Pats Picker 2014

[ripatsfan91]

Another thought came to mind today, we have so much versatility on D... we could have a pretty scary 34 look with Nink being a reserve LB.

Easley- Wilfork/Siliga- Kelly/Chris Jones
Jamie Collins - Hightower - Mayo - Chandler Jones/Nink

 

[AzorianPats]

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It's too early I know, but how much can we say about Slater?

QB (2) Brady, Garoppolo
RB (5) Ridley, Vereen, White, Houston, Develin
WR (6) Edelman, Dobson, Amendola, LaFell, Boyce, Slater
TE (2) Gronkowski, Hoomanawanui
C (2) Wendell, Stork
G (4) Mankins, Halapio, Kline, Connolly
T (4) Solder, Vollmer, Cannon, Fleming
DE (5) Jones, Ninkovich, Moore, Smith, Easley
DT (4) Wilfork, Kelly, Jones, Siliga
ILB(3) Mayo, Hightower, Beauharnais
OLB(3) Collins, Gordon, Anderson
CB (5) Revis, Dennard, Ryan, Swanson, Arrington
SS (3) Ebner, Wilson, Harmon
FS (2) Thomas, McCourty
ST (3) Gostkowski, Allen, Ott

Total players: 53
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Edit: Just seen that Browner doesn't count on day 1 53 man roster. My bad

 

[Pats-Phan]

QB (3) Brady, Garoppolo, Mallett
RB (4) Ridley, Vereen, White, Develin
WR (7) Amendola, LaFell, Dobson, Boyce, Thompkins, Edelman, Slater
TE (2) Hoomanawanui, Gronkowski
C (3) Connolly, Wendell, Stork
G (3) Halapio, Kline, Mankins
T (4) Cannon, Solder, Vollmer, Fleming
DE (4) Jones, Ninkovich, Buchanan, Smith
DT (5) Easley, Siliga, Kelly, Wilfork, Jones
ILB(1) Hightower
OLB(4) Mayo, Collins, Beauharnais, Anderson
CB (5) Revis, Dennard, Ryan, Arrington, Swanson
SS (3) Harmon, Wilson, Chung
FS (2) Ebner, McCourty
ST (3) Aiken, Allen, Gostkowski

Total players: 53
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Brandon Browner also makes the squab but is suspended the first 4 games

 

[mgteich]

We agree with minor nitpicks.

I needed to label so that I could comment. I would note that I think that you have 54 players including Browner, as you should. I only have a 60 man roster at this point. All your players are on my roster. I suspect that we would not disagree much on the 60 having the best shot for the roster. I would add Mallett, Wendell, Houston, Smith, Chung, Aiken, Hull, and Chris White to your list. Unless we sign other players, I would think that this list of 62 (cheating a bit since I wouldn't include Gordon) is a solid list. We may not have a better one for weeks; or someone might be cut tomorrow.

OFFENSE
You lose Mallett and Wendell. You include Williams and Ott. This seems a very reasonable projection. Obviously, anyone can nitpick, but this is a reasonable roster, as strong as any posted.

DEFENSE
You now have 9 DL's. This seems reasonable given the position flexibility of Easley. Personally, I expect Smith or a veteran to make the squad as a DE. More importantly, this roster recognizes that Bequette likely belongs on the Practice Squad.

It is reasonable to expect that BOTH Wilson and Thomas will beat out Chung. I don't expect this to happen,

OFFENSE (24 plus 2 STers Ott and Slater)

QB-(2)-Tom Brady-Jimmy Garopollo

RB-(4)-Stevan Ridley-Shane Vereen (3DRB)-James White-Brandon Bolden
FB-(1)-James Develin

XWR-(4)-Aaron Dobson-Brandon LaFell-Kenbrell Thompkins-Matthew Slater (ST)
ZWR-(3)-Julian Edelman (PR)-Danny Amendola-Josh Boyce (KR)

TE-(4)-Rob Gronkowski-Michael Hoomanawanui-DJ Williams-Tyler Ott (LS)

LT-(1)-Nate Solder
LG-(2)-Logan Mankins-Josh Kline
OC-(2)-Dan Connolly-Bryan Stork
RG-(2)-Marcus Cannon-Jon Halapio
RT-(2)-Sebastian Vollmer-Cameron Fleming

DEFENSE (25)

LE-(2)-Rob Ninkovich-Zach Moore
DT-(3)-Tommy Kelly-Dominique Easley-Chris Jones
NT-(2)-Vince Wilfork-Sealver Siliga
RE-(2)-Chandler Jones-Michael Buchanan

SLB-(2)-Donta Hightower-Darius Fleming
MLB-(2)-Jerod Mayo-Steve Beauharnais
WLB-(2)-Jamie Collins-James Anderson

LCB-(2)-Darrelle Revis-Logan Ryan
RCB-(3)-Brandon Browner-Alfonzo Dennard-Kyle Arrington (Slot)
SAF-(2)-Devin McCourty-Jemea Thomas
SAF-(3)-Duron Harmon-Tavon Wilson-Nate Ebner (ST)

SPECIALISTS (2)
K-(1)-Stephen Gostkowski
P-(1)-Ryan Allen

PRATICE SQUAD-(8)-Jeremy Gallon (WR)-Cameron Gordon (LB)-Jake Bequette (DL)-Josh Kline (OL)-Chris Martin (OL)-Dax Swanson (DB)-Stephen Houston (RB)-Asa Watson (TE)-Roy Finch (RB)

 

[PatsBoy12]

QB (3) Brady, Mallett, Garoppolo
RB (4) Ridley, Vereen, White, Develin
WR (7) Edelman, Amendola, Dobson, Boyce, Thompkins, LaFell, Slater
TE (3) Gronkowski, Hoomanawanui, Williams
C (2) Wendell, Stork
G (4) Mankins, Kline, Connolly, Halapio
T (4) Solder, Vollmer, Cannon, Fleming
DE (5) Jones, Ninkovich, Smith, Buchanan, Moore
DT (5) Wilfork, Kelly, Easley, Siliga, Jones
ILB(2) Mayo, Hightower
OLB(2) Collins, Anderson
CB (5) Revis, Ryan, Arrington, Dennard, Butler
SS (2) Harmon, Wilson
FS (2) McCourty, Chung
ST (3) Gostkowski, Allen, Aiken

Total players: 53
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This is just my very rough projection. I think DJ Williams sneaks onto the roster, especially since Gronk will likely not be 100 percent all season. It takes about two years for most players to truly be back after an ACL. They may keep Williams on the squad as insurance, unless he just really blows in camp.

Butler also sneaks onto the squad based on a lot of early reports that he's making plays in every practice. The word on him is also that he's versatile and can line up all over the defensive backfield. Jemea Thomas is intriguing, but he's not out there right now.

And my boldest of all . . . Chung. He's really good on ST. So is Ebner, but Chung gives you some S experience in a pinch. We all know what it's like to be forced to play emergency guys. I hope we never have to, but if something happens in the secondary, I'd rather have Chung back there than Ebner.

Again, this is just a very rough draft. There isn't too much to go on only having had four practices. This is all in good fun.

 

[Miguel]

FYI - Ian and I hope to add a salary cap feature to a Pats picker.

 

[BelichickFan]

I knew this would be a *****.

QB (3) Brady, Mallett, Garoppolo
RB (4) Ridley, Vereen, Develin, White
WR (7) Amendola, Thompkins, Dobson, Boyce, Edelman, Slater, LaFell
TE (4) Gronkowski, Jones, Hoomanawanui, Williams
C (1) Stork
G (5) Mankins, Halapio, Connolly, Kline, Cannon
T (3) Vollmer, Solder, Fleming
DE (5) Jones, Ninkovich, Smith, Moore, Buchanan
DT (5) Wilfork, Forston, Easley, Siliga, Kelly
ILB(1) Beauharnais
OLB(4) Mayo, Hightower, Collins, Anderson
CB (5) Revis, Browner, Dennard, Arrington, Ryan
SS (2) Ebner, Wilson
FS (2) McCourty, Harmon
ST (2) Aiken, Gostkowski

 

[Miguel]

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