The Practice Squad And Further Transactions

FreeTedWilliams said:

Coleman is absent from practice which might have lead to the Greenwood signing.

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Only if Coleman ends up on IR.

I doubt Coleman is getting cut.

Well we've just signed the brother and cousin of a couple of former Patriots.Well Junior Seau's nephew Ian plays for Nevada and is a senior so will almost certainly be in the draft. His tape has the wow factor, at least in terms of effort:



And this tape doesn't include his 4 sack game against Hawaii.

The Gr8est said:

Only if Coleman ends up on IR.

I doubt Coleman is getting cut.

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I don't think Coleman needs to be cut or IR'd for his injury to lead to a depth signing.

Oswlek said:

I don't think Coleman needs to be cut or IR'd for his injury to lead to a depth signing.

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You're right.

Brain cramp.

Hard to believe we haven't signed a Running Back since Lewis went down.

Bill must not see any he likes out there.

Todd Bradley said:

Hard to believe we haven't signed a Running Back since Lewis went down.

Bill must not see any he likes out there.

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I suspect it has more to do with injuries elsewhere being higher priorities.

robertweathers said:

Quick take on Greenwood. 4 teams in 3 years

Chris Greenwood Scouting Report

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Tall corner, drafted fifth round in 2012. Injured a bit. Torn abdominal rookie season; PUP. Spent practice squad time with Lions, Cowboys, Vikings, Ravens. Released/injured with Ravens this past September.

Definitely the type of player the Pats should add to the practice squad. I don't think anyone would argue if they carried nine PS corners.

Oswlek said:

I suspect it has more to do with injuries elsewhere being higher priorities.

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How many reps has our #6 LB gotten?
How about our #6 S?
How about our #7 S?

Belichick has judged that Martin, King and Wilson are more important than injury protection at running back or cornerback for that matter. Obviously, we are very thin at RB and CB. We have three healthy players at both positions.

DaBruinz said:

So, Fauria, Greenwood, and Vereen were added to the PS.. Ventrone and McDonald were cut.. That leaves the Pats full. Wonder if they actually bring Barker back or if they cut one of the 3 OL on the PS to bring him back..

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They cut Ventrone?
Didn't see that one coming.

mgteich said:

How many reps has our #6 LB gotten?
How about our #6 S?
How about our #7 S?

Belichick has judged that Martin, King and Wilson are more important than injury protection at running back or cornerback for that matter. Obviously, we are very thin at RB and CB. We have three healthy players at both positions.

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For the past few weeks, NE has been dealing with an incredible amount of OL injuries, necessitating a call up against the Giants. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they had to call up Harper to cover a gap at WR as well as do some CYA at CB. That fact that there are some seemingly extraneous safeties is useful context, but it doesn't have much to do with my point.

Oswlek said:

For the past few weeks, NE has been dealing with an incredible amount of OL injuries, necessitating a call up against the Giants. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they had to call up Harper to cover a gap at WR as well as do some CYA at CB. That fact that there are some seemingly extraneous safeties is useful context, but it doesn't have much to do with my point.

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YOUR POSITION
Not signing a 4th RB has to do with injuries at other positions.

MY POSITION
Not signing a 4th RB has to do with Belichick seeing more value in a 6th LB, and a couple of special teamers who are labelled as safeties than he sees in the 4th RB.

AND BY THE WAY
Belichick still hasn't signed the CYA corner that you mention.

BOTTOM LINE
Belichick is a genius in making his bottom of the roster risks pay off. He seems to like to use these positions on special teams players, rather than on injury protection. Belichick prefers to wait until the injuries actually happen before he makes the roster moves. IMHO, we were lucky to find Fleming and Barker available when we needed them.

Urgent said:

Tall corner, drafted fifth round in 2012. Injured a bit. Torn abdominal rookie season; PUP. Spent practice squad time with Lions, Cowboys, Vikings, Ravens. Released/injured with Ravens this past September.

Definitely the type of player the Pats should add to the practice squad. I don't think anyone would argue if they carried nine PS corners.

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If one of them evolves into a CB3 or CB4 no one would complain a bit.

mgteich said:

YOUR POSITION
Not signing a 4th RB has to do with injuries at other positions.

MY POSITION
Not signing a 4th RB has to do with Belichick seeing more value in a 6th LB, and a couple of special teamers who are labelled as safeties than he sees in the 4th RB.

AND BY THE WAY
Belichick still hasn't signed the CYA corner that you mention.

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I'm not sure why you are quibbling over this, the two positions don't contradict. And NE brought in two DBs for the practice squad today.

Urgent said:

They cut Ventrone?
Didn't see that one coming.

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The human place holder.

Pats to re-sign OLman Chris Barker to PS and drop Santa Clausell, who some hoped might be a possible
future Swing Tackle prospect. That mantle of low expectations now belongs to something called Keavon Milton.

mgteich said:

BOTTOM LINE
Belichick is a genius in making his bottom of the roster risks pay off. He seems to like to use these positions on special teams players, rather than on injury protection. Belichick prefers to wait until the injuries actually happen before he makes the roster moves. IMHO, we were lucky to find Fleming and Barker available when we needed them.

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Agreed, especially in the case of Fleming. I was extremely surprised when he was cut, although the reasons are crystal clear in hindsight: Soldier, Vollmer, Cannon, Stork were no-brainers. Two promising 4th round rookies in Mason and Jackson, that is 6. Wendell had played well the previous year on a reasonable contract, 7. What most people didn't realize (including me) was that Josh Kline had made a major leap and some UDFA named David Andrews was turning heads (and of course both have played very well this year) that makes 9. When the addition of Mike Williams at TE (who was an upgrade of the role that Fleming played last year as a 6th OL), it become clear why Fleming was cut early this year. However, as you say, we really lucked out that Fleming was still available when we lost all the other OT's, he has filled in better than expected at LOT (particularly considering he was strictly a ROT).

captain stone said:

Pats to re-sign OLman Chris Barker to PS and drop Santa Clausell, who some hoped might be a possible
future Swing Tackle prospect. That mantle of low expectations now belongs to something called Keavon Milton.

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Clausell was one of three players from the opening day practice squad roster. Only Asante Cleveland and Darius Fleming remain.

Urgent said:

Clausell was one of three players from the opening day practice squad roster. Only Asante Cleveland and Darius Fleming remain.

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I'm kind of suprised asante has hung spin nd this long. I thought for sure he'd b be gone with this signing of fauria

Doug Kyed ‏@DougKyed 8m8 minutes ago

The Patriots worked out running back Kendall Hunter, according to a source.

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Patriots Work Out Free-Agent Running Back, Ex-49er Kendall Hunter

Hunter, 27, rushed for 1,202 yards with a 4.6-yard average in his three seasons with the 49ers. He missed all of 2014 with a knee injury and was among the 49ers' final roster moves before the start of the regular season.

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4th round pick in 2010 only 5'6" 199 lbs and did not have big receiving numbers but solid runner before the requisite ACL in 2013 with 4.6 ypc for 3 years.

Mack Herron said:

4th round pick in 2010 only 5'6" 199 lbs and did not have big receiving numbers but solid runner before the requisite ACL on 7/14 with 4.6 ypc for 3 years.

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5-6 199 is beefy.

There was a player back in the 80s named Lionel " Little Train" James. He was 5-6 but about 20 lbs lighter Fast dude. Very good player for SD