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Pats sign Moore to practice squad - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
Meh. Keeps him close by.
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Meh. Keeps him close by.
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not the worst.
not by a long shot.
I wouldn't want to name any individual.I'm assuming you're talking about #24.
A little off topic here, I'm not meaning to call out anybody on this forum, but I remember seeing someone on here with the user name of Arrington Planet....I haven't seen him in quite a while.
I like. It's very obvious that he has potential to be a good corner in this league. Surprised he wasn't claimed.
I wouldn't want to name any individual.
But pretty much everyone in the secondary has their moments where you go "WTF?"
from the first rd picks to the UDFA.
Ah, I don't care how much he's ragged on. I love the guy. :singing:
He's got heart and that killer instinct for stripping the ball. If only he could be more consistent.
Greg Bedard has speculated that Moore is injured and the injury has affected his play this season. Happy to see him on the PS, can't hurt to have some depth.
If it's an injury deal, it's really a unique situation. If it's a short-term thing, they'd carry Moore on the roster; he's played 43% of defensive snaps so far, according to Reiss.
If it's a long-term thing, the difference between this and IR is (a) the player probably gets paid less on the PS (depending on split contract status and/or the Pats going over PS minimum to retain him) and (b) Sterling Moore retains practice squad eligibility for next season, should the Pats want to keep a player they've already had for nearly a year, and given a substantial snapcount to, for further evaluation.
It's plausible, but hardly the only explanation. Also plausible is this speculative shot-in-the-dark: this is an Alex Silvestro type-deal, where the Pats have seen enough of Sterling Moore at his "natural" position to think the player doesn't project well there as an NFL player, but like some skills or intangibles of the player enough that they want to work him at another position for a while to see if he can improve and break through there.
Sterling Moore seems to be a decent tackler for a corner, and he seems to have good ball skills and a heady demeanor, to the extent he can break up plays even after being soundly beat by a faster player. His problem seems to be he's slow for a corner. What do they call slow, physical, ball-hawking corners? Safeties. They tried him there last year and he didn't look comfortable. So, they don't think he'll improve at corner, and they've already got one developmental safety on the roster with more ST value (Nate Ebner, excluding punt team), so they put Moore on the practice squad as they attempt to transition him to safety.
Perhaps the answer is that the analysis of the GM's of the various teams disagrees with your assessment of Moore's skill set.
You may be correct, however, his return to the Patriots was still important. This critical roster move allows multiple posters to not only come back in from the ledge but regain their faith in BB/the secondary
I'm fine with having possible depth for later in the season. Someone could be injured.