Rappaport: CB Tarell Brown foot injury: [10/17 Update - - IR'ed]

[BelichickFan]

I'd be fine trading a #2 for a good CB in lieu of our annual over reach for a Safety in the second round. Since Gronk, the only useful second rounders have been Vereen and perhaps JG. And we should be getting a 3rd round comp pick for Mevis.

 

[RobertWeathers]

So he is now coaching cornerbacks for an NFL team? We should trade for him. Certainly could use his help, we have lots of CBs to be coached up, and he has shown he knows how to rise to the occasion when the Lombardi is on the line (admittedly not as spectacularly as Butler, but still...).

It really is incredible. Poteat was signed right before the playoffs started and had a critical role in 3 games.

If that happened now there would be panic in the streets.

Poteat replaces Law on roster

 

[captain stone]

Hank the Man was no inexperienced, undrafted guy when he signed here in 2004.

I wish we could sign somebody like him to our 53 right now.

 

[n6249c]

It really is incredible. Poteat was signed right before the playoffs started and had a critical role in 3 games.

If that happened now there would be panic in the streets.

Poteat replaces Law on roster

Exactly. Poteat had been cut in the preseason and out of football all season when the Pats called and signed him six days before the divisional playoff game.

Today everyone on this board would proclaim the prospects hopeless.

All he did was help win the Super Bowl.

 

[n6249c]

Hank the Man was no inexperienced, undrafted guy when he signed here in 2004.

I wish we could sign somebody like him to our 53 right now.

He was the prototype JAG. Spent his first three seasons with the Steelers, then played one game in two years before the Pats signed him for the postseason. He wasn't much more impressive than Coleman or Melvin, except now we have the benefit of hindsight.

Point is, we may have several guys like him on our roster now, waiting for their chances. Let's see how Coleman and Melvin and even Ryan handle their opportunities before we totally write them off.

 

[Oswlek]

Today everyone on this board would proclaim the prospects hopeless.

To be fair, they said that at the time as well.

 

[n6249c]

To be fair, they said that at the time as well.

BINGO!

I need to be able to rate this all of: funny, winner, like, agree.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Keenan Lewis is my binky but the saints will not trade him unless we sweeten the deal.

 

[sportnik]

I'd be fine trading a #2 for a good CB in lieu of our annual over reach for a Safety in the second round. Since Gronk, the only useful second rounders have been Vereen and perhaps JG. And we should be getting a 3rd round comp pick for Mevis.

Jamie Collins says hello.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Need a trade now....we did before..now even more so....1 more injury to another other CB...screwed

 

[Tony2046]

Its the results that matter.

If they win the SB, then everything that they've done has been that of process and circumstance.

If they lose the SB or do not advance due to bad CB play, it's on BB for not adequately restocking the shelves.

Fair or unfair that is reality.

I'm pretty confident that they'll make a trade within the next two weeks.

It's amazing to see how fragile some reputations are in the NFL. One single play in the last super bowl permanently labeled BB and Pete C for the rest of their careers. One was a genius for not calling a time out and the other is a buffoon for not running the ball. Unfortunately the truth is that both brought two powerhouse teams to the super bowl and someone had to lose.

Mark Sanchez - Butt Fumble is another example.

You can never have enough depth. Injuries happen to every team every year. As much as you need good coaching etc..you also need a little luck in the health department.

 

[BradyBomb]

The other 3 positions are locked down and fine and they have players who can play slot and dime. They need a reliable CB2 who can play man and zone.

That is not rebuilding the secondary

When you say 3 spots are locked down who exactly is the 3rd? I assume you count McCourty and Butler, but who is the safety opposite McCourty? Chung or Harmon?

 

[RayClay]

Yes.

The difference is really in the front 7. Guys like Kyle Love and Brandon Deadrick don't make it out of TC in 2015.

And we have about 7 safeties better than Matthew Slater

 

[Tony2046]

When you say 3 spots are locked down who exactly is the 3rd? I assume you count McCourty and Butler, but who is the safety opposite McCourty? Chung or Harmon?

Are you trying to stop the run or pass? I'll take Chung to stop the run. Not sure about pass.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

Does anyone have Earthwind Moreland's phone number?

I heard he's playing the bass in a Funk/Disco band
What's Hank Poteat been up to?

 

[supafly]

Its the results that matter.

If they win the SB, then everything that they've done has been that of process and circumstance.

If they lose the SB or do not advance due to bad CB play, it's on BB for not adequately restocking the shelves.

Fair or unfair that is reality.

I'm pretty confident that they'll make a trade within the next two weeks.

My comment isn't meaning to question the decisions of Belichick, but rather just stating the disappointment that 4 veteran CBs haven't seemed to work out for one reason or another.

Maybe Brown still ends up contributing down the stretch? That's all we can hope for.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

So will coleman start on the outside on sunday along with butler? Is that the scenario we looking at?

 

[mgteich]

So will coleman start on the outside on sunday along with butler? Is that the scenario we looking at?

It is certainly possible. Ryan started outside for the last game, so it certainly could go the other way, with Coleman as the nickel.

 

[meatface]

That sucks. Lots of playing time for butler and Ryan

 

[RobertWeathers]

When you say 3 spots are locked down who exactly is the 3rd? I assume you count McCourty and Butler, but who is the safety opposite McCourty? Chung or Harmon?

Chung is the starter. DMC slides up on pure passing downs and Harmon comes in. Combine the two if you'd like. The point is that they aren't scouring the waiver wire for replacements like CB2