The WAY too early guesses at surprise cuts in TC

24/7 Sports has their list of Surprise cuts. Pats fans on this board will not be surprised who 24/7's pick is for the team

Projected surprise cuts for each NFL team's final roster Gallery Slides

seriously, **** the articles that make you click through 30 different slides

TB12TheGoat said:

seriously, **** the articles that make you click through 30 different slides

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Thanks for saving me from clicking on that

TB12TheGoat said:

seriously, **** the articles that make you click through 30 different slides

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Now that I realize someone probably got paid for that...**** that.

If Rumors of Foster or Sankey coming to New England then I think Blount and or Bolden could be cuts

Since I'm not going through all of those different slides to get to New England's, can someone do the dirty work and post who the website's pick is for the Pats?

Dobson was the website pick

ChrisR2223 said:

Dobson was the website pick

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Thats about as surprising as all of us getting older.

I think Dobson shines this season let's see however if the dropsies or timid route running and lackluster effort rears its ugly head.

ChrisR2223 said:

I think Dobson shines this season let's see however if the dropsies or timid route running and lackluster effort rears its ugly head.

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I would expect at least two of the three to happen. Dobson just isn't a crisp route runner. In order to have the kind of success in this offense that you expect him to have, he needs to improve his route running by leaps and bounds or he can't be trusted to be in the place that Brady expects him to be.

ChrisR2223 said:

If Rumors of Foster or Sankey coming to New England then I think Blount and or Bolden could be cuts

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Sankey is decent. Hes a decent receiver and an upgrade as a runner over Bolden and White.

I see the surprise cuts at OL and RB.

OL will sort itself out. Seems to me there is a 2 player excess in the G and C positions. I have no idea who will be sent packing.

For RB, if during camp the special team talent shines elsewhere on the roster I can see Bolden traded for a 6th or 7th and they pick up Foster or Sankey.

I still believe that not upgrading the RB position in the draft was not a wise move.

However If BB calls up his old chum and offers a pick and or player for Charles all would be forgiven.

A resurgant Foster would be great too.

ChrisR2223 said:

Dobson was the website pick

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In other news, water is wet, the sun is hot, and the Jets are the laughingstock of the league.

KontradictioN said:

I would expect at least two of the three to happen. Dobson just isn't a crisp route runner. In order to have the kind of success in this offense that you expect him to have, he needs to improve his route running by leaps and bounds or he can't be trusted to be in the place that Brady expects him to be.

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I think a lot of that was the foot injuries, though. Look at a few of the routes from his rookie year for example. Not all of them are clean, of course, but he does display remarkable body control and suddenness for a 6'3 plyaer.



Not a lot of wasted movement, gets a clean release, threatens the outside shoulder to get vertical, and then stops pretty quickly to get 3 - 4 yards of separation on the comeback. It's hard to ask for a lot more separation than that in the NFL.

Or how about this double-move for a touchdown?

And the next route, another sideline comeback route, earns him 6 yards of separation at the 1:34 mark. That's pretty embarrassing for a DB.

My point is that we all know the negatives surrounding Dobson -- and I'm not going to pretend like he's the next big thing or even that he's likely to earn a roster spot -- but his route running doesn't seem to be the problem. Let's see how he does now that he's healthy again. Pre-season should be interesting to watch.

Hes been spared when the likes of Boyce,Tyms,Thompkins,have not maybe just Maybe this is the year he breaks out and does his best Moss,Givens impersonation.

reamer said:

I think a lot of that was the foot injuries, though. Look at a few of the routes from his rookie year for example. Not all of them are clean, of course, but he does display remarkable body control and suddenness for a 6'3 plyaer.



Not a lot of wasted movement, gets a clean release, threatens the outside shoulder to get vertical, and then stops pretty quickly to get 3 - 4 yards of separation on the comeback. It's hard to ask for a lot more separation than that in the NFL.

Or how about this double-move for a touchdown?

And the next route, another sideline comeback route, earns him 6 yards of separation at the 1:34 mark. That's pretty embarrassing for a DB.

My point is that we all know the negatives surrounding Dobson -- and I'm not going to pretend like he's the next big thing or even that he's likely to earn a roster spot -- but his route running doesn't seem to be the problem. Let's see how he does now that he's healthy again. Pre-season should be interesting to watch.

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Comebacks and hitches are some of the easier routes in the route tree to run. That stated, I never said he wasn't capable of doing it. What I've said was, to date, he just isn't consistently a crisp route runner. Dobson has a tendency of rounding off some of his routes which have put him in bad position mostly on slants and crossing routes. If he's learned to improve his route running, he should be right in the thick of it at camp.

robertweathers said:

Sankey is decent. Hes a decent receiver and an upgrade as a runner over Bolden and White.

I see the surprise cuts at OL and RB.

OL will sort itself out. Seems to me there is a 2 player excess in the G and C positions. I have no idea who will be sent packing.

For RB, if during camp the special team talent shines elsewhere on the roster I can see Bolden traded for a 6th or 7th and they pick up Foster or Sankey.

I still believe that not upgrading the RB position in the draft was not a wise move.

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Dobson to the Rams for Tre Mason wouldn't be a bad deal for either side.

ChrisR2223 said:

If Rumors of Foster or Sankey coming to New England then I think Blount and or Bolden could be cuts

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Bolden is a core special teams player on all 4 units, he can backup the early down RB and the passing down RB when needed. I think he offers too much value in multiple areas to be cut.

Brady6 said:

Dobson to the Rams for Tre Mason wouldn't be a bad deal for either side.

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Dont know much about him. Good player?