Will we see Vereen for the Denver game?

[Brady_to_Moss]

First practice was past wednesday. maybe carolina?

 

[mgcolby]

I fully expect him to play in carolina. He will have had 10 weeks to heal an injury that only needs 4-6.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I fully expect him to play in carolina. He will have had 10 weeks to heal an injury that only needs 4-6.

i could see them being plenty cautious. Rather have him for all of playoffs..then to come back for 3 weeks and have something happen

 

[FrodoBagginz]

I would like to see him back obviously but if he's not then I'm not going to be worried. Now that Amendola and Gronk are back and have the bye to recover and practice some more as well as Dobson improving greatly since the beginning of the season, I am much, much less worried about facing that Broncos defense than before. Ridley should be adequate to get the job done if Vereen is not back (with hopefully no fumbles) with maybe Blount making some plays as well.

Talib, IMO, is more important for that game than Vereen is. But it would be all the better if Vereen is back for the game.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Talib, IMO, is more important for that game than Vereen is. But it would be all the better if Vereen is back for the game.

Talib is MUCH more important. Denvers D isn't that good

 

[PATRlOT]

Vereen should definitely be back. His injury initially was supposed to take just 4-6 weeks but they wanted to make room on the roster so they put him on the IR (with return designation) which is a mandatory 8 weeks.

Most importantly, I think we NEED Talib for the Denver game or the chances of winning go down by a lot.

 

[Ozymandias]

Vereen's been practicing for almost 2 weeks now.

He'll be playing against Carolina, never mind Denver.

 

[Sticky Caulk]

The Patriots can use Vereen heavily in the passing game against the Panthers. I bet Belichick told Vereen to circle that date on the calendar.

 

[Fencer]

Whatever the answer is, they seem to be careful this year about easing guys back into the line-up. Maybe he's an exception, if he turns out to have been ready weeks before the rules allow him to play. But more likely he'll have a limited workload his first game back.

 

[patriot lifer]

It will be a small boon for the offense to have that good caliber dump off man coming out of the back field again. The last few years (since 2010) we had Woodhead. Before him, we had Kevin Faulk. These were reliable players who picked up a lot of extra yardage on many plays throughout the game as the outlet players for TFB and the offense. Needless to say, guys like Darren Sproles make offenses and QB's lives a lot easier. I hope he can be impactful right away.

 

[Sticky Caulk]

Needless to say, guys like Darren Sproles make offenses and QB's lives a lot easier. I hope he can be impactful right away.

That's why I believe Vereen is one of the most important pieces to the offense. They don't have anyone else that can catch and run out of the backfield. He'll not only take pressure off Brady with dump off passes, which could save Brady from injury, but he will also keep defenses a little more conservative which will also help the passing game as a whole.

 

[patriot lifer]

That's why I believe Vereen is one of the most important pieces to the offense. They don't have anyone else that can catch and run out of the backfield. He'll not only take pressure off Brady with dump off passes, which could save Brady from injury, but he will also keep defenses a little more conservative which will also help the passing game as a whole.

And against teams like the Jets and the Bengals who have stronger defensive lines (less so with the Bengals without Atkins) and with a sometimes skakey O-Line, that role is all the more critical.

 

[RIpats88]

He's clearly our best pass blocking back as well

I think k we saw in game 1 how extensively the plan was to use him in the offense in the bills game. They were lineing him up all over the field

 

[patsinthesnow]

Pre-Bye Week:
Amendola 50% snaps
Gronkowski 50% snaps
Bolden pass catching RB

Post-Bye Week:
Amendola 90% snaps
Gronkowski 90% snaps
Vereen pass catching RB

11 weeks later and Brady will finally have a complete offense.

 

[SVN]

He's clearly our best pass blocking back as well

I think k we saw in game 1 how extensively the plan was to use him in the offense in the bills game. They were lineing him up all over the field

Iam not so sure about his pass blocking. I dont think any of our RBs are as good in pass protection as woody and faulk were.

 

[mgcolby]

i could see them being plenty cautious. Rather have him for all of playoffs..then to come back for 3 weeks and have something happen

What could happen next week that couldn't happen three weeks from now? We've had two kids break their wrist this season on my youth team and neither had any issue jumping right back in and playing once the cast was off and that was at the 6 week point. He has had 9 weeks to heal, 10 by the time he plays. He will play and he will be fine.