Tiquan released; Ocho active?

[PatriotSeven]

What in the world are you talking about?
This move has nothing to do with Gronk, however, considering that we would only have 1 TE, it would follow that if Gronk were not going to be active, Underwood would have been, just so there were enough bodies at recevier in case of injury.
I think your logic is backward.

Not really. It depends on their game strategy and nobody knows what that might be.

When you lose efficiency at a position, it doesn't necessarily mean the best way to maintain team-wide efficiency is by finding a replacement for that position.

It may mean improving it in a completely different area and doing something completely different.

I.E. If you lose Brady, won't make much of a difference who you start at QB. Nobody will come close. You're better off bolstering your defense.

Which is what this smells like to me.

 

[PatsFan24]

If you bet that Ocho scores the first or last TD of the game it pays 20/1. That is some sweet action.

 

[Ring 6]

Not really. It depends on their game strategy and nobody knows what that might be.

When you lose efficiency at a position, it doesn't necessarily mean the best way to maintain team-wide efficiency is by finding a replacement for that position.

It may mean improving it in a completely different area and doing something completely different.

I.E. If you lose Brady, won't make much of a difference who you start at QB. Nobody will come close. You're better off bolstering your defense.

Which is what this smells like to me.

You are wrong.
When you have 2 TEs and 5 WRs and are a passing team, if you are going to deactivate one of your TEs, you don't cut a WR instead of some other guy who isn't going to play (OL, DB, Guyton) and go into a game with only 5 guys who can play TE and WR combined. That would be stupid. And you can't say you don't need WRs because you are going to run, because you have 1 TE and he is a poor blocker.
If there is any harbinger about Gronk from this move, its that he is defintiely going to play.
Your analogy is that if Brady were hurt and you learned he wasn't going to be active, you would cut Mallett.

 

[PatriotSeven]

You are wrong.
When you have 2 TEs and 5 WRs and are a passing team, if you are going to deactivate one of your TEs, you don't cut a WR instead of some other guy who isn't going to play (OL, DB, Guyton) and go into a game with only 5 guys who can play TE and WR combined. That would be stupid. And you can't say you don't need WRs because you are going to run, because you have 1 TE and he is a poor blocker.
If there is any harbinger about Gronk from this move, its that he is defintiely going to play.
Your analogy is that if Brady were hurt and you learned he wasn't going to be active, you would cut Mallett.

Again all of this depends on strategy and match-ups. None of us have any clue what they're going to do.

Yes the Patriots have been a passing team with an offensive attack centered around 2 TE's. Do they have to be that tomorrow considering one of their TE's might be injured, ineffective and is completely irreplaceable?

No. There's no rule that says they have to be that.

All I'm saying it's likely one of the guys that are game time decisions. And that includes Gronk. So look there. It's most likely someone on that list.

 

[eom]

I'm curious as to how you have all of this completely figured out?

are you seriously asking this?

when a guy gets promoted from ps it gets reported --- that's how we know.
in order for a guy to get called up from ps another must be cut -- that's pretty basic math.

use a little common sense.

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

Again all of this depends on strategy and match-ups. None of us have any clue what they're going to do.

Yes the Patriots have been a passing team with an offensive attack centered around 2 TE's. Do they have to be that tomorrow considering one of their TE's might be injured, ineffective and is completely irreplaceable?

No. There's no rule that says they have to be that.

All I'm saying it's likely one of the guys that are game time decisions. And that includes Gronk. So look there. It's most likely someone on that list.

I'm with Andy on this one...... TiQ release means that Gronk, AHa, WW, Branch and Ocho will all be active, along with Edelperson and Slater in reserve.

You don't change what got you here in the last game of the year. If Gronk can't go or so limited he's ineffective.... then Solder becomes our Blocking TE and we lose a powerful weapon........ But we are far from out of bullets.

 

[THELAWFIRM226]

are you seriously asking this?

when a guy gets promoted from ps it gets reported --- that's how we know.
in order for a guy to get called up from ps another must be cut -- that's pretty basic math.

use a little common sense.

Don't insult my intelligence, you don't know anything about me. I was referring to the fact that none of us know what goes on behind the scenes.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Even BB could not be this heartless; there has to be more to this story. I suspect that Underwood could not resist some of the temptations during the last week of insane hoopla and parties etc. I can only speculate; maybe a missed meeting or a crushing hangover or something worse. I am not saying he pulled a Stanley Wilson (who was too drugged up to play for the Bengal in the Super Bowl) but I suspect it was some sort of infraction of team policy.

Okay Felger ...

 

[IcyPatriot]

Okay calm down now ... I figured it out ... it's the NJ thing.


Alex Silvestro

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[Tunescribe]

Someone's gonna say it, but I hope it's not the case: Bad karma.

Stupid post, as well as those criticizing BB for being "cold," "heartless," etc., etc. The move likely was made to spare Gronk from special-teams duty, where Silvestro will take his place. The only way to enable this was a roster move, a last-minute decision. Sad for Tiquan, but understandable and in the team's best interest.

 

[eom]

Don't insult my intelligence, you don't know anything about me. I was referring to the fact that none of us know what goes on behind the scenes.

there is no 'us' on this story.

there are people making observations on a few basic facts that were reported, and a few crackpots making up stories using their imagination.

don't insult my intelligence by lumping me in with the latter.

I most certainly don't know what goes on behind the scenes, and as such, I don't need to make up a bunch of baseless assumptions about what's going on behind the scenes.

 

[PatriotSeven]

I'm with Andy on this one...... TiQ release means that Gronk, AHa, WW, Branch and Ocho will all be active, along with Edelperson and Slater in reserve.

You don't change what got you here in the last game of the year. If Gronk can't go or so limited he's ineffective.... then Solder becomes our Blocking TE and we lose a powerful weapon........ But we are far from out of bullets.

We'll see. Personally I give Bill enough credit to know that he's very unpredictable and he realizes the strategic part of the game started about 2 weeks ago, and it at least appears so far, the Pats have won round 1.

 

[eom]

Stupid post, as well as those criticizing BB for being "cold," "heartless," etc., etc. The move likely was made to spare Gronk from special-teams duty, where Silvestro will take his place. The only way to enable this was a roster move, a last-minute decision. Sad for Tiquan, but understandable and in the team's best interest.

I'm not trying to nitpick, but I'd guess this was decided quite some time ago, and they just had to wait 'til now to pull the trigger.
also, the guy was probably inactive anyway, so I'm not sure how big an issue it really is.

 

[THELAWFIRM226]

there is no 'us' on this story.

there are people making observations on a few basic facts that were reported, and a few crackpots making up stories using their imagination.

don't insult my intelligence by lumping me in with the latter.

I most certainly don't know what goes on behind the scenes, and as such, I don't need to make up a bunch of baseless assumptions about what's going on behind the scenes.

Haha dude you need to chill, go grab a handy-wipe and clean the sand out of your vagina

 

[eom]

Haha dude you need to chill, go grab a handy-wipe and clean the sand out of your vagina

sorry if I hurt your feelings, buddy.

 

[Tunescribe]

I'm not trying to nitpick, but I'd guess this was decided quite some time ago, and they just had to wait 'til now to pull the trigger.
also, the guy was probably inactive anyway, so I'm not sure how big an issue it really is.

Yup, could be true as well. In either case those criticizing BB for being "cold" and "creating bad karma" are clueless idiots. He's just trying to win the freaking Super Bowl.

 

[THELAWFIRM226]

sorry if I hurt your feelings, buddy.

You haven't hurt my feelings, and I respect the fact that you disagree with me. I have a problem with the manner in which you disagreed. You were being a bit disrespectful but hey, its the night before the superbowl and everyone is on edge. I mean lets be honest, this move will probably have very little effect on the outcome of the game tomorrow night. I apologize for the handy-wipe comment and I'm ready to move on.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Funny 200+ posts for a guy who was promoted to the 53 ... may or may not play tomorrow and if he does it will be as a special teamer. He's an OLB that runs a 5.8 and who cannot shed blocks. Someone on special teams must be sick is how i see it.

 

[oldskool138]

Someone on special teams must be sick is how i see it.

His name is Rob Gronkowski. He needs to save his ankle for playing on offense and not special teams.

 

[robbomango]

Congrats to Silvestro!! Is this the first time in NFL history a practice squad players made such a timely move(day before SB)?

BB's roster moves are comparable to well thought out chess moves. A perceived strange head scratching decision with a probable checkmate on the horizon.

I'm just looking forward to a great game tomorrow, peace