EJ Blitz

Why is he not playing? why did they use a 2nd round pick on him if they didn't plan on using him? Is this an injury thing or is it just because we have a legion of RBs, which was evident before he became a Patriot. That pick could have been used to cater towards the defense they intended to change.

parthasas

may be he is in our coaches "legendary dog house". ok I just made this up completely, but who can say I'm right or wrong

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Shelterdog

When we drafted Vereen we had one healthy running back under contract, Woodhead. (Faulk was hurt, BJGE was a free agent and since there was no CBA we couldn't be sure we'd be able to get him back.)

I do agree that drafting two backs if you're actually legitimately planning to bring Faulk back is excessive.

Rob0729

Vereen missed most of the preseason because of injury. He is probably still learning the playbook since he didn't have the benefit of an offseason to learn it. With so many RBs on the roster and most of them producing, they are probably not rushing him to play.

parthasas

Is this not true for Ridley too ? may be they are not rushing him from his injury

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PATSYLICIOUS

I still don't understand why they can't at least try him out at KR. The guys we have back there now can't even sniff the 25 yard line

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SyN65

Because the legendary Faulk is back and it's hard to get on the field when you carry 5 RBs.

I'm sure he'll be useful once we get him 3 carries a game in his debut 2 yrs from now though!

EJ Blitz

and he may be cut 2 years from now 'just because'. If you spend a 2nd round pick on guy, you'd think he'd get to touch the ball once in the season, even if it's in returns as stated above.

Edelman is busy fondling sexy women, maybe Vereen has an opening on special teams.

DarrylS

Depth is a good thing.. not every RB makes it through the season.

This could be BJGE and Faulks last season..

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mgteich

A) We had two starters in Green-Ellis and Woodhead, and a 3rd round back in Faulk. Some would say we had 2 running backs in Green-Ellis and Faulk/Woodhead.
We also had Morris and Taylor whose contracts were up and needed to be replaced.

B) We needed backup backs for 2011, and backs for the future.

C) Belichick spent two high draft picks for the future.

D) I did not expect the two to be major factors in 2011. There was a short off-season. Vareen was injured. Ridley had indeed been productive. That's great. I wouldn't feel better if it had
been Vareen instead of Ridley.

E) Only 3 running backs are used in a game plan. If a 4th is active, he is expected to play special teams.

F) One unknown is the effect of injuries on our running backs.

G) The bottom line is that our running game was fine last year. The issue is that we need to run more more. The issue is NOT that Green-Ellis and Woodhead are not capable running backs and that we must get our rookies on the field.