tombonneau

With Edelman nursing a busted arm and Tate eligible to come off PUP, Brandon Tate (and any potential contributions) seem to be a hot and polarizing board topic.

Thought I'd take an official poll and see who thinks he will see the field as soon as this Sunday.

With Galloway gone and assuming Edelman is out, that gives the Pats only three healthy WRs in Moss, Welker and Aiken.

Frankly, I don't see how Tate isn't active and on the field for a few plays. The only way he isn't is if Nunn is brought up from the PS.

FWIW, the Niners plan on starting Crabtree just a few weeks after activating him, and he's had even less preparation than Tate had (not saying Crabtree will do well or not, just citing some coaching decision precedent ...)

Synovia

I think Nunn, Slater, or Aiken all are more likely to be productive this weekend, having actually practiced with the offense.

CampPen33

My vote of confidence is in Nunn.

DaBruinz

Slater hasn't been practicing with the offense, to my knowledge and from what people have stated and what the Media has reported. So its unlikely that he'll be there.

Also, Tate started practicing this week with the offense. You also forget that he's had plenty of time to do film study and learn, though practical experience surmounts all.

Nunn is the likely candidate, but it all depends on what Tate shows in practice.

Lampshade

Active purely as KR/PR would be my guess.

Hoping Nunn is activated.

condon84

If Tate is activated, I think it'll be for PR/KR duties. Edelman has been returning some kicks and punts recently and with him out, I can see Tate taking over those duties.

Synovia

The WR job within the Patriots offense is one of the most complex in all of football. They have deeper route trees than pretty much any other team, and that is why so many guys seem to have trouble picking up the offense. Learning the playbook is an entirely different thing from being able to make the correct reads, and I highly doubt that Tate can do that after one week of practice.


Everyone is amazed how well Edelman has done with it, but you forget, he has been practicing with the team since the minicamps in may and june. He's had months to pick the stuff up. Tate hasn't. Nunn and Aiken have.

Synovia

Theres really no way to have them both active. There aren't enough spots on the 45.

Lampshade

I intended it to read as an either/or. I'm hoping Nunn is activated, but my guess is it will be Tate.

robertweathers

Agreed. He may be able to pass a written or oral test on the offense, but doing it live is a whole seperate issue.

If Tate is active on Sun, I'll be pleasently suprised. If he is in on a single offensive snap I will be pleasently shocked.

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