Reiss: McKenzie to participate fully in offseason activities - New England Patriots Forums

***pats1*** · 02-25-2010, 10:55 AM

New England Patriots rookie Tyrone McKenzie made gains in lost season - ESPN Boston

PatsBoy12 · 02-25-2010, 11:00 AM

Great news!

***BelichickFan*** · 02-25-2010, 11:03 AM

We can consider McKenzie to be the missing 3rd round pick that we don't have (at least for now). He'll be kind of a rookie and kind of not : ""I was here full-time, in all the meetings, learning the game plans for each week, staying on top of my playbook,"" heading into the season.

robertweathers · 02-25-2010, 11:03 AM

Really hope this kid pans out.

Good people deserve good things happen for them.

***BelichickFan*** · 02-25-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by robertweathers

Really hope this kid pans out.

Good people deserve good things happen for them.

He really is one of the more impressive newcomers in a while. Him and Mayo are the two who you just can't help but root for. It will be interesting how Mayo/Guyton/McKenzie split the 2 ILB spots if they all stay at ILB.

***DarrylS*** · 02-25-2010, 11:10 AM

McKenzie is one of those feel good stories, hope his abilities on the field parallel his kindness toward his family..

fierce · 02-25-2010, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BelichickFan

He really is one of the more impressive newcomers in a while. Him and Mayo are the two who you just can't help but root for. It will be interesting how Mayo/Guyton/McKenzie split the 2 ILB spots if they all stay at ILB.

I'd say it's almost a perfect comparison to the Bruschi, Johnson, Phifer years. Provided the talent is there. I just mean playing style and formations not expecting the same level of performance yet.

Run - Mayo / McKenzie
Pass - Mayo / Guyton

***Deus Irae*** · 02-25-2010, 12:03 PM

For his sake and, secondly, for the team, I hope the poor guy's ligaments stop snapping like frozen elastics.

***BelichickFan*** · 02-25-2010, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

For his sake and, secondly, for the team, I hope the poor guy's ligaments stop snapping like frozen elastics.

Unless I'm mistaken this is the first torn ligament he's had.

***Deus Irae*** · 02-25-2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BelichickFan

Unless I'm mistaken this is the first torn ligament he's had.

Sorry about my post. I messed up an edit and it was too late to fix it because you'd already posted a response. I was trying to change from just writing about him to writing about the team, and my cut/paste screwed up. It should have read:

"For his sake, I hope he's 100%. Secondly, for the team, I hope these poor guys' ligaments stop snapping like frozen elastics."