Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Exhibitions are over and all cases are made, so I thought a place for final predictions would be appropriate. I figure that QB and TE are pretty clear, but maybe you've got a surprise in mind. Then there are the pure special teamers. Fire away!

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

As long as slater is healthy i think he makes the team.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Has he even played this year. I think he is gone, baby, gone. Aiken has his spot on special teams coverage and Tate and Price have his job as a returner.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

I know I am going out on a limb here...but I think Tom Brady will make the team.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Sergio Brown played well last night on ST's, not sure how many ST slots are open though.

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:confused: Slater is as good as gone. He brings virtually nothing to the table as a returner, slightly more as a gunner, and doesn't actually have a natural position that he excels at. I would be absolutely shocked if he made the 53. On special teams, Arrington, Aiken, and even Sergio Brown will probably beat him out.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Rob Myers is a pretty interesting TE prospect. I hope he make the PS, but I think he might get nabbed.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Slater is actually under-rated by you as a returner. And I think that the Pats were very slow in developing a scheme to incorporate the change in the kick-off return blocking.

Slater is an excellent gunner, plays on all 6 of the special teams units (Aiken only plays on 3.. wait 2 now since he's not on the punt coverage as the personal protector).

That being said, Slater hasn't taken a pre-season snap. So, he could be headed to the IR. He can't be cut unless he get's an injury settlement since he has been injured.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Carson Butler showed a ton as a receiver, but was horrible as a blocker.

Re: Final Roster Predictions - QB, TE, Special Teams
 

Nice to see you back, DaBruinz. :D

I don't I underrate Slater as a returner at all. I thought he was just better than horrible. He showed absolutely no shiftyness whatsoever. Because of this, he also had a propensity to get blown up by huge, highlight reel hit. It's really a wonder how he didn't fumble any of those balls. Speaking of fumbles, the one in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago, when he actually was trusted with returner duties, was pretty costly.

As a gunner, maybe I did undersell him there. While I wouldn't call him "excellent", he was decent in that role.