Patriots Practice Attendance: Chandler Jones Seen at Walkthrough

AzPatsFan said:

The team can call on HIghtower, (FIrst) and Collins, (Second) as rush LBs too. We have to include Moore, Buchanan and even Bequette in the calculations too.

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Ah please please ,,who is Bequette ?

abdul7 said:

Ah please please ,,who is Bequette ?

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Abdul, please do NOT mention BB's secret playoff weapon being held in secret for post season deployment!

The Patriots have had a bad stretch of injuries including this year. I think we are due for a few breaks at the right time and all seems to be headed in the right direction with blount back and the D playing well without Jones. With Jones and Siliga back we will be scary come playoff time, book it.

abdul7 said:

Ah please please ,,who is Bequette ?

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A Bequette is a mythical creature who, it has been prophecied, will rise up in case of DE injuries, though this has never actually happened.

BradyFTW! said:

Seems like a pretty sensible timeline to me. If he was borderline good to go this week, rushing him a bit would maybe warrant consideration given that a win on Sunday, barring serious collapse, could borderline lock up the #1 seed in the AFC. But if there's any doubts--and it appears there are, which makes sense--I'm fine with holding him out. We should murder the Chargers with or without him anyway.

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I guess it depends on if the hip is structurally sound or not. If it is and it is a pain management thing I wouldn't be surprised to see him used as a situational pass rusher. Honestly I think that is going to be all we see Jones do the rest of 2014-15 anyway is as a situational pass rusher.

I would be curious however if Jones was 100% how a 3-4 would look with:

LOLB - Ninkovich
LDT - Branch
NT - Wilfork
RDE - Jones
ROLB - Ayers
SILB - Hightower
WILB - Collins

I don't love Jones as a 3-4 DE but maybe in a hybrid over/under scheme.

BB on his game this week.

Questionable: Aiken, Connolly, Easley, Fleming, Chandler Jones, LaFell, Vereen, Chris White.
Probable: Brady, Cannon, Edelman.