Would/could the Pats look at Darnell Stapleton?

[JSn]

Ed Wasielewski (ed_waz) on Twitter

Former #Steelers starting OG Darnell Stapleton is 100% healthy n in great shape, ready for an opp. Will pass #NFL conditioning tests

Sounds like his agent making a public sale, but still... might be worth a looksee?

 

[RayClay]

Re: Would/could the Pats looks at Darnell Stapleton?

Can't for the life of me read that twitter gobbledygook. Try this.

August 07, 2010, 02:45 PM EST

Darnell Stapleton, a starting guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII, is healthy and ready to return to the NFL.

His agent, Ed Wasielewski, reported that Stapleton is 100 percent back from his knee injury that cost him last season, and that he will pass NFL conditioning tests. Stapleton reportedly worked out for the New England Patriots earlier this week.

Darnell Stapleton fully healthy for return to NFL | National Football Post

Of course teams haven't even started making serious cuts yet.

 

[mgteich]

Re: Would/could the Pats looks at Darnell Stapleton?

The FO will consider every veteran guard available and make calls with regard to anyone they think might be available in trade. That is their job.

 

[JSn]

Re: Would/could the Pats looks at Darnell Stapleton?

The FO will consider every veteran guard available and make calls with regard to anyone they think might be available in trade. That is their job.

I think we know that. Should we just never discuss free agents evermore?

 

[BradyFTW!]

Re: Would/could the Pats looks at Darnell Stapleton?

I think we know that. Should we just never discuss free agents evermore?

Technically, we shouldn't discuss anything anymore. The FO is on it.

 

[JSn]

Re: Would/could the Pats looks at Darnell Stapleton?

Technically, we shouldn't discuss anything anymore. The FO is on it.

lol - ya. Guess I'll just hand in my membership card.

 

[The 12th Man]

I honestly don't know anything about this guy. I did find that he was undrafted and became a started with the Steelers in 2008 due to injury to Kendall Simmons. Also, looks like he was a center and played guard out of necessity that year. I agree that we need someone at guard, unless Mankins returns soon, but I don't know if this guy will do much better than Connolly or Wendell coming back from such an injury and being out of football for a year. I guess the Pats though he was worth a look at least.

 

[BelichickFan]

For better or worse, we signed him.

 

[BTTA]

For better or worse, we signed him.

We did? Cool. Where's the link?

 

[Deus Irae]

We did? Cool. Where's the link?

It was a twofer:

Patriots drop Buddy Farnham and Adrian Grady and add D'Angelo Willingham and Darnell Stapleton

Twitter / Christopher Price: Patriots drop Buddy Farnha ...

 

[BelichickFan]

We did? Cool. Where's the link?

Darnell Stapleton

"Patriots signed G/C Darnell Stapleton and CB DeAngelo Willingham."

 

[Kontradiction]

Anybody watch a good amount of Steeler football in 2008? How did he look before the injury?

 

[RayClay]

Stapleton started at center, and tackle at Hudson Valley Community College for two seasons. He became the starting center at Rutgers in 2005.[1] In his senior year, Darnell was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy as top collegiate center.[2]

Darnell Stapleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

COLLEGE: 2006: Rutgers' starting center in all 13 games...Finalist for the Rimington Trophy...Center of an offensive line that allowed just eight sacks, the fewest amount in the nation…RU tailback Ray Rice rushed for 1,794 yards, the second-highest total in the nation and a BIG EAST single-season record…Awarded the David Bender Trophy, given annually to the top offensive lineman at Rutgers... Contributed to Rutgers win over Howard (9/23), as the Scarlet Knights scored 56 points, the most points scored in the Greg Schiano era...In Rutgers' win over Louisville (11/9), contributed to a blocking effort that allowed Ray Rice to rush for 75 yards in the fourth quarter...Served on a line that averaged over 180 rushing yards per game this season. 2005: Emerged as the starting center in preseason camp and started all 12 games... Helped pave the way for RU to accumulate a season-best 574 yards of total offense, including 337 yards rushing, in the Scarlet Knights' regular-season finale against Cincinnati (11/26)...Also served on an RU offensive line that opened the way for 532 yards of total offense, including 158 on the ground in the Insight Bowl vs. Arizona State (12/27)…Played important role in an offensive line that recorded seven 100-yard rushing performances and produced RU's first 1,000-yard
rusher since 1994.

Official site of the Pittsburgh Steelers - Roster 0

Pretty productive 2 years of college.

From Community college to one of the top six centers in the country?

 

[BlueThunder]

Stapleton experiment was short lived......

Stapleton cut...Clayton resigned

 

[SanAngeloState]

wow that was fast. Who is clayton?

I was expcting good things from stapleton.