LB Antonio Appleby released

[Pats726]

5 OLBs, 5 ILBs. Definitely thin for camp numbers...but camp's not here yet.

Actually it's 11....plus McKenzie...who will be on IR. It's a bit thin to start camp, I agree..but it might be that STers Alexander and Ciurciu are closer to legitimate backups. Time will tell. Obvious Appleby was quite a ways from making it.

 

[glm]

Cut anyone except Barnes and White.

Gutierrez too. We can't leave out the Gutz.

 

[patchick]

Actually it's 11....plus McKenzie...who will be on IR. It's a bit thin to start camp, I agree..but it might be that STers Alexander and Ciurciu are closer to legitimate backups. Time will tell. Obvious Appleby was quite a ways from making it.

I had counted 10 by leaving off Ciurciu, based on the reports that he was sticking with ST groups even when the LBs were drilling elsewhere in OTAs. But yes, Appleby must have been a washout to be shown the door so quickly. It's easy to get spoiled by the Guytons and Woodses and forget that most high-profile UDFAs went undrafted for a reason. Freddie Roach redux?

 

[primetime]

Binky released, board implodes. News at 10.

 

[spacecrime]

Neither, ... You honestly dont think the pats can make a move for him...

This would have been a good, intelligent question last March.

 

[Wax Frog]

I'm guessing he wasn't the Patriots favorite neighbor?

 

[Feep50]

I read this move as a harbinger of a player coming to the patriots we all will like.

 

[glm]

I read this move as a harbinger of a player coming to the patriots we all will like.

Like maybe an OLB?

 

[Feep50]

Like maybe an OLB?

Yep! Egggs-Zack-Leeeeeee!!

 

[glm]

Yep! Egggs-Zack-Leeeeeee!!

A beastly one at that?

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Obviously, this is pure speculation but BB has said that this OTA was NOT for evaluating players as atheletes but basicly to introduce them to the system and assess their grasp. Perhaps this Apple person somehow showed either basic inability to learn or indifference and disinterest in learning the Patriots' style ILB basics? It's not unusual for some young atheletes to have an attitude problem.

 

[BTTA]

He was a longshot at best. No one around the UVa football program would have predicted he could play pro football. He was a good college linebacker, that's it.

Obviously, this is pure speculation but BB has said that this OTA was NOT for evaluating players as atheletes but basicly to introduce them to the system and assess their grasp. Perhaps this Apple person somehow showed either basic inability to learn or indifference and disinterest in learning the Patriots' style ILB basics? It's not unusual for some young atheletes to have an attitude problem.

 

[Pats726]

I had counted 10 by leaving off Ciurciu, based on the reports that he was sticking with ST groups even when the LBs were drilling elsewhere in OTAs. But yes, Appleby must have been a washout to be shown the door so quickly. It's easy to get spoiled by the Guytons and Woodses and forget that most high-profile UDFAs went undrafted for a reason. Freddie Roach redux?

It may be true about Ciurciu...but it might be he is a bit more an ILB than Izzo..and just concentrating on teams..I agree...he was a washout...as was Roach who many thought had it. The transition from college to pro has many non-football issues that also need to be worked out....as said below...

Obviously, this is pure speculation but BB has said that this OTA was NOT for evaluating players as atheletes but basicly to introduce them to the system and assess their grasp. Perhaps this Apple person somehow showed either basic inability to learn or indifference and disinterest in learning the Patriots' style ILB basics? It's not unusual for some young atheletes to have an attitude problem.

I totally agree..maybe non football issues...really hard to make that jump sometime..some not ready at all...Bethel Johnson ring a bell???

 

[BadMoFo]

Six pages on Appleby being cut. He's got a long way to go to catch Adam Seward, but he's well on his way.

 

[Jimke]

Six pages on Appleby being cut. He's got a long way to go to catch Adam Seward, but he's well on his way.

I agree that cutting Appleby should be a non item. He didn't look
that good so he was cut. The thing that some of us question is why
haven't the Patriots added a few more bodies to the linebacker position
which currently is 11 healthy bodies. Also, why are Barnes and White
still on the roster even though they weren't at the OTAs or mini-camp?
Someone suggested they might be retained until the final roster cuts even though they can not participate in training camp. This way they could be
tagged military/reserve for the future. Neither of these guys is a future Staubach.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

He was a longshot at best. No one around the UVa football program would have predicted he could play pro football. He was a good college linebacker, that's it.

He wasn't all that good in college either. Stiff and slow with minimal instincts. Maybe BB signed him as a favor to Al Groh.

Anybody that believes players are not evaluated in mini camps and OTA's is not paying attention to just how competitive the NFL has become.

 

[IcyPatriot]

I have never given a crap who was at the end of the depth chart at any of the positions. Figuring out who it is going to be is useless to me ... it's a revolving door ... it is what it is.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Looks like he didn't beat out Guyton, Bruschi, Lenon or Ciurciu. There's always the practice squad... maybe.

 

[spacecrime]

IcyPatriot

Join Date: Sep 2004
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I have never given a crap who was at the end of the depth chart at any of the positions. Figuring out who it is going to be is useless to me ... it's a revolving door ... it is what it is.

How did you get so many posts if you don't care about discussing the Pats in depth? What do you post about usually?