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But only Gronk and Lafell see the field, they refuse to play Tyms.
When a guy can't get on the field, it is possible that the finest coaching staff in the NFL over the past 15 years, judging by results, led by certainly one of the top 5 head coaches ever to play the game, is suicidally inept in some way specific to Tyms (or [insert binky here].) It is also possible, indeed, even probable, that given the available options, said coaching staff thinks at this point that Tyms is not the key to victory. I'll include in this my Bill Works in Mysterious Ways disclaimer: for all we know, next week he's on the field every snap and targeted 15 times.
However, the more likely explanation is that he can't get on the field because (1) other options give you a better chance of winning, and (2) "just give the guy a chance" is not a persuasive argument in the bowels of Gillette. It would suck to be him: continually being ready to make the most of a rare opportunity, and knowing that even if you hit it out of the park, that doesn't make you the overnight superstar in New England (see Gray, Jonas).
My whole problem with these arguments is I've drunk the kool-aid. Every time I think I have Bill and Co. dead to rights on something, every time I think "Why don't they just..." they prove that the thoughts I've had have also occurred to the coaching staff. Sometimes the time is not right. Sometimes the personnel is not right. Ought implies can.
I remember at some point we had a decent but not integral tight end in the passing attack, and drafted another. I though OMG, we're looking to create tight end mania. Maybe they were... but everybody's opinion was that BB valued blocking first, last, and always in a tight end. (Did Watson overlap Graham? Maybe that's the time I was thinking that.) A few years later, ta daaaa, they did exactly what I thought they were trying way back in the day.
It's possible that BB DID want that fearsome TE facet. But if you don't really have the talent to make it happen... you have to play a waiting game at a given position. That's the nature of the cap/free agency: errors cost you in maneuvering room.
And pushing a fan binky out on the field on a whim, when you're not seeing the value in practices/tape room... I dunno, that seems like the kind of thing you do when you're out of contention and just trying ****.
HFA is locked up. Maybe we'll see some binky playing time this week, maybe not