brdmaverick

Barring injury, will Eugene Wilson be the starting safety for week 1 of the 2007 season?

After a promising start to his career, it seems that many have been disappointed with Eugene Wilson's play over the past two seasons. Many claimed that he looked lost without Rodney Harrison's presence during the 2005 season. Wilson had a quiet 2006 season until finally succumbing to injury.

With the injuries to both Harrison and Wilson over the past few seasons, other guys such as Artrell Hawkins and James Sanders have gotten quality playing time.

Wilson is also intriguing in that he can be shifted over to the cornerback position.

So going into Week 1 of the season, do you expect Eugene Wilson to be a starting safety for the Patriots?

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Keegs

I do.

Yes i do.

I do.

Yes i do.

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signbabybrady

yes he will be.

and to add to your thought many think secondary is a big need on this team yet we have starterst in Wilson Rodney Samuel and Hobbs backups in Gay Scott Sanders and Hawkins. That is pretty good. IMO we dont have a single position with a glaring need and anything could be drafted.

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zippo59

Yeah Wilson will be the starter.

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Box_O_Rocks

Seems the most likely scenerio.

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zippo59

Sorta random but my favorite Wilson memory was when we were playing the Cardinals in 2004 and EW got an interception but it was undone by a penalty and on the very next play he just intercepts it again and it stands. What was funny was that the interceptions occured in the same area on the field IIRC.

One of the commentators made the comment that is was like a JV team playing an all-world team because the Cards were so overmatched.

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patsfan55

im not so sure
hawkins was starting to get favored over geno before he even got hurt
and hawk wasnt exactly a ball hawk
if we draft a safety high, i wouldnt be all that surprised to see him the starter (reggie nelson, please oh please oh please), as geno started at safety his rookie yr

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zippo59

Geno started in his rookie year out of necessity because Milloy was released. Even if we draft a safety high I still think Geno would start over him at the beginning of the year.

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patsfan55

actually geno didnt start the yr as the starter
antwan harris did
and he was awful, so geno the rook beat him out
i know its hard for a rookie to start, and i used to love geno, and he still is decent, but if a rook comes in and lights it up in practice and on the field in the preseason, i see no reason for geno to not be benched

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solman

At even odds, I'd pick against him.

First, the Patriots could draft a safety in the first round. If so, I'd like to see him earn a starting sport.

If not Eugene could still get injured or beaten out during the preseason.

I don't think any of those scenarios are likely. But in combination, I give Eugene a 45% chance of starting week 1.