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Vataha · 10-28-2011, 11:31 AM

I wonder if BB is making room for a Welker extension?

***RJB87*** · 10-28-2011, 11:31 AM

Honestly you guys go crazy about all these players getting cut and the only one who has mildly done anything to where we would potentially still want him on our roster is Jonathan Wilhite.

Tasco · 10-28-2011, 11:32 AM

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I'm glad I'm not a star player on your football team. I'd be awfully pissed at you for keeping CBs with dinged up thumbs (a position where hands are your #1 asset) over healthy CBs.

I'd be awfully pissed too, if my front office would release a player with a banged up thump (not even broken) and replace him with a far less talented player that didn't see the field consistently neither for the Pats, nor for other teams in the NFL.

So basically you're implying a banged up thumb cancels out the difference in talent between Bodden & Adams/Molden?

***reflexblue*** · 10-28-2011, 11:32 AM

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Well that explains why you're on a forum for the Patriots and not the coaching staff for the Patriots.

Who are You New Meat?

***Deus Irae*** · 10-28-2011, 11:33 AM

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Honestly you guys go crazy about all these players getting cut and the only one who has mildly done anything to where we would potentially still want him on our roster is Jonathan Wilhite.

Honestly, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. For the most part, the issue people have is not the guy getting cut. The issue, for the most part, is a combination of resources wasted (money, draft picks) and the quality of the replacements.

***PatsWickedPissah*** · 10-28-2011, 11:35 AM

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I wonder if BB is making room for a Welker extension?

How does this move NOW do that? If nobody else signs Bodden we still get this season's cap hit. I think the Pats can extend Welker w/o cutting Bodden. I DO think it's a perverse kinda value decision if BB thinks Molden is playing about as well.

HowardRoark · 10-28-2011, 11:35 AM

Not good news on the Dowling-replacing-Bodden front:

@MikeReiss Mike Reiss
CB Ras-I Dowling (hip) and LB Dane Fletcher (thumb) not spotted at the start of today's practice, Mike Rodak reports.

***PatsWickedPissah*** · 10-28-2011, 11:36 AM

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Not good news on the Dowling-replacing-Bodden front:

@MikeReiss Mike Reiss
CB Ras-I Dowling (hip) and LB Dane Fletcher (thumb) not spotted at the start of today's practice, Mike Rodak reports.

I prefer to think of my man Glass IR Dowling as half full. Back to play the Jets.

Destroyer · 10-28-2011, 11:37 AM

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Per SMY, Dowling and Fletcher missing from practice.

Total speculation on my part, but I'm guessing we see Molden take Bodden's place on Sunday against Pittsburgh and then Dowling (hopefully) takes over next week.

I'm guessing this would also show this move is all about Bodden - whether it be his play, injury, not accepting a reduced role, or whatever.

I'd love to see Ras-I get into some games and show his stuff. Was a big fan of the pick, especially since a lot of people projected him to be a late first. Hope that hip starts feeling better quickly.

***Deus Irae*** · 10-28-2011, 11:38 AM

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I prefer to think of my man Glass IR Dowling as half full. Back to play the Jets.

From what we're seeing so far, he may have to be half full of painkillers to ever get on the field.