Well, we agree there. Jackson was injured coming off surgery that often takes 1.5-2 years before a player is 100%. So of course the Pats couldn't expect anything from him. Thus they made moves in free agency.
Thank you. Could have played without being fully recovered this year. Why would you push it?
RBs and fast WRs need their knees working 100%
I would say, unless you have a hidden microphone at Gilette, the only ones who know what the Pats think of or plan for Jackson are the coaches and front office.
Bethel Johnson is a no risk gamble with high upside. Whatever he failed to grasp about being a professional could very well have kicked in on the unemployment line, that's what it takes for some.
I recall players we threw on the scrap heap being picked up by the successful franchises to have great moments or careers elsewhere. Plunkett and Irving Fryar come to mind.
Rushing rookies and laughing at players who don't "get it" the first time around are fine for dorks like Childress.
If BB picks up one of the fastest players in the league who has learned some life lessons and can play teams and maybe even 5th receiver, he'll take it and say welcome back.
Bethel was immature and stupid, but you don'r need to be a Rhodes Scholar, especially with his physical gifts, to play teams and WR in the NFL.
If he's cut, what have we lost-nothing! Nice competition at camp next year.
). Jackson and Welker are totaly different types of players, so I don't read much into that. And as for Randy Moss, anytime you can get a player of that caliber for a 4th, you do it regardless of how CJ is progressing.
