Adalius Thomas...His first two years as a Patriot
 

While an injury caused him to miss a portion of last season there are still many articles on the web that say he is dissapointing as a Patriot thus far considering the biggest FA acquisition of 2007

I think its a mixed bag - When healthy he has been good at times and so so other times

Is he what you thought he would be like or not?

A simple poll .....

Re: Adalius Thomas ...His first two years as a Patriot
 

I think he's been excellent and clearly the best LBer on the team... when healthy.

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Undoubtedly we need more of this, but I think he's doing ok.

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Re: Adalius Thomas ...His first two years as a Patriot
 

That's a very good question and I honestly don't know how to answer it, not because AT hasn't played very well when healthy, but because of how high the expectations were. If I have to decide, I guess I'd say that a healthy Thomas has been what I hoped he would be.

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He a great player he just gets overshadowed by Moss and Welker.

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I think for what they are paying him, the expectation has to have been higher. When I say expectation, his annual sack total being in the 8-10 range, maybe forcing a couple of fumbles and recording a interception or two every year.

IMO hes certainly been above average, but not the gamebreaking OLB that I was expecting.

Re: Adalius Thomas ...His first two years as a Patriot
 

agreed.........I think he has played well, but should have done more for the money.....that said, the signing was far from a mistake

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that is because a lot of the time he has been ILB.

funny how that works.

Re: Adalius Thomas...His first two years as a Patriot
 

Last year, he was fantastic - if not for the injury. I still remember him pushing back a Jet and getting to Favre with one hand.

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Prior to the Colvin injury in 07, he was 50/50 ILB/OLB before the Colvin injury and went to 25/75 afterwards w/ Seau getting a ton more snaps at ILB. Last year he was 80% OLB. If you are saying that by playing ILB would cut into his sack totals, then why aren't his tackle totals higher? To counter my own arguement, I think he was double-teamed more often than not which allowed Vrabel to notch 12 sacks in 07.

Typically, players dont put up big sack totals in this D, but the perception is that he should be providing more impact/game changing plays (forcing fumbles, etc). Don't know if it's fair or not.

With his 3rd year in the D, I expect big things from AD this year.