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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I would say that you should be an NFL talent evaluator, if you can truly consistently foresee the future so well.
Prior to 2013 Edelman had missed 25% of his career games, and over four years had averaged 179 yards and one touchdown per season. If you honestly foresaw a 100-reception, 1000-yard 16-game season, then bravo.
Woodhead was permitted to walk because the Patriots felt Vereen was ready to take over his role. In 2013 Vereen was injured in the first game and went on in-season IR, upsetting that plan. That was exacerbated by the incarceration of AH; the loss of those two players had a major negative effect on the passing game. If Woodhead went on IR after the third game of 2013 rather than the third game of 2014, with a total of 72 yards from scrimmage, would you honestly still feel the same way?
Blount took the Patriots offer to Pittsburgh and the Steelers beat it. Making offers that players can't refuse and other teams won't match is what has put teams like Oakland and Washington in trouble over past years; should the Pats emulate their business model? Other than one big game (which was mostly one long run) this year, Blount has 11 carries for 39 yards - and that's before considering how his numbers would likely dip running behind the New England offensive line.
How do you figure that?What about over 100 catches in 2013. They still were not convinced. This teams record getting good wide receivers is awful.
I didn't say I consistently see the future. I'm only saying that I was in Edelman's corner long before 2013. If it wasn't for the board change, I'd happily go back and find my posts from 2012 about him easily being able to be our next big play maker in the slot. More over, he's a better returner than Welker is. Welker moved the chains, but how confident are we he still could have last season with nobody else on the field? I highly doubt Welker could have matched Edelman's 2013 production and would be tempted to argue that Welker seems to be more easily shut down when defenses don't have anything else to worry about than Edelman is.
Woodhead was also a major loss to this offense and I was pretty stunned when we didn't keep him.
3rd and 20? No problem. Give the ball to Woodhead.
3rd and 20 with Vareen? Problem.
That is fine, you thought Edelman was our next big play maker but it wasn't THAT hard to see to be honest. He had some legitimate questions going into 2013 but he was pretty much locked in to be our starting WR. Amendola signing was more insurance than anything else.
Of course Welker couldn't match Edelmans 2013 totals, he's a lot older and has taken a lot more hits. You're just on the Edelman bandwagon because he is the fresh new player. Wes was a badddddd man for a lot of years for this team, let me see Edelman do it for as long as Welker did. I think Edelman is a stud and I don't doubt his abilities, I just want to continue to see it before I can agree with "Welker being more easily shut down" compared to Edelman.
True, Woodhead has been a huge loss for this team. What Woodhead did for this team crushes what Vareen does. Woodhead did the dirty work, if you needed him to run up the middle to get you a first down it was not a problem, you need a big 3rd down catch just chuck it to Woodhead and he would make guys miss. Vareen has a big play here and there but it's not worth the amount of drool these forums put out over him.
I wonder if the vaginal bleeding has stopped
To Amendola's credit, he got into a fight in the 4th quarter on Monday. He may have been the only player outside of Jimmy G to care at that point.
I agree. It wasn't hard to see. I'm not trying to apply psychic abilities to myself here. I'm simply wondering why, given how easy it was to see, IMO very early on, why didn't our coaches? The insurance policy argument might be correct but that doesn't make it suck any less. We should be signing players to compliment what we have, not signing players to use in case other players don't work out.
That's how you manage a roster in the bizaro world.
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Amendola was pmsing
I agree. It wasn't hard to see. I'm not trying to apply psychic abilities to myself here. I'm simply wondering why, given how easy it was to see, IMO very early on, why didn't our coaches? The insurance policy argument might be correct but that doesn't make it suck any less. We should be signing players to compliment what we have, not signing players to use in case other players don't work out.
That's how you manage a roster in the bizaro world.
Must be why he's having such a hard time out there. When he's healthy he really is a good changer. I remember him single handedly beating the 49ers in San Fran couple years back. I don't know anything about groin injuries is this normal or perhaps Dola will never recover?
...yeah that really isn't true. I'm not convinced Woody even wanted to comeback to be Vereen's backup. After seeing what Vereen was capable of vs the Texans in that playoff game it's hard to not want to go with him so imo it's kinda hard to blame them from going with the younger Vereen. It does suck he didn't come back. If we had him now I'd have like to see Vereen become a wide out full time with Danny taking the Kevin Faulk role. Hell if James White was able to figure the position out they should really consider moving Vereen to wide out until the Dobson/KT thing get figured out. He's one of the best route runners on the team his hands are just too inconsistent.I didn't say I consistently see the future. I'm only saying that I was in Edelman's corner long before 2013. If it wasn't for the board change, I'd happily go back and find my posts from 2012 about him easily being able to be our next big play maker in the slot. More over, he's a better returner than Welker is. Welker moved the chains, but how confident are we he still could have last season with nobody else on the field? I highly doubt Welker could have matched Edelman's 2013 production and would be tempted to argue that Welker seems to be more easily shut down when defenses don't have anything else to worry about than Edelman is.
Woodhead was also a major loss to this offense and I was pretty stunned when we didn't keep him.
3rd and 20? No problem. Give the ball to Woodhead.
3rd and 20 with Vareen? Problem.
Your history is way, way off. Edelman wasn't on the roster when Amendola was signed, and was coming off a bad injury of his own and three straight seasons with 21 or fewer catches, including two seasons with single-digit catches and one where he played more cornerback than wide receiver. He tested the open market and no one wanted him when he showed up on crutches. Amendola wasn't an insurance policy for Edelman, Edelman was an afterthought who happened to blow up when Amendola got hurt last year, and Amendola hasn't been the same since that groin injury (and possibly never will be). And I'm not sure who's the person who everyone keeps saying isn't happy with Edelman, he's pretty awesome.
Your history is way, way off. Edelman wasn't on the roster when Amendola was signed, and was coming off a bad injury of his own and three straight seasons with 21 or fewer catches, including two seasons with single-digit catches and one where he played more cornerback than wide receiver. He tested the open market and no one wanted him when he showed up on crutches. Amendola wasn't an insurance policy for Edelman, Edelman was an afterthought who happened to blow up when Amendola got hurt last year, and Amendola hasn't been the same since that groin injury (and possibly never will be). And I'm not sure who's the person who everyone keeps saying isn't happy with Edelman, he's pretty awesome.
It is amusing how people who claim that Amendola's decline in performance due to injury was predictable also claim that Edeleman's leap in performance was predictable despite his injury-riddled past.
And at least from my point of view that has been a bit unpopular in the past, Edelman's foot (that he broke, had a screw put in, and then broke again) scares me more than any of Amendola's injuries.It is amusing how people who claim that Amendola's decline in performance due to injury was predictable also claim that Edeleman's leap in performance was predictable despite his injury-riddled past.
And at least from my point of view that has been a bit unpopular in the past, Edelman's foot (that he broke, had a screw put in, and then broke again) scares me more than any of Amendola's injuries.