GullyFoyle
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thanks crossing my fingers for NunnSometime today....I would think late afternoon...early evening...24 hrs AFTER cut down time...
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A.D. Thomas was a 6th.
2----I think some have mentioned how a tight end is better catching a ball on the seam than a WR..Watson can be good at that and he has speed and size. Not that I would expect him to catch a ton of passes, but he CAN do that. Thomas, for all his supposedly great skills of receiving, has done little but show flashes...just enough to get by. I KNOW he was Young's big target at Texas...BUT he hasn't even come close. I like having a larger tight end for blocking...with he and Baker in the game..it will make it easier for RBs to get in..MORE a DGraham ni the trenches sort of guy...I agree. And Baker does have good hands. Would not be surprised to see a DeVree or other TE on the Practice Squad.2. I LIKE the trade of Thomas....and I liked Thomas, but he'll do better in another system. The more I think of it, what good is it to have a great pass catching TE in THIS offense. In the spread offense, the WRs are the ones that will catch ball. TEs are for blocking, the GL offense, and safety release patterns. Quite frankly, if I want to send someone down the seam, I'd just as soon it be a WR.
And don't sleep on Watson....just 3 years ago, he caught 50 balls in just 13 games... but it was in a DIFFERENT offense. Matthews' blocking skills fill a bigger need on the team than than a good pass catching TE (Thomas).
3. I still don't like the fact that we kept 5 RBs. BTW its the number I don't like, not the 5 guys they kept. Again, I would have rather had a guy like Lenon or Ventrone instead of a 5th RB who will probably be an inactive until an injury occurs
4. I read somewhere that 9 of the 11 draft picks were kept. WOW, before the season I would have thought that 5 would be stretching it. This COULD be the best draft class since 2003....if not the best in n the BB era....and I'm thinking Nunn comes back to the PS
5. Very disappointed that Crable was put on IR....again. I was looking forward to watching him develop. I can still picture his pick in the Giant pre season game that year. It was a VERY athletic play. All that promise and nothing to show for it but TWO red shirt years
6. Hey my "binky" Rob Ninkovich made the roster DESPITE keeping 5 RBs. But if I were Rob, I wouldn't fully unpack just yet because I have a feeling that there is a QB in our future and someone will have to go, and Rob MAY not be the 53rd guy, but he's close.
7. Good to see that Slater will recover. I fully expected him to wind up on the IR. But he's another guy who just might be warming a roster spot until the Pats look to tweak the over the next few weeks.
BOTTOM LINE - Good club now...SHOULD get better as the season goes along.
thanks crossing my fingers for Nunn
It's going to take a LOT MORE than crossed fingers to have him return...unfortunately.
UDFA are far and away the most populous group
Adaleus Thomas, Mike Wright, Pierre Woods, Ryan Wendall, Brandon McGowan, Mike Matthews, Dan Connolly, Ben-Jarvus Green-Ellis, Gary Guyton, Eric Alexander, Chris Hanson. Steven Neal
Yes that's right....they all came into the league as UDFAs. Think about it. This is one of the most talented 53 man rosters in the the NFL, not a team that's "rebuilding" by any means, yet almost 23% of its roster WEREN'T deemed good enough to be drafted out of college. BTW to BB's credit, 8 of the 12 are home grown UDFAs....and 4 of the 12 are starters, plus Hanson.
I just thought it was interesting..
It makes sense, compared to any individual round. Every year you bring in a slew of UDFAs vs. one 4th, one 5th, etc. Even if only, say a third or a quarter of the UDFAs are as good as drafted players, they're still at a big statistical advantage.
There's another advantage, too -- unlike draftees, the better UDFAs get to choose their team. They look for the best fit and the best roster opportunity.
I'm not sure how or where I would find this information so I'll be lazy and ask you folks before I search again: What is the relative success rate of the major sports (football, baseball, basketball) drafts?
In other words what percentage of drafted players actually make the team that drafted them?
Do you really think UDFAs get to pick best fit and roster opportunity? They usually sign pretty quickly.
More interesting than the comparitive UDFA stats are the 1st round stats. The Pats have both their own first rounders plus a number of older free-agent first rounders with a track record of productivity (Moss, Taylor). Looking at those older vets: there's a reason they were picked in the first round, and their superior talent and the extra coaching they receive helped them survive long enough to lose some of their speed and cache yet still be strong contributors.League averages (Patriots in brackets)
First round -- 7.9 (12)
Second round -- 7.0 (5)
Third round -- 6.5 (7)
Fourth round -- 6.2 (5)
Fifth round -- 5.1 (6)
Sixth round -- 5.0 (5)
Seventh round -- 5.3 (3)
Undrafted -- 21.6 (23)
Following up on roster breakdown by draft pick - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com
Beggars can't be choosers, top 5 roster in the league. I expect the offense to be top 3, defense to be top 1/3 in PPG and special teams to be league average. That will be enough to get into the playoffs and likely secure a first round bye. After that anything can and will happen.
This quote from Mike Reiss really stuck out to be "The makeup of the roster seems to indicate that the four-man line is going to be a more prevalent part of the defense going forward. The Patriots still have the flexibility to play 3-4 at times,but they would probably want to improve their linebacker depth if that is the long-term approach."
That is a scary statement, it appears they are stuck in a nowhere land with the LBs. Not enough depth and quality to play a base 3-4 and the wrong people to play a 4-3 consistently. The DLine is not perfectly setup for a 4-3 either, rushing 4 big DT types may stop the run but doesn't create much of a pass rush, that puts the onus on TBC and Burgess who at least in pre-season can easily be handled 1:1.
I don't know what this means for the future, do they scout 4-3 players? 3-4 players or both? For years it has been obvious that the LBs needed some new additions. This is just another example how not being proactive in this area has impacted the roster.
I believe the practice squad signing starts at 11 a.m. today.
I am hoping that Nunn makes it if he hasn't been snapped up by another team. The Herald is reporting that two teams have already expressed interest.
Yeah, it's not like they get to interview their prospective teams. But the top few dozen at least get multiple offers and their agents help them choose the most advantageous situation. It's no coincidence that Hoyer chose a Patriots team that had only 2 QBs under contract.
Not really sure when it starts officially...supposedly the waiver period is 24 hours..so theoretically that would be at 6 PM...24 hours AFTER the cut down time deadline.FWIW, I believe it's later than that (like 4 PM or something, to allow time for waiver claims), although it does start today.
That's an eye opener, and a great find, thanks Lamp. I would have thought that the league average would be lower than 21%. Kind of makes you wonder about the draft when just about every team has 10-12 guys on their roster that 32 teams passed on SEVEN times.