Practice Oct 6

[AtomicDawg]

Gotta start a thread for today's practice because Bennett is killing it with some awesome quotes.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Marty has been a pleasure to observe on & off the field.

Not sure what the team's plans are but having this guy around long term would not be a bad thing.

 

[Froob]

Marty has been truly a blessing, I was super depressed when ET left for the Trail Blazers. Marty has filled that spot well. Love seeing him and his daughter on Instagram, cute kid and he seems like a great father.

 

[AtomicDawg]

BB about to pound the guys.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[Flash]

Marty is awesome. When he joined us Bears fans are all saying "good riddance" "locker room cancer when he doesn't get targets". So far he has been excellent, whether it be catching or blocking.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

So it sounds like Bennett's injury wasn't serious then? Can't wait to see Gronk and Bennett together with Brady throwing to em.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Offense shouldn't be a concern. It has never been. Defense's another story. I been dissapointed with the d-line. Need to do a better job stuffing the run.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[AtomicDawg]

Good. I was a bit concerned about him yesterday.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Offense shouldn't be a concern. It has never been. Defense's another story. I been dissapointed with the d-line. Need to do a better job stuffing the run.

I like our defense's performance so far, even if the 2nd half of the Miami game and the Bills game did make me pull my hair out. Every defense has a weakness and our DTs are our weakness. I know it's low standards but I figure if we can nearly win a Super Bowl with one of the worst pass defenses of all time, we should be able to win one with a sub-par DT group especially in a year where it doesn't seem like any NFC team is a clear cut favorite

 

[RobertWeathers]

Slightly concerned with Valentine out which means one less fatty in the rotation.

As a whole CLE is bad but their running game is no joke. Crowell and Johnson are having damn good years thus far.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Good. I was a but concerned about him yesterday.

Hes on a pace for 350 carries this year. Thats a lot to ask. With TB back I suspect his carries per game (now 22) should be cut by 1/3 .

 

[Dorito Dink]

Marty is awesome. When he joined us Bears fans are all saying "good riddance" "locker room cancer when he doesn't get targets". So far he has been excellent, whether it be catching or blocking.

Funny how it's always the opposite when "locker room cancers" join the Pats.

Such an underrated quality of BB's impeccable leadership.

 

[pwes]

Funny how it's always the opposite when "locker room cancers" join the Pats.

Such an underrated quality of BB's impeccable leadership.

Winning also tends to fix that as well though I was complely unaware Bears fans had issues with Bennett.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[long distance]

Seeing they added a new guard to PS yesterday, put Cooper off injury report and put Thuney on .. I was worried for our tower of strength on OL .. I hope he's OK and it's just PS carousel thing
_

Blount went out for a while on Sunday holding his hip so nothing wrong with being a but worried.
Not really surprising considering recent hip injury and enormous load these 4 weeks.
Hope a little rest should do the trick. With Tommy back its White time (even Foster could be good wTB).
And Lewis possibly back in two weeks .. so we should be ok there.

 

[Canuck]

Winning also tends to fix that as well though I was complely unaware Bears fans had issues with Bennett.

Not sure it was the fans but there was a feud between the Bennett brothers and Cutler. It got bad enough that Cutler would not throw Bennett the football. Another part of the problem is that he was playing with a significant rib injury and became less of a focus in the offense and ended up being put on IR in 2015. He made a comment that he wasn't part of the red zone offense, the media made a big story out of it, he went silent, the media called him disgruntled. He has been accused in the past of letting his weight balloon, loafing. He went from being one of the top receivers in 2014 and making the Pro Bowl to playing injured in 2015 and being put on IR to being traded in 2016.

I think there was ill will between Bennett and Cutler that was causing a rift in the locker room and Bennett was the one they let go. I know I have seen negative comments about Bennett during training camp but I think everyone is happy with his play so far in the regular season. Just from a personal viewpoint, I think Bennett is what I call a sensitive soul. I think if he thinks he is being treated fairly he will give you everything he has. In a way he might be a little like Moss. A barometer for Bennett is if he is talking and giving quotes then he is happy, if he goes silent then something is wrong and needs to be addressed un house.

 

[AtomicDawg]

But...but...but....I thought Brady has issues with JG?????

 

[bigballas]

i dunno...JG looks turned away and disengaged. something must be up