Salva135

We used to have high hopes that he'd be a competent (read: league-average) safety. He's not. And the fact that he can't stay on the field only exacerbates the issue. Both Chung and Dowling are not long for this team.

MP-Logick

He doesn't seem to fit with this defense. I'd like to see us draft a safety who can play in man coverage and use the savings from not re-signing him to keep Vollmer around for a long time.

FosterTheSkins

Man reading stories like this makes me think twice about getting my Paddy Chung jersey.

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AndyJohnson

Ironic structure of thought process here.

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You would think after 12 year of Belichick 'it's rarely what it seems' football, I find it shocking that people take zero information plus a cryptic and deleted tweet to draw the conclusion that Chung has been benched, was a healthy scratch, is angry and BB has now decided after playing him more when healthy than any other safety on the roster the last 2 years that he sucks.
I gotta get into the Twitter thing, can someone teach me how to interpret the 12 word tweets into a treatise?

supafly

The fact that he quickly deleted it only makes it more suspicious.

Some of these twitter messages do not mean as much as people think, while others are more obvious.

Having Chung in Thursday night would make a lot of sense, but having him play vs high passing offenses probably wouldn't---just my take on it. We may see his snap count change with the gameplan, as he may be more of a rotational player now, as opposed to the full-time starter that we've grown accustomed to, and that's probably for the best.

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Gwedd

Was that the green throwback with Paddy Patriot on the helmet?

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

I would go after Deshon Goldson,Will Moore or Jairus Byrd to fill Chung's role next year.

AndyJohnson

Why? You are just guessing at that with no basis.

Are you saying you can tell the difference?

What are you basing this on? None of this was true when he was last healthy, so what leads you to believe his role has changed while he was injured?
When he is healthy then the questions will be answered. Creating a conspiracy theory over a deleted tweet is the kind of stuff that belongs in the National Enquirer.

supafly

Sometimes the writing on the wall can lead to actual truth, Andy.

As you say, sometimes it is just pure speculation.

The secondary has improved in Chung's absence. He is much better as an "in the box" safety, and he has proven that he pretty much sucks in coverage. That is not a thought that is news to anyone, as the high majority of media members and posters here all feel the same way. Chung is a liability in coverage.

If he didn't have anything to necessarily hide as you are inferring (you are also making an assumption too, just like me) then why would he quickly remove it? Why would anyone do that? Why wouldn't you just leave it alone?

While I agree with you that there is speculation involved, the fact remains that he added some curiosity to the equation by quickly going out of his way to remove it.

Sometimes 1 + 1 really does equal 2. Sometimes the smoke proves to lead to the fire.

As you have pointed out, sometimes not. Only time will tell if Chung immediately jumps back to a full-time role or he sees his reps lessened a bit due to specific gameplanning, as that is what I am inferring.

One way or another, I would expect to see him Thursday night vs the Jets, but we'll have to see.

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