Sammy Morris' pass blocking abilities and media contradictions - New England Patriots Forums

Patsfanin Philly · 08-07-2007, 09:51 PM

It's interesting how different people can have different perspectives.....

Casale 8/7/07 notes

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Sammy Morris struggled once again in his pass blocking. Morris will need to improve on his blocking if he plans on seeing the field in passing situations this season.

http://www.patriots.com/news/index.c...=26617&pcid=44

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Sammy Morris – Morris talked a lot in the offseason about his desire to assume some roles as a third-down back. He’ll need to improve in a couple of areas if that’s to happen. Earlier in the week he struggled with his blitz pickup against the linebackers.

http://news.bostonherald.com/blogs/patriots/

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RB Sammy Morris may not be great at anything, but he’s pretty good at a lot of things. Once again, the backup shone in blitz pickup drills. And he showed his ability in the passing game on a wheel route in 7-on-7s. Coming up far wide of the hash, Morris had Eric Alexander trailing, and sticking with him. The quarterback dropped the ball perfectly over Morris’ head, who anticipated it coming, stuck his hands out and caught it in stride without seeing it coming for more than a split-second

zippo59 · 08-07-2007, 09:55 PM

Yeah I wondered about that contradiction too.

***psychoPat*** · 08-07-2007, 10:02 PM

Good catch!

Perhaps it is time i brought a bit of skepticism to these eyewitmess reports.

***T-ShirtDynasty*** · 08-07-2007, 10:03 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. Been driving me crazy.

PatsSteve1 · 08-07-2007, 10:15 PM

IMO, unless all the different reports say the same thing, good or bad, it needs to be taken for what it is. One persons opinion that isn't from a football coach or scout. I'm not a coach or scout either, but I'd still like to see it with my own eyes. Now if we had BB and the coaching staff's notes on a practice...

***Box_O_Rocks*** · 08-07-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by T-ShirtDynasty

Been driving me crazy.

MetalBleachers · 08-07-2007, 10:51 PM

It looks like we'll have to see for ourselves Friday vs. live competition against the pass-rushing of TB. I bet Morris is improving and that he does a decent job.

***Box_O_Rocks*** · 08-08-2007, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MetalBleachers

It looks like we'll have to see for ourselves Friday vs. live competition against the pass-rushing of TB. I bet Morris is improving and that he does a decent job.

We know Sammy sucks at it because he's had to block Patriots' rushers while at Buffalo and Miami and BB still tried to get him here, twice. It might help if folks realized this is a drill and not one conducted within the friendly confines of an offensive formation with other bodies flying around and affecting the outcome. Dillon never got his blitz pick-ups working quite right until the season started, but by midseason blitzers learned he had a wallop or two packed away. For those buying the Casale perspective, breath deeply and mumble this soothing chant - In BB I trust, In BB I trust...

RayClay · 08-08-2007, 01:03 AM

small sample. It's training.

vyrago · 08-08-2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by psychoPat

Perhaps it is time i brought a bit of skepticism to these eyewitmess reports.

Eyewitness reports are notoriously unreliable and can vary greatly from witness to witness, according to multiple studies done for various criminal justice groups. No reason why that same unreliability wouldn't apply to football TC reports. Though these writers are paid to see more and better than the casual fan, their biases and momentary inattention often come into play when reporting without the aid of a film record to check their impressions against.