obgod3
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However, I see it not as Dennard vs Browner or Revis as much as Dennard vs Logan Ryan or Malcolm Butler for playing time. Whether that's special team productivity or performance on defense - or both - Dennard has slipped way down on the depth chart if a lingering injury is not the cause of his lack of playing time.
Interesting; I missed that column. Still, if Dennard was having that much trouble picking up the slot receiver's role then wouldn't it make sense to move him back outside, and try Ryan or Butler in the slot as Arrington's backup?Bedard wrote a good article on it weeks ago. Pats wanted to move him into more of a slot role. But in a slot role a CB has to worry about a lot more WR moves then covering a WR on the outside and he was having trouble grasping it. I think that played a part in it
Why Arrington is such a good slot guy for us and not an outside guy. He understands all those routes a WR can run off the line in the slot
Dennard had been a healthy scratch most all season. Perhaps it has been a hamstring issue all along that has resulted in him being inactive on game days.
Between this being a meaningless game and the other running backs listed on the injury report there's a god chance James White will take a one-week hiatus off milk cartons in the New England area to make a rare appearance on the field at Gillette Stadium. White, Brandon Bolden and James Develin should get plenty of snaps in this game; there are no running backs on the practice squad to be promoted for one game either.
Interesting; I missed that column. Still, if Dennard was having that much trouble picking up the slot receiver's role then wouldn't it make sense to move him back outside, and try Ryan or Butler in the slot as Arrington's backup?
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