LBs Dane Fletcher, Brandon Spikes Back at Practice - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

PatsFan2 · 12-01-2011, 08:22 AM

Dane Fletcher should elavate our pass Defense some especially with his nack for Good coverage at the LB position. Fletcher should give BB some more flexibility in his scheme. I really liked Dane Fletcher when he played last year, he reminds me of a younger version of Teddy Bruschi.

***Clonamery*** · 12-01-2011, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by reflexblue

That must have been one hell of a thumb injury to keep Fletcher out this long.

He had surgery.

***resdubwhite*** · 12-01-2011, 09:11 AM

Great news to hear they are all improving.

Now.

no more injuries please.

Patspsycho · 12-01-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Clonamery

He had surgery.

He actually had surgery in pre-season and tried to play through it and had a big setback. I'm glad the team decided to play it careful with him and let him heal properly this time.

scott99 · 12-01-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFan2

Dane Fletcher should elavate our pass Defense some especially with his nack for Good coverage at the LB position. Fletcher should give BB some more flexibility in his scheme. I really liked Dane Fletcher when he played last year, he reminds me of a younger version of Teddy Bruschi.

I agree 100%. I don't know what it is, but Fletcher just seems to have IT. A typical Belichick success story: Undrafted former college defensive lineman, converts to LB, and a year later you can see a huge improvement. These no-name guys like Fletcher and Ninkovich just seem to thrive on a Belichick team. Vrabel was a no-name when we signed him too.

Urgent · 12-01-2011, 11:37 AM

If Fletcher has no brace, wrap, or padding on his thumb at this point, I guess I am surprised he has not been playing in a cast. Lots of LB's do.

***Clonamery*** · 12-01-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Patspsycho

He actually had surgery in pre-season and tried to play through it and had a big setback. I'm glad the team decided to play it careful with him and let him heal properly this time.

Sorry, saw something at bye week that he had surgery (at that time).

***Patjew*** · 12-01-2011, 11:40 AM

Fletcher was reported to be wearing a cast today.

Fencer · 12-01-2011, 02:29 PM

IIRC, Vrabel played in a cast for a while, then made DPOM later the same season after the cast came off.

Our expectations for Fletcher at this point are lower than for prime Vrabel ...

captain stone · 12-02-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by scott99

I agree 100%. I don't know what it is, but Fletcher just seems to have IT. A typical Belichick success story: Undrafted former college defensive lineman, converts to LB, and a year later you can see a huge improvement. These no-name guys like Fletcher and Ninkovich just seem to thrive on a Belichick team. Vrabel was a no-name when we signed him too.

Mike Vrabel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vrabel was no No-Name; he was just caught in a numbers crunch in PitsDirt,
of which we were the very fortunate beneficiaries.