LloydBraun
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Crowpointer said:That's right they backups and Special teams players. The original post listed Claridge as the primary backup to Beisel and Bruschi. I'm sorry we're in trouble in one of those guys goes down and a guy who went back to vegas instead of staying in Foxboro is ahead of Davis and Izzo as Backups. It took Beisel a whole year to learn that inside spot and he was an NFL vet who played and was not on IR.
You need to contact Patriots .com and give them this info . They have mistakingly listed Davis and Izzo as backups at ILB and Claridge as third string behind Bruschi only.pats1 said:Forget about the Vegas thing already. If it was a problem, we'd know about it by now, OK?
Izzo and Davis are technically LBs, but really shouldn't be considered in terms of a depth chart.
Crowpointer said:You need to contact Patriots .com and give them this info . They have mistakingly listed Davis and Izzo as backups at ILB and Claridge as third string behind Bruschi only.
July 27, 2006
Brown to town
The Patriots have re-signed linebacker Chad Brown his agent Peter Schaffer confirmed.
"Chad made a decision a couple of months aga to get into shape not just to play, but play at the level he is accustomed to," Schaffer said of his client. "He trained in Colorado and I think the Patriots wanted to see if he was committed.
"Last year Chad's decision came down to Pittsburgh, Seattle and New England and he chose New England because he felt they had the best chance to win the Super Bowl."
Entering training camps, NFL teams generally assess their depth at each position, because they want to have multiple layers for drills.
That's likely the basis for bringing Brown back. The Patriots have some inexperience at the backup spots at both inside and outside linebacker. Brown has experience at both spots.
Ironically, the Steelers defeated the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.
"In the back of his mind he had some unfinished business," Schaffer said.
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 09:10:07 AM
shmessy said:RayClay wrote: "Looks like McGinest is a net loss, unless you consider a 6th round pick a replacement for a 6th overall."
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I hate this kind of analogy. Would someone consider it a net loss if 6th rounder Tom Brady replaced 1st rounder Ryan Leaf?
Let's leave out the previous draft order when considering the here and now of a 34 year old veteran who left for a muti-year, multi-million dollar deal.
Tunescribe said:I agree with what you're saying, but I remain uneasy over letting McGinest walk. He very well could have two good years left, maybe even a third.
"Actually, we don’t know too much about at all Claridge. We know he was placed on IR with a shoulder injury last year, but then we barely saw him again the rest of the season. He spent very little time in the trainer’s room that you’re talking about so I’m really not sure how much of the system he picked up since he wasn’t here going to meetings and such. I would expect him to be fighting for a job this summer, much like all of the current draft choices and young players. But to suggest he’s anything more than your run-of-the-mill fifth-round pick at this point would be inaccurate based on what we know."pats1 said:That depth chart is done by PFW, and they have said on PFW in Progress they have an unwritten rule with rookies and the depth chart. No rookies can hold starting spots until the season starts, nor can they surpass proven veterans. Since Claridge is, in reality, a rookie, that's where he sits on the depth chart.
Tunescribe said:I agree with what you're saying, but I remain uneasy over letting McGinest walk. He very well could have two good years left, maybe even a third.
I'm Ron Borges? said:I can't understand this one unless they are planning on using him on the outside. There's no way he can play in the middle. He not only looked lost last year but he got totally destroyed by every blocker he faced. I suspect we could see a switch back to the outside for him.
JoeSixPat said:I think its as simple as the fact that we need LB depth. And at $800k for one year, for a guy who at least has been introduced to the system, its a low-risk scenario.
Better they make this move now than suffer an injury in camp and see their negotiating position undermined.
I guess with his release we now know about it.pats1 said:Forget about the Vegas thing already. If it was a problem, we'd know about it by now, OK?
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Flying Fungi said:holy crap that's funny
and what's with Michael Bishop and Chris Canty visiting??
Chad Brown is a smart SOB--he's a combination of training camp fodder and veteran presence..
...let the whining commence!
Crowpointer said:I guess with his release we now know about it.
That's one explanation, another could be the long PUP list, if Claridge is still rehabbing, cutting him now while he's messed up could leave it open to bring him on the Practice Squad later in the season. For now, he ain't here and we get to speculate about Alexander and Chad.Crowpointer said:I guess with his release we now know about it.
spacecrime said:It depends on how the undrafted free agent plays, and how WMG plays. That was his point.
How each compares in July is meaningless. It is the comparative worth of each tothe team next December/January that will matter, and of course, the value of each.
Don't neglect WMG's $8 mil price tag. Keeping him would prevent us from signing players like Tebuckey and Chad Brown. And also good players.
I was joking about those two.RayClay said:Well if my Mercedes breaks down I can drive a Pinto.
That doesn't make it a Mercedes though.
I'm not saying they should have kept McGinest. I'm saying they made no effort to replace his talent and the bodies they have at linebacker are less "valuable" to put it another way.
If teams pick 200-300 players without picking you, they are making a judgement.
Also, I don't think they needed to ditch Willie to sign the two bargain basement players you mentioned.
spacecrime said:I was joking about those two.
But don't be so quick to assume that players picked late are Pintos and those picked early are Mercedes.
The point is that you don't try to replace anyone. (No one else beieves this, so don't feel bad if you don't either.) But I believe you try to build the best team possible with what is available. With VALUE at the forefront, you assemble the best talent and adjust the team to maximize that talent.
The strengths and weaknesses of each team each year are different.