ARE YOU NEW HERE? NOT LOGGED IN? PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT AND LOGIN TO REMOVE THIS WINDOW
Welcome to PatsFans.com. Do you have an account? If not - please take a moment to register for our forum and experience a much smoother experience with fewer ads, along with no longer having to see this notification window. Also learn about how you can receive a free Patriots T-Shirt from the Patriots Official ProShop by CLICKING HERE. Please enjoy your stay here, and Go Pats!
Belichick was again chose to do some live goal line work toward the end of practice and the results were typically exciting. The play of camp was turned in by Jerod Mayo, who stoned Laurence Maroney with a great shoulder hit at the 1 to give the defense a win.
RECEIVE A FREE PATS T-SHIRT AND SAVE 15% OFF WHEN YOU BUY FROM THE OFFICIAL PROSHOP!
Free T-Shirt & Save 15% Off!
Like Our Site? Please help support our site and server costs by DONATING TO PATSFANS.COM and receive a FREE PATRIOTS T-SHIRT and SAVE 15% off EVERY purchase you make from PatriotsProShop.com. You'll also receive added benefits to your account including Removing All Ads During Your Experience Here At Our Forum.
NEEDED YEARLY SITE DONATIONS: 345 | CURRENT # OF SUBSCRIBED SUPPORTERS: 98
Wow. We drafted a guy that can stop Maroney at the goal line.
Okay, that puts him in the top 90% of all defensive players...
A bit harsh, but in the link it lists 3 other times they ran the drill in which the offense punched it in, including a Morris run. I like Maroney. I keep waiting for the next big thing from him, and the end of last season was a very nice surprise. But I mean... I don't see the name Maroney and think "unstoppable goal line force."
Is what really happening? A first round draft choice making a nice play in training camp.
We've heard for years how it takes forever to understand the BB system at LB, how a rookie has little chance of making an impact specifically because of that transition. Here you have a kid who's never played the 3-4, a rookie surrounded by SB vets, with a ton of pressure to make an impact... And he seems to be doing it every practice.
Obviously, the games are what matter. Still, Perillo has a critical eye and does not give out compliments freely.
Things seem to be going better than I could have hoped for, knock on wood (I am literally doing that).
A bit harsh, but in the link it lists 3 other times they ran the drill in which the offense punched it in, including a Morris run. I like Maroney. I keep waiting for the next big thing from him, and the end of last season was a very nice surprise. But I mean... I don't see the name Maroney and think "unstoppable goal line force."
Ya, im thinking the same thing, thats cory dillion territory if you know what i mean
im hoping hes gonna be a supreme back but what ive seen thus far, well lets just say the jury's still out on that
if he can drop the whole jinking thing and put his head down and bull through, well lets just wait and see i suppose
Ya, im thinking the same thing, thats cory dillion territory if you know what i mean
im hoping hes gonna be a supreme back but what ive seen thus far, well lets just say the jury's still out on that
if he can drop the whole jinking thing and put his head down and bull through, well lets just wait and see i suppose
Well, they trusted Maroney enough to use him on the goal line on the only 2-point try of the season. . . .
__________________
"Momentum was quickly snatched away by New England, who once again proved that any Patriot, at any moment, can make a play." —Inside the NFL, Packers v. Patriots
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
We've heard for years how it takes forever to understand the BB system at LB, how a rookie has little chance of making an impact specifically because of that transition. Here you have a kid who's never played the 3-4, a rookie surrounded by SB vets, with a ton of pressure to make an impact... And he seems to be doing it every practice.
Yep, it's funny how quickly we forget all the cries of "don't you know by now, BB does NOT draft LBs on the first day!" All Mayo has done so far is 100% of what he possibly could do so far: look exciting, effective and ahead of schedule in TC. I'll take it.
Apropos of nothing, reports from Jets camp say that Gholston is looking a little lost trying to play in space....
Hey point taken, just saying let's realize we're choosing to be excited. Hope sells clicks and papers in training camp. So the way you write it isn't "annnnd Maroney couldn't cross the stripe," or "so-and-so couldn't defend a Cassel pass," you have to write about the offense doing something good and the defensive prospect levelling this veteran starter.
Still I have heard nothing but good things about Mayo, and YES I would love to see Mayo being a right-out-of-the-box force.
Perillo: Mayo makes "play of camp"
Linear Mode
