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Lewis did not start the season for the pats. Tate was on the PUP list and came back for one game.
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Aiken started the season as a position receiver, the #4 receiver or perhaps #5. Galloway was cut. Aiken was #4. However, the reality is that Edelman was not much of a factor except as a slot receiver. I believe he was injured three times.
Aiken was our wideout opposite Moss. Many thought this was a terrible flaw in our 2009 offense. Obviously Moss and welker more than made up for any weakness that Aiken had.
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This year is MUCH different. We figure to start the season with six actual position receivers on the roster. This does NOT count Aiken or Slater as receivers.
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Perhaps it is semantics, but I do not call teh first receiver off the bench an "emergency" receiver. That was Aiken's role from the first game of the season onward.
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Aiken started the season as a position receiver, the #4 receiver or perhaps #5. Galloway was cut. Aiken was #4. However, the reality is that Edelman was not much of a factor except as a slot receiver. I believe he was injured three times.
Aiken was our wideout opposite Moss. Many thought this was a terrible flaw in our 2009 offense. Obviously Moss and welker more than made up for any weakness that Aiken had.
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This year is MUCH different. We figure to start the season with six actual position receivers on the roster. This does NOT count Aiken or Slater as receivers.
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Perhaps it is semantics, but I do not call teh first receiver off the bench an "emergency" receiver. That was Aiken's role from the first game of the season onward.
I think that is over simplifying Aiken's role at WR a bit.
When the Pats were at this same point a year ago, Aiken was behind Moss, Welker, Galloway, Lewis, Tate and Edelman. Aiken did indeed make seven starts - but it was due to just that, emergencies. Those emergencies were the combination of the inabilities of Lewis and Galloway, and the injuries to Welker, Edelman and Tate.
The reason he started (i.e., was the #3 receiver) was because of emergencies.
Saying Aiken was the #3 WR would be like saying after the end of the 2008 season that Matt Cassel was the #1 QB based on his stats and number of starts in that previous year. Cassel was not the #1 QB; he was the emergency (backup) QB. Same situation for Aiken.
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