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Other than skin color brisset is nothing like newton.Biscuitt may have shown some improvement from last year (we don't know that, I'm just conjecturing), but that's still not enough, he was so raw in his rookie season, that if he only shows some "improvement", that's not enough to play QB for this franchise that relies so heavily on precision and timing in the offense.
I wonder if he is not a better fit being a backup for Cam Newton or some other offense where he could use his skills better and not disrupt the offense. In this case with some positive notes from Belichick some other team could take a flyer on him for a 4th or 5th rounder. I can't see him being anything other than a backup in NE, and a Bryan Hoyer kind of backup, not Jimmy G type.
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Biscuitt may have shown some improvement from last year (we don't know that, I'm just conjecturing), but that's still not enough, he was so raw in his rookie season, that if he only shows some "improvement", that's not enough to play QB for this franchise that relies so heavily on precision and timing in the offense.
I wonder if he is not a better fit being a backup for Cam Newton or some other offense where he could use his skills better and not disrupt the offense. In this case with some positive notes from Belichick some other team could take a flyer on him for a 4th or 5th rounder. I can't see him being anything other than a backup in NE, and a Bryan Hoyer kind of backup, not Jimmy G type.
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I don't look at Bolden as competing for a RB spot; he is almost exclusively a special teamer, just like Ebner, Slater and King.
Something to consider when constructing a 53-man roster: who will replace these potential cuts on special teams? There is already a 323 snap void with Mingo's departure.
2016 Special Teams Stats
Snaps -- % -- Player
359 -- 80% -- Nate Ebner
323 -- 72% -- Barkevious Mingo
307 -- 69% -- Jonathan Jones
299 -- 67% -- Brandon King
264 -- 59% -- Brandon Bolden
250 -- 56% -- Geneo Grissom
226 -- 50% -- Matt Slater
218 -- 49% -- Shea McClellin
201 -- 45% -- Patrick Chung
Have you mentally cut Grissom, then?
IMO there will be plenty of quality competition for the ST snaps. In addition to vets like Bolden, Grissom, Burkhead, O'Shaughnessy, King, Ebner, J. Jones and Slater, the UDFA class is stacked with ST potential. Any of Langi, D. Jones, Thompson and the Hollisters could easily be in the mix if they show well in camp.
great list, jmt57
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most of udfa DB's are prime STers (and I guess at least one of them will make the team) etc.
So I guess exclusive ST value will not be enough this year apart from Slater and Ebner (that I actually see as a serious hybrid SS/LB backup) and the specialists..
I strongly disagree. We already have Ebner, King and J Jones as DB's who are special teamers. All are experienced in our system; only 1 year for Jones.
Who would you cut to keep your favorite DB STer?
Which is the Grissom argumentYup, we should have only one STO player: Slater. We here this every year, certainly every year since Belichick has been here. And every year, we have about 6 players who we wouldn't want to see out there playing a position, except under extreme emergency.
I tend to agree with you that someone who went undrafted will almost certainly make the team, and those responsibilities almost always start with ST play.Richards and King will face some serious competition.
Its a long way to Sept so many things can happen on DB/LB front.
He MAY be brittle. He most certainly is NOT soft.
Agreed, and while anyone calling for Brady to step aside while he's still playing at a high level is crazy, let's not go overboard on the Garoppolo is soft talk. At least not yet. It's a mini camp practice in June. He may/may not have been able to play in a real game, or he may have toughed it out just to be on the field today.Ok, he's not soft but is brittle instead. Whatever he is you have to be durable to amount to anything in this league.
Agreed, and while anyone calling for Brady to step aside while he's still playing at a high level is crazy, let's not go overboard on the Garoppolo is soft talk. At least not yet. It's a mini camp practice in June. He may/may not have been able to play in a real game, or he may have toughed it out just to be on the field today.
We've had the same exact arguments about guys like Edelman and Amendola being soft/made of glass (with a much larger sample size of extensive injuries), and they've been huge in many key moments which contributed to two more SB runs. Sometimes, injuries just happen.
Defensive linemen Trey Flowers, Malcom Brown, Vincent Valentine, Darius Kilgo, Woodrow Hamilton, Deatrich Wise Jr., Derek Rivers, and Adam Butler “all stayed late after practice” for the sake of “working on pass rush moves,” per Cox.
Here a story on Flowers & Rivers putting in extra time:
Top Patriots draft pick Derek Rivers happy to learn from Trey Flowers
“His technique, he’s one of the best,” said Rivers “I just watch him on film and he’s awesome. An awesome dude, nice guy, definitely somebody I can go to and ask questions. I watch everything, how he defends the run, just how precise his hands are, how accurate they are in the pass rush, how he gets his hips around -- every little thing that helps you get to the QB or make plays.”
Why would you draft a guy in the 3rd as your future backup, be really happy with him and trade him for a 4th or 5th when next year you need him as the backup???