009, 06:16 PM

WILLIAMS the SS we needed
VENTRONE competing for a spot as a special teams specialist
BRITT competing for a backup OT spot
JOHNSON our annual OL retiree, competing for an OG/C backup spot

Ungeheuer · 03-16-2009, 06:19 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Al Johnson like a big free agent signee a couple of years ago who then blew out a knee or something?

I'm not sure about Tank Williams helping, but I like Ventrone coming back. Was I seeing things, or did he look pretty good at receiver last preseason?

***mgteich*** · 03-16-2009, 06:23 PM

I'll go out on a limb. Ventrone will not have 5 catches this year. If he makes the team at all, it will be as a special teams specialist.

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Originally Posted by Ungeheuer

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Al Johnson like a big free agent signee a couple of years ago who then blew out a knee or something?

I'm not sure about Tank Williams helping, but I like Ventrone coming back. Was I seeing things, or did he look pretty good at receiver last preseason?

Mack Herron · 03-16-2009, 06:24 PM

Its all good. Just waiting on the pass rush.

TB146 · 03-16-2009, 06:38 PM

I'm very excited about Williams. I mean, his name alone is so awesome. We have a guy named "Tank" on our team. As long as his on-field play is more like a military tank than a fish tank...

KY Pats Fan · 03-16-2009, 06:52 PM

I like the signing of Johnson and the resigning of Tank and Wright.

LloydBraun · 03-16-2009, 07:05 PM

Johnson is a very underrated signing. See scouting report below:

Al Johnson - New England Patriots - Sportsnet.ca

mtbykr · 03-16-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by robertweathers

Cowboys, Giants, Redskins & Yankees are right there too.

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not quite the same

signbabybrady · 03-16-2009, 07:11 PM

Johnson seems to add nice depth to the Oline...which is always good.

Brit and Ventrone were tendered so we expected that. Wright we knew about.

But the exciting one is Tank...we all were excited for him to be on our team last year and were disapointed he got hurt. Hopefully it works out this time becuase likely there is no Rodney so we need him more...at least we need him more until the draft.

***shmessy*** · 03-16-2009, 07:42 PM

I was very surprised by Ventrone last year. I had previously felt he was a JAG, but that kid really hit a new level on ST in 2008. Excellent signing - - especially in view of the Izzo departure.