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Considering that Amendola, Gronk, and Vereen were unavailable to him, and that time was quickly winding down on the clock in dramatic fashion, I'm guessing that Brady went to the guy who gave him the best pre-snap read, or just basically took a shot and heaved it in the back of the endzone hoping that he'd come down with it.
The options were extremely limited. While it's impressive that Thompkins made the catch (to say the least), I'm not sure that it had much to do with Brady developing some great amount of trust as you are insinuating.
While we're at it, this was pretty much the last time we saw much of Kenbrell Thompkins---as 3 more months of the season wound down....
If he ends up contributing to this team, we'll all be very happy--but you're taking this to a whole new level. Perhaps he comes out like Superman in the regular season as you are suggesting. It'd be a great thing to see.
May I suggest a wager? Nothing except bragging rights. Who will have the best season: KT or AD?
Yes, if LeFell and Dobson don't perform, then the #3 WR position is at stake. Is this news? I understand that many would be horrified to go into the season with Amendola, Edelman, KT and Boyce (with Collie on speed dial), waiting for Dobson and LeFell to get healthy and/or learn the system.But if Brandon We Could've Had James Jones For The Same Price LaFell keeps dropping passes and
Aaron Dobson keeps not showing up, then WR3 all of a sudden is at stake.
But if Brandon We Could've Had James Jones For The Same Price LaFell keeps dropping passes and
Aaron Dobson keeps not showing up, then WR3 all of a sudden is at stake.
Yes, if LeFell and Dobson don't perform, then the #3 WR position is at stake. Is this news? I understand that many would be horrified to go into the season with Amendola, Edelman, KT and Boyce (with Collie on speed dial), waiting for Dobson and LeFell to get healthy and/or learn the system.
...After all, we expect more from the TE and RB positions.
I think he was just responding to my thoughts that Thompkins may have a difficult time seeing the field with the (assumed) players of Amendola, Edelman, Dobson, and LaFell ahead of him, that's all.
While my comment was the popular thought going into TC (and still is for many), it may have been premature. It's certainly possible for Thompkins to show more than others and win himself more playing time ahead of LaFell. Of course, that also wouldn't mean that it'd definitely stay that way, as you point out.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Right now, only MiniTron & ToughGlass are fairly assured of starters'
snaps. Everybody else is competing for #3. Unfortunately, WRs #1 & 2 play the same position and are
therefore redundant. If football were played only inside the hash marks, we would win the SB.
No, "we" don't. "We" expect the same thing out of both positions. Reading forums, listening to radio, watching TV... they all demonstrate that. Why?
Because "We" expect Gronk and Vereen to be capable and effective, as long as they can remain healthy, and "we" are unsure, and currently not confident, of what would happen at the respective positions should those players go down. That's the same thing "we" expected last year.
I was not referring to what we expected last year, but then, you knew that.
I believe that many, if not most of us, expect more passing game production from the TE and RB position than we got last year. Perhaps you disagree. I apologize. I certainly never attempt to state your positions.
You were referring, in all likelihood, to the hope that Gronk and Vereen will remain healthy, but you called it an expectation, which is unfairly misleading. I was pointing out that inconsistency. If Gronk goes down tomorrow, you'll likely be "expecting" godawful play from the TE position, for example.
To date, there's been no measurable change to the positive in the RB/TE situations. Blount is gone, replaced by rookies, and the TE position was not really addressed. Unless/until the rookies (or Williams at TE) show signs of being real players, this team is actually weaker overall at TE&RB than it was last season.
You were referring, in all likelihood, to the hope that Gronk and Vereen will remain healthy, but you called it an expectation, which is unfairly misleading. I was pointing out that inconsistency. If Gronk goes down tomorrow, you'll likely be "expecting" godawful play from the TE position, for example.
To date, there's been no measurable change to the positive in the RB/TE situations. Blount is gone, replaced by rookies, and the TE position was not really addressed. Unless/until the rookies (or Williams at TE) show signs of being real players, this team is actually weaker overall at TE&RB than it was last season.
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Blount is gone; I wish he were here. However, as far as the passing game, White should be an improvement over Blount.
Deus,
Neither Gronk nor Vereen were available for half a season or more, last year. To say the currently healthy pair are no better than when injured last season, is a disengenuous assumption on your part.
I suppose you can have an assumption that the Team plane might crash, a la` the Marshall football team disaster of a few decades ago, and the probability is certainly not zero, but approaches it.
I'd ask you to stop being so pedantic, even if you think it's fun to bust balls.