Patriots sign German TE/FB

[TN patriot fan]

I'm a rabid Vol fan and had never heard of him, like never even heard the name, until I read this thread. If that tells you anything...

 

[captain stone]

Yes, I remember the conspiracy theory. That's why we have Top Gun.

During the swinging '80s I was part of a deployment from MCAS Beaufort SC to NAS (now MCAS) Miramar CA where the Top Gun exercises were held. The movie itself was nothing more than a Tom Cruise ego-trip with very little basis in actual reality. He probably just liked the title and thought it would be cool to play a "hot-shot" ace pilot, and hey of course there just Has to be a hot piece of ass instructor to bag too right? Waste of money (ours, not his).

 

[venecol]

I missed the whole Pats signing a German TE connection to Rocky movies thing. WTF?

 

[JJC]

During the swinging '80s I was part of a deployment from MCAS Beaufort SC to NAS (now MCAS) Miramar CA where the Top Gun exercises were held. The movie itself was nothing more than a Tom Cruise ego-trip with very little basis in actual reality. He probably just liked the title and thought it would be cool to play a "hot-shot" ace pilot, and hey of course there just Has to be a hot piece of ass instructor to bag too right? Waste of money (ours, not his).

You didn't happen to know a couple of Harrier pilots from PA who flew Harriers, did you? I went to engineering school with them. They would have been flying in the latter 80s.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

I missed the whole Pats signing a German TE connection to Rocky movies thing. WTF?

Although this board is extremely intelligent. They sometimes are like a dog. Right in the middle of doing a wonderful trick they all of a sudden vigorously start licking their butt.

 

[IcyPatriot]

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I can tell from the replies everyone is super pumped about this signing

 

[bormio]

Are we getting these guys as new announcers too?

German announcers call Patriots huge block that springs Edelman free for 77-yard TD

The funny thing is they were much more on top of it than the CBS crew that basically ignored the block until the replay was run.

 

[nabwong]

20-0 we’ll win Super Bowl twice.

 

[DaBruinz]

Rocky 4, Red Dawn, and Top Gun are really the Holy Trinity of Cold War propaganda. Er, cinema.

You forgot Iron Eagle.

 

[Triumph]

I missed the whole Pats signing a German TE connection to Rocky movies thing. WTF?

Because Rocky fought Ivan Drago who was not German.

Ivan was from RUSSIA!

 

[Bill Lee]

Toll, ich hoffe, er kann das Spielbuch lernen und wird ein Mitwirkender zu einem anderen Pats Superbowl gewinnen

keine scheiße!

 

[BlueThunder]

Great, I hope he can learn the playbook and will be a contributor to another Pats Superbowl .....

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

It is a free roster spot being used for a position of need....

I like it....

Are you implying free because this year the AFC East is the division that gets an extra practice squad player ( 11 instead of 10) if it is an international player??\
edit- player can't be activated to the 53 during the season.

2019 International Pathway Program Pro Day Announced | NFL Football Operations

 

[Betterthanmost]

No free tape available on him? Can he catch? Does he catch with his hands or body? Can he block? No youtube? I mean 9 years olds even have youtube highlights now a days.

 

[captain stone]

You didn't happen to know a couple of Harrier pilots from PA who flew Harriers, did you? I went to engineering school with them. They would have been flying in the latter 80s.

No sorry, I worked on the ancient but badass F-4s and briefly the F-18s when they finally came on-line. Your buds & their Harriers might've been assigned to Cherry Point NC or El Toro CA, two air stations that I'm pretty sure had AV-8s during the time you mentioned.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Is he quick???

 

[patfanken]

Getting back to Jakob. When PFT first post this in the afternoon, I googled him and led me to believe he was 6'4 23o ish. Now I read he's 280? what's the truth.

Couple of other points on the international program.

a. Right now he is part of the 90 man TC roster and will participate fully in all team activities prior to TC. The only "free" part in this is if the Pats cut him and add him to the PS. THEN he wouldn't count as one of the 10 guys.

b. And even though we need all the help we can get at TE, I would have rather gotten the guy the Dolphins got. A huge DT from Brazil who looked like he could run a bit.

 

[Sciz]

Getting back to Jakob. When PFT first post this in the afternoon, I googled him and led me to believe he was 6'4 23o ish. Now I read he's 280? what's the truth.

I believe the 285 is an error by Sports-Reference, and that it’s actually Tennessee’s Jahmir Johnson with those measurements. Jakob was listed at 250 a year ago.

 

[luuked]

He was allotted to us at random ... that's how the program works.

There were 7 players at the “international pro day”. Doubtful that the AFCE teams were not able to direct the selection process at all. Whats the point of that simulated proday then ?