BadMoFo
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Interesting that he's going to get Troy Brown's old number. Nick Underhill made a humorous comment about the fact the Patriots might be putting the jinx on Aaron Dobson No. 17. He points out that Chad Jackson wore it, as did Taylor Price and Greg Salas. Hopefully Dobson breaks that cycle
.....and lest we forget Dedric Ward also wore #17 for a season.
A full list of the number 17's throughout franchise history:
QB Mike Taliaferro (1968-70; '69 Pro Bowl)
WR Elmo Wright (1975)
QB Tom Owen (1976-81)
P Luke Prestridge (1984)
QB Jeff Carlson (1992; 0-2 as starter, completing 37% of his passes with one TD and 3 picks)
WR Tony Gaiter (1997; switched to number 14)
WR Henry Ellard (1998; the long time NFL great ended the final season of his career with just 7 receptions)
QB John Friesz (1999-2000)
WR Dedric Ward (2003)
WR Chad Jackson (2006-07; whether it was due to his torn ACL or something else, he never lived up to the hype as a 2nd round draft pick and will forever be known as the WR the Pats drafted over Greg Jennings)
WR Greg Lewis (2009 training camp)
WR Taylor Price (2009-10; 3rd round pick had just three receptions in a year and a half with Pats; now with Jaguars)
WR Britt Davis (2011 practice squad)
WR Jeremy Ebert (2012 practice squad)
WR Greg Salas (2012)
Working on the rest of the numbers, will hopefully have that completed later today.
So I was right - I guess Gaiter was on that list. The team had him listed with 14 in the archive but I thought he wore 17 at one point:
The New England Patriots - Tony Gaiter
I hope so too. If amendola, gronk, ahern don't get plagued by freak injuries again this year, man this O looks good. If Dobson can get this system down and connect with tom, this O should work well in the playoffs.
I don't really expects Hawkins to make the final 53, so I foresee Dobson taking over that number at the end of camp. Remember, these number's aren't final. Dobson reportedly wanted 83 but was told it was taken.
Dobson would look nice in an 83. He would look like a Vincent Jackson in that Patriot blue with all that size.
his college number was #3 and his twitter handle is @AyE_DeE_3, sound that out and its 83.
Could also mean Aaron Dobson 3
Amendola -- 80 (Troy Brown No. 2, hopefully)
Blount -- 29
Hawkins -- 83 (sorry welker's not coming back, lol)
Jenkins -- 10
Jones -- 19
Washington -- 33
Kelly -- 93
Svitek -- 72
Wilson -- 24
Arrington -- 25 (guess they made that deal)
Kafka -- 8
I don't really expects Hawkins to make the final 53, so I foresee Dobson taking over that number at the end of camp. Remember, these number's aren't final. Dobson reportedly wanted 83 but was told it was taken.
That confuses me. Dobson was told 83 was taken before Hawkins was signed...maybe he didn't actually want it. Too bad, because 17 is bad luck...