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So, listening to all of the Shiancoe talk on the radio today (and people wondering where he fits on the depth chart), I started thinking about the positional labels we attach to players and how hung up on them some people get. You try to figure out whether you're going to carry 5 RBs, or 6 WRs, or 4 TEs, etc etc, but if a player can provide depth or flexibility at two of those, shouldn't that count towards both?
So, for example, let's assume the Pats are carrying 24 offense, 24 defense, 2 ST specialists (say Slater and Edelman, just for the sake of argument) and their K/P/LS. Traditionally, you would break the offense down to:
3 QB
9 OL
5 WR
3 TE
4 RB
Now, where people see the problem is if Fells is healthy, you have to lose a WR or RB in order to keep 4 TEs. But to me, Hernandez could really be classified as a WR OR a TE, depending on what you want him to do in a given game. For that reason, you can carry 24 players on offense, and actually have 25 "positions" filled:
3 QB - Brady, Hoyer, Mallett
9 OL - Solder, Mankins, Koppen, Waters, Vollmer, Cannon, Connolly, Gallery, Wendell
5 WR - Welker, Lloyd, Gaffney, Branch, Hernandez
4 TE - Gronk, Fells, Shiancoe, Hernandez
4 RB - Ridley, Vereen, Woodhead, Addai
Not really sure what my solid point is (I never do, haha), but it just seems like we should be more flexible in our naming of positions. Thoughts?
So, for example, let's assume the Pats are carrying 24 offense, 24 defense, 2 ST specialists (say Slater and Edelman, just for the sake of argument) and their K/P/LS. Traditionally, you would break the offense down to:
3 QB
9 OL
5 WR
3 TE
4 RB
Now, where people see the problem is if Fells is healthy, you have to lose a WR or RB in order to keep 4 TEs. But to me, Hernandez could really be classified as a WR OR a TE, depending on what you want him to do in a given game. For that reason, you can carry 24 players on offense, and actually have 25 "positions" filled:
3 QB - Brady, Hoyer, Mallett
9 OL - Solder, Mankins, Koppen, Waters, Vollmer, Cannon, Connolly, Gallery, Wendell
5 WR - Welker, Lloyd, Gaffney, Branch, Hernandez
4 TE - Gronk, Fells, Shiancoe, Hernandez
4 RB - Ridley, Vereen, Woodhead, Addai
Not really sure what my solid point is (I never do, haha), but it just seems like we should be more flexible in our naming of positions. Thoughts?
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