TE Jake Ballard finally healthy and eyes a return, this week

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Jake Ballard could be back in the league soon | ProFootballTalk

"Later this week, he plans to pick a team"

I would think that we would make sense, given his time in the system, if he left amicably. The 0-6 G-men would not.

Thoughts?

 

[PatsFan2]

Jake Ballard could be back in the league soon | ProFootballTalk

"Later this week, he plans to pick a team"

I would think that we would make sense, given his time in the system, if he left amicably. The 0-6 G-men would not.

Thoughts?

And we couldn't use him? Lets hope the Patriots and him have some kind of agreement.

 

[mgcolby]

Jake Ballard could be back in the league soon | ProFootballTalk

"Later this week, he plans to pick a team"

I would think that we would make sense, given his time in the system, if he left amicably. The 0-6 G-men would not.

Thoughts?

If he is truly healthy and can run I hope the Pats are a team in the mix for his services. I found it odd that in a day and age where players routinely come back from knee surgery in 4-6 months and look the same or better that after sitting out for 18 months he struggled to run.

Maybe he didn't take enough aderrall to hasten his recovery?

 

[chasa]

If he is truly healthy and can run I hope the Pats are a team in the mix for his services. I found it odd that in a day and age where players routinely come back from knee surgery in 4-6 months and look the same or better that after sitting out for 18 months he struggled to run.

Maybe he didn't take enough aderrall to hasten his recovery?

you gotta put some quotes around "adderall".

 

[50-yard-line]

If he is truly healthy and can run I hope the Pats are a team in the mix for his services. I found it odd that in a day and age where players routinely come back from knee surgery in 4-6 months and look the same or better that after sitting out for 18 months he struggled to run.

Maybe he didn't take enough aderrall to hasten his recovery?

He had microfracture surgery and ligament damage, which often ends careers.

And yes, please bring him back if he can play. Even on gimp knees, he blocked well in preseason.

 

[Deus Irae]

He looked terrible while in N.E.. If all he needed was another 2 months, and he's fully healthy, The Patriots may have a place for him. If he's really just a little more capable of managing a continuing problem, I wish him luck in his endeavors elsewhere.

 

[signbabybrady]

I would not mind adding Ballard if we think he can actually hold up but at this point in theory so close to the return of Gronk his value to us goes down. Not sure there is room for 2 TEs on the roster that may or not make it through the rest of the year.

Also have to wonder what he feels about our treatment of him. Not that it was bad but it was not something he planned on we just kind of scooped him up when I assume he probably perferred to rehab with the team had been with which was just trying to squeek him through waivers to IR.

I am sure he would have been fine with this had we kept him but now that he is free I dont see why he would feel the need to be loyal to us. Likely we treated him well and a shot at winning again would be enough for him to consider us but he is a free agent this time aroung and no guarentees if we want him back that he will choose us.

 

[mgcolby]

He had microfracture surgery and ligament damage, which often ends careers.

And yes, please bring him back if he can play. Even on gimp knees, he blocked well in preseason.

Ok that makes sense. I thought it was the typical ACL/MCL. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Brady6]

Re: Re: Ballard finally healthy and eyes a return, this week

Jake Ballard could be back in the league soon | ProFootballTalk

"Later this week, he plans to pick a team"

I would think that we would make sense, given his time in the system, if he left amicably. The 0-6 G-men would not.

Thoughts?

Here Jake you can have Mulligan's locker...

 

[signbabybrady]

He looked terrible while in N.E.. If all he needed was another 2 months, and he's fully healthy, The Patriots may have a place for him. If he's really just a little more capable of managing a continuing problem, I wish him luck in his endeavors elsewhere.

He had his moments in TC where he looked pretty good but he also clearly looked like a player managing a continuing problem. I thought this made it clear we didnt want him on the week one roster to guarentee his pay all year but I am a little surprised we didnt bring him back a week later but this story makes sense as he obviously wanted more time before he was full go.

I still assume even though he is saying he is fully ready now that he will still be managing a continuing problem but as his salary is not guarenteed now it makes it more worth another look.

As I mentioned above my problem isnt so much with giving him a chance but with Gronk still in limbo that would be 2 spots to injury prone TEs.

 

[kennyb]

What about his partner in crime, Kevin BOSS. He retired, not sure why.

He was pretty good.

There should be a lot of street FA TEs who could come in and help.

Although they finally threw it to Hoomanawanui the other day.

 

[Snake Eyes]

What about his partner in crime, Kevin BOSS. He retired, not sure why.

He was pretty good.

There should be a lot of street FA TEs who could come in and help.

Although they finally threw it to Hoomanawanui the other day.

Boss was more concussed than Austin Collie.

 

[bresna]

Also have to wonder what he feels about our treatment of him. Not that it was bad but it was not something he planned on we just kind of scooped him up when I assume he probably perferred to rehab with the team had been with which was just trying to squeek him through waivers to IR.

I thought I read somewhere that the Patriots picked him up and paid him last year to rehab on their IR while the Giants were planning to slip him through waivers so they *wouldn't* have to pay him his full salary? The thing is, at the salary he was slated to get, the difference wasn't much, which is why Coughlin was so PO'ed at the front office.

 

[signbabybrady]

I thought I read somewhere that the Patriots picked him up and paid him last year to rehab on their IR while the Giants were planning to slip him through waivers so they *wouldn't* have to pay him his full salary? The thing is, at the salary he was slated to get, the difference wasn't much, which is why Coughlin was so PO'ed at the front office.

We did pay him for the whole year but the Giants would have too had no one claimed him on waivers he would of went on IR with them and they would have paid the year. I think Coughlin said as much but it was at least reported as the Giants plan. The Giants were trying to save a roster spot and not salary though had he not been claimed they could have injury settled and let him be free I remember the plan was for them to IR him and keep him and they took some flack for doing it for one more player on a 90 man roster had they waited til camp they could have done it without risking him.

My key point really was that we grabbed him on waivers last year and he had little choice but now he is free to chose where ever he likes. I would assume we treated him right while he was here and for lack of a better phrase was probably flattered by our willingness to pay him for a year in hopes of getting the old Ballard when he was healthy so I would think there is a good chance if we want him he could be back. But he might chose to go back to NY or where ever else he has called home in his life.

 

[Ozymandias]

If he's fully healthy I'd take a flier on him.

But, if what he displayed in training camp and preseason is the best he's got now, I'd pass. Even Matthew Mulligan's better than that.

 

[Spiral]

He had his moments in TC where he looked pretty good but he also clearly looked like a player managing a continuing problem. I thought this made it clear we didnt want him on the week one roster to guarentee his pay all year but I am a little surprised we didnt bring him back a week later but this story makes sense as he obviously wanted more time before he was full go.

I still assume even though he is saying he is fully ready now that he will still be managing a continuing problem but as his salary is not guarenteed now it makes it more worth another look.

As I mentioned above my problem isnt so much with giving him a chance but with Gronk still in limbo that would be 2 spots to injury prone TEs.

I wouldn't consider Ballard to be injury-prone. He has had one catastrophic knee injury that he's trying get over. If he's moving better than he was in TC, maybe he can help. Hope he had a handshake deal with BB.

 

[signbabybrady]

I wouldn't consider Ballard to be injury-prone. He has had one catastrophic knee injury that he's trying get over. If he's moving better than he was in TC, maybe he can help. Hope he had a handshake deal with BB.

I guess I should just say injury risk instead of prone because your right I dont think he was a constantly injured player with the Giants but we are splitting hairs.