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Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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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.Well, as we've learned like /a million times/, Bill puts a lot more importance in special times than PatsFans,
A few, yes, not sure how big time they were, but expecting guys playing in Canada to come in now and be significant is a stretch, in my opinion. I could be wrong.He made a couple of clutch catches for us.
Gronk was hitting the oxygen hard at one point. Maybe he was ill this week or something and just not the report.
So you're willing to just give up games won because of either a good punt return at the right time, or NOT screwing up at the wrong time, a al Buf tonight?Yes, this is quite true. It doesn't make it any less frustrating, however.
For the record, I'm not going to play the "ST card" too harshly unless it's a big injury, but I've got to admit that I'd rather just have someone else return punts at this point.
The funny thing is that punts aren't even normally that dangerous--but when you're as thin at WR as we are, you can't be cautious enough. Like you said, Bill Belichick seems to disagree.
A few, yes, not sure how big time they were, but expecting guys playing in Canada to come in now and be significant is a stretch, in my opinion. I could be wrong.
He spent the night blocking his ass off. Tiring.Gronk was hitting the oxygen hard at one point. Maybe he was ill this week or something and just not the report.
So you're willing to just give up games won because of either a good punt return at the right time, or NOT screwing up at the wrong time, a al Buf tonight?
I mean, we could just not put anybody back there at all. That's as safe as it gets!
Not to mention how hard it is to continue to breathe in that cold air. It even hurts after a while.He spent the night blocking his ass off. Tiring.
I'm not sure what Gronk being 'the leading receiver with 2 catches and 37 yards' is supposed to be. Is it a joke that I'm missing? Because DA had 9 for 117 yds and LaFell had 4 for 66. So what am I missing?I think you're taking it a little far with the "not putting anyone back there at all" hyperbole.
With 46 active players who are professional NFL athletes, one can assume that someone else could return punts. Unless perhaps you missed the game tonight where Gronk was our leading receiver with 2 catches and 37 yards?
I'm not sure what Gronk being 'the leading receiver with 2 catches and 37 yards' is supposed to be. Is it a joke that I'm missing? Because DA had 9 for 117 yds and LaFell had 4 for 66. So what am I missing?
Of course there's always someone you can put back there, but it's kind of like the arguments people we're making the past couple of years that Ghost would get cut because otherwise 'he'd cost too much'.
Bill puts a higher value on all of these things than a lot of fans do. Which is why he's Bill, and we're not.
He's dead. Calling hours are Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8. Burial at sea on Saturday in Narragansett Bay. Next man up...
The comparison was just another special teams player that has been at times (not currently) drastically undervalued by a lot of posters here. I remember a lot of posts last year about how he'd be gone like it was no big deal, and I was looking around watching team after team ****ed over by bad kickers and going WTF?I edited my post before you even responded. It didn't seem right after I typed it. Not sure why ESPN included Gronk's 2 catches in their "leading players" category.
The bottom line is that our offense is 100 percent different without Edelman, and another 100 percent different without Amendola. That's 200 percent that we can't afford to lose
The Ghost comparison went right over my head though, unless he's playing another position that I don't know about.
wait what? I'm so confused right now