Pot Roast visiting - (UPDATED - He's Reportedly Joining the Team)

[RobertWeathers]

Anybody see this on Twitter?

No Flying Elvis for you. Come back..........NEVER!

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Ya have a hard time seeing Bill bringing him and saying "You are a rotational player only"

If that tweet is a shot at the Pats my guess is the word rotational was mentioned and he immediately equated rotational to backup. Yet failing to realize he's been a rotational player his whole career and will continue to be a rotational player.

I don't know maybe he needs his ego stroked by a team and needs to hear the word "starter". Which in NE you could still be a starter and rotational.

Especially since BB has said in the past that players earn their playing time, nothing is given, etc. it's also been claimed by many they BB is a straight-shooter when it comes to career discussions.

I imagine the discussion would be something like this:
"We'd like to bring you aboard the team. Our intention is to use you as a rotational player, along with the other linemen we have on the team. However, your actual role is up to you - if you outperform everyone else you will get more playing time; if you don't work hard, compete and earn a spot, you might not get any playing time at all."

 

[Mack Herron]

He's just sensitive about his body shape.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Our entire OL last year was filled with rotational players - they could even be rotated easily after the snap...

 

[aluminum seats]

Well, if we're going to analyze his tweets like tea leaves, he's tweeting "let's go celtics!" now and is a born in the northeast guy. So...

 

[mgteich]

We can make fun all we want. The reality is that we lost Hicks and Siliga, and replaced them with Kearse.
We have tried three times and failed to sign a rotational DT (hicks, Fairly and Knighton).

 

[JMC00]

We can make fun all we want. The reality is that we lost Hicks and Siliga, and replaced them with Kearse.
We have tried three times and failed to sign a rotational DT (hicks, Fairly and Knighton).

Hardly call Siliga a "lost". Pats could have retained him if they wanted to.

As for Hicks and Fairley they obviously chased the money and the playing time. Not a lot the Pats can do there.

Knighton obviously has a problem with the word rotational. Again nothing they can do there. BB isn't going to change his rotational system to placate a player.

So no, I think I'll continue to make fun.. A #3/#4 DT isn't going to make or break the Pats '16 season..

 

[JMC00]

You'd think a guy that said he was a Pats fan would be ok being a rotational guy with his favorite team

“Kid grows up playing football in the Hartford area and there’s only one question to ask:Giants or Patriots?

“Patriots,” Knighton said. “My family’s Patriots fans. I’m still a Patriots fan deep-down inside. When I’m done playing, I’ll be a Patriot fan. But not today. I didn’t care who I was playing against today.”

Windsor High’s ‘Pot Roast’ Knighton Turns Up Heat On Tom Brady

 

[Love The Drake]

Well, if we're going to analyze his tweets like tea leaves, he's tweeting "let's go celtics!" now and is a born in the northeast guy. So...

So your saying we may not have to roast him on the pot just yet?

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Yea plus I read WAS wants to me more like a SEA attacking front. More 4-3 gap shooting so Pork Chop isn't really a fit. Ive scoured the Skins blogs and overall they had good things to say with the exception that he sometimes didnt play 100% and seemed to get tired easily. Overall people seemed pretty happy with him.

Sounds like a perfect rotational guy

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Anybody see this on Twitter?

lol, extra funny because I had just made a post saying he was the perfect rotational player before i read this haha

 

[Todd Bradley]

lol, extra funny because I had just made a post saying he was the perfect rotational player before i read this haha

Has to be your fault then!

It seems only sensible that he's a secret poster and was catching up on a thread dedicated to his honor and then that dreaded word popped up!

Must be!

 

[BradyFTW!]

We can make fun all we want. The reality is that we lost Hicks and Siliga, and replaced them with Kearse.
We have tried three times and failed to sign a rotational DT (hicks, Fairly and Knighton).

You're not accounting for Malcom Brown. This is how this stuff works: we promote from within, and count on our young premium talent to step into a bigger role. I'm betting the Pats are confident that Malcom can be a big part of the line this year. Maybe Easley too, though I wouldn't necessarily count on that and I dunno if the Pats would either.

 

[Deus Irae]

Dibs on the thread title after Knighton is signed:

Is Pot Roast cooked?

 

[zipster9]

Yankee Pot Roast?

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

Of course Boston needs the 3 seed, but we also need that post roast...post roast!

 

[TomPatriot]

Our entire OL last year was filled with rotational players - they could even be rotated easily after the snap...

By the end of the season it was the olé OL.

 

[MainePatsFan26]

Why did we lose out on Fairley anyway?

Because we don't overpay.

 

[Marqui]

Because we don't overpay.

I don't know if 3 million for Fairley is overpaying.

 

[supafly]

You're not accounting for Malcom Brown. This is how this stuff works: we promote from within, and count on our young premium talent to step into a bigger role. I'm betting the Pats are confident that Malcom can be a big part of the line this year. Maybe Easley too, though I wouldn't necessarily count on that and I dunno if the Pats would either.

Brown, Branch, Easley isn't a bad place to start. The team will certainly be adding another big body or two. Sure, we'd all have liked to keep Hicks, but at about 1/2 the price.

As far as specific positions go, DT is not one that I'm terribly concerned about at the moment--even though it does need to be addressed.