crowell33

If that question was asked this morning, Sam Aiken, Eric Alexander, Pierre Woods, and Sergio Brown would have been (4) of the top answers.

zoffle

Here's 4:

Arrington, Murrell, Slater, White

crowell33

BJGE and Nink. make 5 and 6.

The 12th Man

I completely missed that Slater made the team. Kind of surprised on that one. He'll mostly be used on special teams, but not as a return man anymore, with Tate probably taking over the kick return duties.

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zoffle

I was a little surprised slater made it, I thought he was a bubble guy and after missing the whole preseason I thought he would be gone.

DaBruinz

Players who make their living on Special Teams:

Obvious: Mesko, Ghostkowski, Ingram

Kick Returners: Tate, Price, Edelman, Slater, Maroney, McCourty, Wheatley

Punt Returners: Welker, Tate, Edelman, Price

Coverage: Murrell, Fletcher, White, Wendell, Gronkowski, Crumpler, Chung, Sanders, Page, BJGE, Guyton, Ninkovich

Gunners: Arringtron, Wheatley, Slater, McCourty, Price, Chung

Personal Protector: Patrick Chung

zoffle

Here are the special teams units (from Reiss) from the giants game (Arrington and Slater where not playing):

Punt Coverage
P Zoltan Mesko
LS Jake Ingram
S Pat Chung
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
S Sergio Brown (CUT)
S Ross Ventrone (CUT)
LB Marques Murrell
LB Gary Guyton
LB Eric Alexander (CUT)
LB Brandon Spikes
LB Pierre Woods (CUT)

You could replace Brown & Ventrone with Arrington & Slater, replace Alexander & Woods with White/Fletcher/McKenzie/Ninkovich


Punt Return
RB Kevin Faulk/WR Brandon Tate (2 different returners)
CB Darius Butler
CB Devin McCourty
S Sergio Brown (CUT)
S Pat Chung
RB Sammy Morris
S James Sanders
LB Dane Fletcher
LB Tyrone McKenzie
LB Marques Murrell
WR Sam Aiken (CUT)

You could replace Brown & Aiken with Arrington/Slater/Page (not sure what he's like on special teams)

Kickoff Coverage
K Stephen Gostkowski
LB Brandon Spikes
S Brandon Meriweather
LB Tyrone McKenzie
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
LB Rob Ninkovich
S James Sanders
CB Devin McCourty
WR Sam Aiken (CUT)
S Sergio Brown (CUT)
LB Gary Guyton

You could replace Brown & Aiken with Arrington/Slater/Page (not sure what he's like on special teams)

Kick Return
WR Taylor Price
RB Thomas Clayton (CUT)
OL Dan Connolly
TE Rob Gronkowski
TE Alge Crumpler
LB Rob Ninkovich
LB Thomas Williams (CUT)
LB Eric Alexander (CUT)
S Sergio Brown (CUT)
LB Marques Murrell
WR Sam Aiken (CUT)

Replace Clayton with any returner
Replace Brown & Aiken with Arrington/Slater/Page
replace Alexander & Williams with White/Fletcher/McKenzie

So there are plenty of guy's who can play special teams.

jmt57

Good list Patsfan1973.


Other options include Guyton and Ninkovich, they've spent a lot of time there previously. And even though they played little or no S/T this preseason, McKenzie, Mayo and Cunningham could see some time on S/T if needed later this season too, though I doubt that will happen.

DaBruinz

Thanks.. I had actually forgotten Guyton, Ninkovich and Arrington from my list.. I've now updated it.

bucky

Have to say that I'm stunned with the Aiken cut and a surprised with the Woods cut. More so with these 2 guys than with Burgess or Lewis.

Anyway, I think Slater and Arrington are clearly the 2 ST aces and White is probably intended to be a third. The other 2 guys who are very good on ST are Chung and McCourty, but I'm kind of feeling like I'd rather not see these 2 guys on ST due to risk of injury and losing them from the D - especially McCourty.