Preseason Game Thread (NE vs. NC): The Countdown to Carolina begins.... (8/28)

Why am I looking forward to a preseason game? It's distracting me from more important things I need to be doing right now.

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Michael Giardi ‏@MikeGiardi 9m9 minutes ago
Garoppolo first player to take the field

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Chiuba E. Obele said:

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 4s5 seconds ago
Reggie Wayne is the first player on he field for the Patriots

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Awfully suspicious..

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 34s35 seconds ago
There's a large group of Patriots players going through some pregame streches with Moses Cabrera. Trey Flowers and Aaron Dobson are two.

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 1m1 minute ago
Jerod Mayo is also out there stretching. We haven't seen him play a preseason game this summer.

No offense, but this series of tweets by Daniels is pretty lame.

The Patriots are stretching? You don't say.

If Dobson goes out there tonight and:

A) puts on a receiving clinic
B) puts on a dropping passes clinic
C) has to visit a clinic due to injury

then this board will flip s***.

Ross12 said:

I'm not in New England, so if anyone can shoot me a link to a stream tonight I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance.

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http://www.stream2watch.co/

Kevin Duffy ‏@KevinRDuffy 2m2 minutes ago
We've got Jonas Gray, James White and Dion Lewis out for stretching. No sign of Travaris Cadet (hamstring

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 1m1 minute ago
In my opinion, if Edelman, Chandler, Wendell and Cadet were going to play, they would already be out here, but we'll see.

Ross12 said:

If Dobson goes out there tonight and:

A) puts on a receiving clinic
B) puts on a dropping passes clinic
C) has to visit a clinic due to injury

then this board will flip s***.

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So pretty much this board is gonna flip ****?

Looking forward to seeing Reggie Wayne as well as Chandler & Williams at TE. Also intrigued by the White/Lewis competition-although I have the feeling that job is going to White. Cadet will be interesting to watch as well and seeing how they treat the defensive backfield tonight will be interesting. Don't need to see Gronk, Mayo or Hightower play.

Interested in seeing how Dobson plays tonight.

Ross12 said:

If Dobson goes out there tonight and:

A) puts on a receiving clinic
B) puts on a dropping passes clinic
C) has to visit a clinic due to injury

then this board will flip s***.

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Ross, can you imagine if both Dobson and Boyce do (A)....This board will go nuts!!!! Both of them doing B and C wouldn't surprise anyone, it's pretty much become the norm. lol

Dobson (hamstring) looks good bursting, planting and cutting in warm-ups

Ben Volin

Chandler's wife tweeted this earlier so I would guess he is going to play

Alissa Chandler ‏@AlissaChandler 2h2 hours ago
Good luck Scottie on your Patriots debut tonight. Your girls love you! #proudwifey #prouddaughters #superdad

I'm going to be playing in a Bar Poker tournament tonight, so I'll have to check things out between hands, or in other words, I won't be able to offer much, but will look forward to seeing what others think.

Here's a prediction, especially if Wendell and Stork play. I think BB wants to see what he really has in his OL, so tonight, I think he will put some special emphasis on the running game and not just in "heavy" formations. To that end, I'd like to think a lot of the passing attack will come off the play action passing game.

Now if Wendell and Stork are out this game than I'm not sure if BB will bother. Andrews has sucked against the run, but has held up pretty well against the rush. If he's in there I wonder if BB will bother much with the run (over 25 rushes), and just try and get Brady some reps with at least half his WR corps.

In other words, I really guessing here, and don't know what I'm talking about. So enjoy the game, and pray that everyone on both sides end up healthy and progress is made.

I'd like to see our wideouts and how they play including Dobson and Boyce, also want to see who can play the 2nd corner position and who steps up there and definitely want to see the competition between White and Lewis

Have to DVR game on NFLN* replay 12:00-3:00am.

Chiuba E. Obele said:

Chandler's wife tweeted this earlier so I would guess he is going to play

Alissa Chandler ‏@AlissaChandler 2h2 hours ago
Good luck Scottie on your Patriots debut tonight. Your girls love you! #proudwifey #prouddaughters #superdad

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I dunno. I haven't heard a stretching update on him yet.

I'd like to see BB blocking on Mrs Chandler !

First, she outs the guy's number via Twitter. Now she tells the WWW that he's playing tonight...

timmyD4207 said:

I would have asked Steve Burton for the definitive answer, but he's waiting outside the locker room, but he's waiting outside the locker room, hoping to ask Bill Belichick a three-word question.

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Fans are in regular season pregame form.