Query re Thomas and Mills? - New England Patriots Forums

bosfan · 10-24-2006, 08:09 PM

Haven't been able to see many games and wondered if these guys are playing at all? Along with hoping our receivers progress in their development (which it appears they are), I thought maybe these two guys would at some point add something positive to our offense - any chance of that happening? Have either made any contributions to this point? Thanks....

***R_T26*** · 10-24-2006, 08:10 PM

Thomas gets about 1 pass towards him a game, mills hasnt even seen the field.

***pats1*** · 10-24-2006, 08:15 PM

Mill has been inactive all 6 games, a few of them for the few.

Thomas has been active every week, and saw plenty of time last weekend with Graham and Mills out. He lined up a lot at FB, but didn't catch any passes. He's been doing great as a blocker, and has 2 catches for 40 yards on the season.

Murphys95 · 10-24-2006, 08:17 PM

Thomas played quite a bit on Sunday versus the Bills. He was only thrown to once, and apparently was quite a ways down on Brady's progression because he was open several times. So far I like what I see from this kid, but it seems that Graham's absence had an effect on the running game.

italia44 · 10-24-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bosfan

Haven't been able to see many games and wondered if these guys are playing at all? Along with hoping our receivers progress in their development (which it appears they are), I thought maybe these two guys would at some point add something positive to our offense - any chance of that happening? Have either made any contributions to this point? Thanks....

I don't think fans realize that in the Pats offense Mills,Thomas,and Evans are essentially ONE guy.

Whether it's a 3 TE alignment or 2 TE and a HB/FB......it's still ONE guy.

So,their value is more ST than anything.

If you add Pass to the mix,it's still just ONE guy.