Reiss passing camp report 5/28 and 5/29 [merged]
 

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal.../reiss_pieces/

Nice to have actual football observations.

He has good things to say about Mayo.

Hobson calling the plays.

Ventrone and Slater playing 2 way.

Tank of a LB

Good things to say of Guitirez

Dave Thomas here even though it was for new players....guess he is still new:D

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

I think I am most interested to hear how Drago was punting the ball.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

To me this is one of the most fun times of the off season; beginning to find out which new players look like they are going to fit in. The quarterback situation is looking interesting as well. I am really looking forward to see whether Gutierrez will continue to perform well and give Cassel a run for his money.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

I like the emphasis on d-back/linebacker hybrid play. Very interesting stuff. Also interesting that Tank and Mayo are about the same size.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

Although it is good to hear about some actual football, I never get overly excited about what happens in minicamp.

I do expect Tank Williams to take over a lot of Rodney's roles so that Rodney can be used more sparingly. He was overused last year and he uncharacteristically gave up too many plays. Williams was a guy I wanted the Pats to go after two years ago. He is the second year back from a big injury and could be a player for a big turnaround.

I have always been high on Hobson. I thought the guy had the physical tools to be a pretty good LB in the Belichick scheme, but was totally misused in New York. He is not a full-time OLB (maybe not even a parttime one). I think his skill set and build will actually allow him to excell inside. The Jets could look back at the end of the season and not only wonder how they could have let Vilma go, but also Hobson.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

Good to see Mayo can move fluidly in pass coverage as that was supposed to be one of the knocks on him coming out of college. Slater dropping an INT didn't bother me because he was in the position to make an INT and, if he couldn't make it, he deflected the pass anyway. Slater is going to be one of the more interesting rookie stories to me once the season rolls around.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

Big Nickle.....BB has been swiming that channel for years.

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ProJo blog has some stuff (including picture) too :

http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/PatsBlog/

Willie Andrews is there so I guess his arrest hasn't resulted in an immediate release.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

I dunno, I think that would have been, you know, about 90 days ago or so. :)

Seriously, though, I don't know what's going to happen one way or the other, but not much would surprise me as far as this story goes.

Re: Reiss' 5 from mini camp
 

OK. . . . this is starting to weird me out almost as much as learning that Notre Dame wanted Clay Buchholz to play wide receiver for them. :eek:

But, seriously, it seems a little strange for a player who's basically only been used on ST so far.