Patriots expected to sign DL Alan Branch

Locker room to Siberia? Where are the investigative reporters?

not holding my breath on this one..something happened..and it couldn't have been good if still not signed

John Abraham part 2

Archeryaddict12 said:

John Abraham part 2

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Except John Abraham wasn't given a number or seen in the locker room by reporters

https://twitter.com/shalisemyoung/status/526858159089266690

Seems he has a locker and a number and was spotted today.

TeamFirst said:

https://twitter.com/shalisemyoung/status/526858159089266690

Seems he has a locker and a number and was spotted today.

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One idle speculation/theory from a couple of days ago was that if he wasn't going to play Sunday, Belichick wouldn't use a roster slot on him until after the weekend.

The NFL transaction wire is out, and Alan Branch still hasn't been signed by the Patriots or any other team.

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https://twitter.com/DougKyedNESN/status/526851781599690752

He'd rather go to a team where last call is 3am ...........

JMC00 said:

Except John Abraham wasn't given a number or seen in the locker room by reporters

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Still ain't signed or apart of the team yet.

Talk about "shadow roster"...

Ross12 said:

Talk about "shadow roster"...

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I'd prefer we never use that term ever again. Not many things bother me, but that always has for some reason.

Mike Loyko ‏@NEPD_Loyko 49s49 seconds ago
#Patriots did not sign Alan Branch today. Would have to think zero hour is approaching with signing him or not.

Mike Loyko ‏@NEPD_Loyko 3m3 minutes ago
Can't imagine a team can bring a player in, give him a locker, a number, and then hide him for a week without signing. League would step in

Dragda said:

I'd prefer we never use that term ever again. Not many things bother me, but that always has for some reason.

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I don't actually like that term either, I think it's kind of stupid; I was just joking that this feels like a literal case of being on a "shadow roster"... Having a number and a locker and being around the team and in the locker room, yet somehow not actually on the roster.

JMC00 said:

Except John Abraham wasn't given a number or seen in the locker room by reporters

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no he didn't..only that crappy erica girl and that dolt mike lokyo or whatever his name was said "pats are where he will end up

Maybe he's working off a suspension on the DUI. Available, with practice time, in week 11.

Aßßynormal said:

Maybe he's working off a suspension on the DUI. Available, with practice time, in week 11.

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He's got a wicked hangover

OK, I don't understand him being given a number. But I do understand him not being signed. He wasn't ready to play against Chicago, and would likely be inactive against Indy. If this is indeed the situation, it seems reasonable for Belichick to wait until after the bye. What is the downside, other than someone else signing this valuable potential resource. So, we'll have another 2 weeks to see which special teamer is cut or put on IR.

Perhaps, Belichick just decided that he was no longer a good idea, That does seem unlikely.

This is BB we are talking about. If he could keep a practice squad player for an extra hour by signing a desired Free Agent temporarily to the medical staff, he would do it (as a good HC should).

I'm not saying this is the case, however, if reports are true and the new guy has a locker then it's one definite possibility that this is just BB being BB.

BB really loves screwing with the press, the fan boys and to his detriment Das Kommisioner. He simply can't restrain himself. Probably figures that Roger is too busy hiding out after his disastrous last press conference. I know that my greatest career detriment was not restraining myself from occasionally tweaking the CEO. It was worth it, though.