Sort of OT: Bucs cut Demps

[sb1]

Ian Rapoport✔ @RapSheet
The #Bucs are releasing RB Jeff Demps from their practice squad. Olympic sprinter still trying to find his spot

Even though Blount is no longer a Patriot I'd say the Patriots won that trade.

And before anyone says it... no thank you.

 

[Danger Zone]

Ian Rapoport✔ @RapSheet
The #Bucs are releasing RB Jeff Demps from their practice squad. Olympic sprinter still trying to find his spot

Even though Blount is no longer a Patriot I'd say the Patriots won that trade.

And before anyone says it... no thank you.

What? What do you have against us signing Demps and then trading him to the Steelers for Blount??

 

[Marinlik]

I bet a couple of people here will want us to sign him to now that Ridley might be gone for the year. Why he would be a Ridley replacement I'll never know. But wouldn't surprise me the least if people said that.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

The morons have moved on to Finch as the next smurf

 

[dales804]

The morons have moved on to Finch as the next smurf

He's just so versatile.

 

[BradyFTW!]

It's a shame, Demps might have amounted to something if he'd actually committed to football. But once he refused to do that, it was obviously pretty clear to Belichick that he wasn't going ot make it in the NFL. Luckily it wasn't so clear to the Bucs.

 

[Marqui]

I bet a couple of people here will want us to sign him to now that Ridley might be gone for the year. Why he would be a Ridley replacement I'll never know. But wouldn't surprise me the least if people said that.

Exactly, why would anyone want to replace an RB with an RB? That's so crazy.

 

[Gwedd]

It's a shame, Demps might have amounted to something if he'd actually committed to football. But once he refused to do that, it was obviously pretty clear to Belichick that he wasn't going ot make it in the NFL. Luckily it wasn't so clear to the Bucs.

I agree. His heart was never fully in football. I'm thinking that the whole "team-first" concept runs against his idea of individual accomplishments. He's a me-first guy and it just seems to me like what attracted him to football was the money and a national stage. When he found out that he was only a cog in the machine, he couldn't handle that very well.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Exactly, why would anyone want to replace an RB with a track guy? That's so crazy.

fixed it for ya.

no heart for the game = no spot on our roster

 

[Marinlik]

Exactly, why would anyone want to replace an RB with an RB? That's so crazy.

They might be the same position on paper. But that's about it. How they play the position and what they bring is completely different.

 

[BelichickFan]

I bet a couple of people here will want us to sign him to now that Ridley might be gone for the year. Why he would be a Ridley replacement I'll never know. But wouldn't surprise me the least if people said that.

Not sure why some think it's cool to say how stupid everyone else is.

I expect we'll promote Gray but it's a viable thought to spreading the offense out more with two RB (Vereen and White) who can run and catch and someone like Demps could be rotational piece of that.

 

[Jackson 2]

Let's sign Demps and Incognito, combine them with Danny Amendola and trade them to the 49ers for Patrick Willis and the Niner's #1s in '15 and '16. We'll be all set!!! And Jonathan and Richie will be reunited!

 

[IcyPatriot]

I would sign Demps in a heartbeat just to relieve Edelman of punt return duties.

Yesterday my heart skipped a beat on that one where Julian was very politely tackled.

 

[sb1]

I would sign Demps in a heartbeat just to relieve Edelman of punt return duties.

Yesterday my heart skipped a beat on that one where Julian was very politely tackled.

I'd also like to see someone step in there for the same reason... but if Demps was someone that could adequately fill that need I doubt he'd be unemployed....

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

A KR is not worth a position on the 53 & esp the 46 given our injury depleted roster.

As to the thought of Gray from the PS to replace Ridley but only if the coaches see something in him that Bolden can't do. Since Bolden is excellent on STs it's unlikely Gray is brought up.

 

[VJCPatriot]

We won the Demps trade. It's too bad we didn't hold onto Blount. His contract isn't that bad. Steelers got him for less than 2m per season as a FA.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/legarrette-blount/

 

[tasmlab]

Just curious, anyone see Demps play a football snap? Like see him run a million MPH in a pre-season game.

If only they made a site that had videos on it.

Here he is booking in college. He outruns everybody, even players that are ahead of him at full gallop:

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