I appreciate Hernandez' toughness, but I don't see the rush to get him back. He must be a freak specimen if he's 100% healed. If not, I don't want him playing.
Gregory's absence is disconcerting. I have some faith in Wilson and intrigued to see what he can do. The problem is the depth behind him is then non-existent. We'd be talking about Ebner playing a full-time role.
And given the amount of 3 safety stuff the Pats had out last week, it's even more an issue if he can't go. Bedard pointed it out first, but often in the 2nd half v Buffalo, the Pats would line up in a cover 2 and have Wilson run back to the deep middle at the snap into a cover 3. Seems like a new wrinkle they were working on and maybe even throw at Peyton the next week.
Peyton struggled to get the ball into the seams against Atlanta - faking 2-deep zone and dropping another guy into the middle would seem like a good way to bait him into those deeper intermediate/seam throws, and then have a DB there ready to contest. And or pick. And or take it to the house.
