Pats Sign LB James Anderson and .......well There Goes My Mark Harrison @ TE Theory......

Luxusdk said:

That could be the problem for Steve Beauharnais vs White or Hull.

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captain stone said:

I hope Beauharnais sticks; then the 6th LB should be contested between White & Hull (& maybe Cam Gordon, though I'd prefer him on the PS).

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supafly said:

You could be right. This could be a very rare year which would include 7 WRs (with Slater), although I'd have a very hard time imagining a total of 27 offensive players myself. To be honest though, I don't really see 7 WRs. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure how often it's even been the norm to keep 6 lately, although that likely had a lot to do with the 2 TE heavy sets.



Yeah, I would have a very difficult time imagining only 23 on defense--especially when I believe that we'll keep at least one more in both the front seven + possibly the secondary.

Of course we'll be able to carry 54 for the first month until Browner returns from suspension, so it's quite possible that someone will be axed once he comes back.

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ausbacker said:

Isn't it nice to be have your hand forced as to who the Patriots are going to retain on the 53? It's been some time since the Patriots appeared to run this deep.

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mgteich said:

So, since the issue on the team is defense, the solution is to carry only 23 defensive players. How often have we done that under Belichick?

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Mack Herron said:

I am starting to question the idea that BB was merely waiting for June 1 to sign Keller or Finley.

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mgteich said:

We have this discussion every year. Every year, it is hard for many to get down to 60. It is hard for almost everyone to get down to 53. The talk is always about our great depth, and the "fact" that our late draft choices and UDFA's shouldn't be cut because they surely will not make it to the Practice Squad. We are homers; we see our players though rose-colored glasses. We are what we are, a team that is consistently one of the top 5 in the league.

Of course, the reality is even lower thn 53 since usually add a couple of players from other teams in the first couple of weeks of the season.

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mgteich said:

We have this discussion every year. Every year, it is hard for many to get down to 60. It is hard for almost everyone to get down to 53. The talk is always about our great depth, and the "fact" that our late draft choices and UDFA's shouldn't be cut because they surely will not make it to the Practice Squad. We are homers; we see our players though rose-colored glasses. We are what we are, a team that is consistently one of the top 5 in the league.

Of course, the reality is even lower thn 53 since usually add a couple of players from other teams in the first couple of weeks of the season.

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ausbacker said:

Others may but I did not believe the Patriots depth was good enough in recent seasons. This season, it looks markedly improved (and I've made it known countless times I'm cautiously optimistic).

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mgteich said:

We have this discussion every year. Every year, it is hard for many to get down to 60. It is hard for almost everyone to get down to 53. The talk is always about our great depth, and the "fact" that our late draft choices and UDFA's shouldn't be cut because they surely will not make it to the Practice Squad. We are homers; we see our players though rose-colored glasses. We are what we are, a team that is consistently one of the top 5 in the league.

Of course, the reality is even lower thn 53 since usually add a couple of players from other teams in the first couple of weeks of the season.

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Brady6 said:

This is what I have right now –

QB-Brady-Mallett-Garopollo-3
RB-Ridley-White-Houston-3
3rd down RB-Vereen-1
FB-Develin-1
X WR-Dobson-Thompkins-Slater (ST)-3
Z WR-LaFell-Boyce (KR)-2
H WR-Edelman (PR)-Amendola-2
TE-Gronkowski-Hoomanawanui-Watson-3
LT-Solder-1
LG-Mankins-Kline-2
OC-Connolly-Stork-2
RG-Cannon-Halapio-2
RT-Vollmer-Fleming-2
LE-Ninkovich-Moore-2
DT-Kelly-Easley-Jones-3
NT-Wilfork-Siliga-2
RE-Jones-Buchanan-2
SLB-Hightower-1
MLB-Mayo-Beauharnais-2
WLB-Collins-Anderson-2
LCB-Revis-Dennard-2
RCB-Browner-Arrington-2
SAF-Ryan-Thomas-2
SAF-McCourty-Harmon-Wilson-3
K-Gostkowski-1
P-Allen-1
LS-Ott-1

I have Will Smith, Darius Fleming, and Armond Armstead opening up on PUP.

I have Chung on the roster in place of Browner initially as well; I think he is going to be this seasons Cole (on and off, on and off).

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Brady6 said:

I think they like Watson and Jones, both players have unique talents and went undrafted for reasons not pertaining to their football play.

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Brady6 said:

Bequette is going to go off for this season, you will see

He is going to register a tackle.

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mgteich said:

We have this discussion every year. Every year, it is hard for many to get down to 60. It is hard for almost everyone to get down to 53. The talk is always about our great depth, and the "fact" that our late draft choices and UDFA's shouldn't be cut because they surely will not make it to the Practice Squad. We are homers; we see our players though rose-colored glasses. We are what we are, a team that is consistently one of the top 5 in the league.

Of course, the reality is even lower thn 53 since usually add a couple of players from other teams in the first couple of weeks of the season.

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mayoclinic said:

I can't see 6 LBs, personally. 4 are set in stone barring injury. I'm still hoping the eventual 5th is not yet on the roster.

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mgteich said:

Every year, we "cut" the STer on defense. Every year, Belichick finds a way to keep them. Your roster is fine row now. You are just short 2-4 special teamers (I guess one is Chung).

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Mike the Brit said:

And every year there are injuries on the defense and we watch James Ihedigbo/Sergio Brown/Tracy White/Malcolm Williams and so on lining up to try to stop an NFL offense. Drives me nuts, but BB is the greatest coach in football ...

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