Signs of the Trade-pocalypse: Official thread for speculation on WTF is going down

[NE39]

Originally Posted by unoriginal

He looked that good after one practice?

A walk-through no less.

[DaBruinz]

Originally Posted by pencilneckgeek

I agree. I expect Welker and Faulk to be back to their punt-returning glory. Tate might get a shot on kickoff returns, if he impresses this week and is physically ready. That's a lot simpler, since you can catch the ball and react to the play in front of you. It's hard to imagine BB would want to put Maroney back there with the injuries to the RB cadre. That leaves Slater as a primary returner, which might be enough to make BB feel he's not taking that big a chance trusting Tate back there.

The only problem with putting either Faulk or Welker back there is that the Pats are, currently, very thin at both the RB and WR positions.

RB: Maroney, Faulk, BJGE, Morris (injured), Taylor (Injured)
WR: Moss, Welker, Aiken, Edelman (injured), Tate (PUP), Nunn (PS)

Currently, the Pats have 2 empty roster spots. One for LaVoir and one for Tate. However, if Tate isn't ready, then I'd expect Nunn to be activated and he'd see time as a kick returner as well.