Kassim Osgood spotted wearing a Patriots cap at Pro Bowl practice

[Triumph]

How about a guy named Brandon Tate?

Sure.

Any idea when or if he can stay healthy? Tate was injured his 1st game coming back from an injury.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

For everyone who posted the Pats could use Osgood as a "KR/PR" type, or even as a WR, consider this:

He has zero career kick returns.

He has two career punt returns.

He's 6-foot-5.

He has 5 career receptions.

He's the best special teamer/gunner in the world, but he's not a returner, or a wide receiver. Period.

He had 28 receptions in his first 2 seasons with San Diego. Not huge numbers, but he averaged over 20 yards per catch those years. But you're right, he's great at one thing, and hasn't done much in other areas.

 

[Triumph]

For everyone who posted the Pats could use Osgood as a "KR/PR" type, or even as a WR, consider this:

He has zero career kick returns.

He has two career punt returns.

He's 6-foot-5.

He has 5 career receptions.

He's the best special teamer/gunner in the world, but he's not a returner, or a wide receiver. Period.

You really dont tell the whole story.

Osgoods first 2 seasons 03 and 04 with Drew Brees at QB he did quite well with 28 rec - 586 yards - 2 TDs. Something happened in 05 and he wound up getting hurt in December and landing on IR.

QB change to Rivers in 06 and for whatever reason Osgood dropped off the face of the earth at WR.

I like his attitude.

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Agent Drew Rosenhaus writes in his Twitter account that Chargers special teamer Kassim Osgood is willing to play safety.

Osgood has been dying to shed his "special teamer only" label for years, and strong safety -- the Bolts' weakest link on defense -- isn't a bad idea. Still, at 6'5/220 he'd be one over-sized safety. Osgood remains open to a trade.

Kassim Osgood

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We know:

1 Osgood would be low risk money wise.
2 Hes a hard worker and will play special teams.
3 He wants another chance to prove he can play WR in this league and it sounds like hes willing to put in the work to get there. Some folks thought NE was crazy to want Welker. I mean, he never had a 1000 yard season in Miami.
4 He would play for NE
5 He has good hands

 

[Sicilian]

I watched more than you

I wouldn't sweat the special teams with the defensive unit we currently have........we could pin opponents inside their 5 every time and BB would still be going for it on 4th down at his end of the field when he has the lead

you can't sweat special teams when YOU CAN'T EVEN FIELD A DEFENSE....and right now, the pats can't even put a group of LB's on the field........2 of the 4 guys they have under contract right now have never played because of injury

yeah......special teams is a need, but that's like worrying about the roof when you don't have a foundation

You act like the two things are mutually exclusive. Like somehow trying to improve one means we're NOT going to improve the other.

Using your analogy, it's like building the foundation, then going to move in realizing you forgot the roof. You can (and need) to have BOTH.

 

[tanked_as_usual]

are you serious??

this guy is good, he is a solid reciever, not a stud reciever, but a reciever. And is crazy on STs, and is Cheap.
I would love to have him.

sure....no sweat, sign him up......I don't argue his value, but like I said, the pats have a ton of bigger needs

 

[tanked_as_usual]

You act like the two things are mutually exclusive. Like somehow trying to improve one means we're NOT going to improve the other.

Using your analogy, it's like building the foundation, then going to move in realizing you forgot the roof. You can (and need) to have BOTH.

sure you do........of course you need to pay attention to the entire roster........

as for the roof analogy......you can always add one to a foundation......hell, you can throw a tarp on top for the time being.

but field position don't mean squat if your defense is garbage

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

ummm, the whole wearing a Pats cap is alittle over the top, LOL

yea its true, but the guy was messing around....he also at the same time had pitt, oakland and ravens gear on

Oh,Yeah.....

How many in here would react positively if Wilfork was seen wearing a Dolphins or Jets cap at the pro bowl?

 

[FootballFan85]

Oh,Yeah.....

How many in here would react positively if Wilfork was seen wearing a Dolphins or Jets cap at the pro bowl?

The players do a gear trade. In fact you can watch a video of it on NFL.com. They trade team gear with each other, sign autographs, etc.

It means absolutely nothing and anyone who would be mad seeing Wilfork wearing a dolphins or jets cap after the gear trade would be ridiculous. Especially since the Miami player who gave it to him might very well be sporting his shiny new Pats cap that he got from Wilfork in exchange.

 

[pats1]

You really dont tell the whole story.

Osgoods first 2 seasons 03 and 04 with Drew Brees at QB he did quite well with 28 rec - 586 yards - 2 TDs. Something happened in 05 and he wound up getting hurt in December and landing on IR.

QB change to Rivers in 06 and for whatever reason Osgood dropped off the face of the earth at WR.

I like his attitude.

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Agent Drew Rosenhaus writes in his Twitter account that Chargers special teamer Kassim Osgood is willing to play safety.

Osgood has been dying to shed his "special teamer only" label for years, and strong safety -- the Bolts' weakest link on defense -- isn't a bad idea. Still, at 6'5/220 he'd be one over-sized safety. Osgood remains open to a trade.

Kassim Osgood

*************************

We know:

1 Osgood would be low risk money wise.
2 Hes a hard worker and will play special teams.
3 He wants another chance to prove he can play WR in this league and it sounds like hes willing to put in the work to get there. Some folks thought NE was crazy to want Welker. I mean, he never had a 1000 yard season in Miami.
4 He would play for NE
5 He has good hands

Sorry, I got that catch figure from another post in the thread.

 

[Snake Eyes]

For everyone who posted the Pats could use Osgood as a "KR/PR" type, or even as a WR, consider this:

He has zero career kick returns.

He has two career punt returns.

He's 6-foot-5.

He has 5 career receptions.

He's the best special teamer/gunner in the world, but he's not a returner, or a wide receiver. Period.

Kassim Osgood

He has 33 receptions. He's probably worth bringing on board for ST alone but I'd at least give him a shot as a WR and see how he does. Vrabel was cut from Pittsburgh, just because someone doesn't fit in on another team in a role doesn't mean they can't be successful in it elsewhere.

 

[Badluck]

not really a kick returner but a great kick coverage guy

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

Kassim Osgood

He has 33 receptions. He's probably worth bringing on board for ST alone but I'd at least give him a shot as a WR and see how he does. Vrabel was cut from Pittsburgh, just because someone doesn't fit in on another team in a role doesn't mean they can't be successful in it elsewhere.

I agree - Kelly Washington was nothing more than a STs ace here and never saw the field as a WR,but when he became a Raven he was a good fit as a WR there.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I watched more than you

I wouldn't sweat the special teams with the defensive unit we currently have........we could pin opponents inside their 5 every time and BB would still be going for it on 4th down at his end of the field when he has the lead

you can't sweat special teams when YOU CAN'T EVEN FIELD A DEFENSE....and right now, the pats can't even put a group of LB's on the field........2 of the 4 guys they have under contract right now have never played because of injury

yeah......special teams is a need, but that's like worrying about the roof when you don't have a foundation

So, just to be clear, what you're trying to say is that because we are bad at LB, we shouldn't try to improve any other position?

 

[BradyFTW!]

I agree - Kelly Washington was nothing more than a STs ace here and never saw the field as a WR,but when he became a Raven he was a good fit as a WR there.

Washington saw the field as a WR in Baltimore because the Ravens have one NFL-caliber WR. Probably not a great example, because if anything it says that Osgood might stand a chance to get on the field here because our WR depth is that much worse than San Diego's.

(that said, I'd be totally on board with the Pats signing him- I just hope nobody expects him to become a difference-maker at WR).

 

[captain stone]

On a team with legit SB aspirations, Osgood would be the #5/6 WR & ST ace. But I would drop Sam I Am(Not) Aiken in less than a heartbeat to sign Osgood instead.