PATRIOTS TRAINING CAMP Day 11 Training Camp Thread - Monday August 9th

[Zuma]

 

[PScottman]

That’s a fat Tom Cruise.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Mac about to go vs the 1s
blitz on 3rd down, gets it to Bourne for a first
drop by Wilkerson
steps up in pocket TD Wilkerson
incomplete to Harry

starts a second series vs the 2s
dime to Sony down the field
crosser to Gunner
TD to Marvin Hall

4/4 on that drive

 

[ashley]

Looking forward to seeing Uche and Barmore on the defense this year!!

 

[patfanken]

Seymour will get in eventually.

Agree on Rodney and Vince. Both Hall worthy but are not getting in.

Adam will be in in a few years and that's it until Gronk/Brady.

It will be interesting to see how Adam goes into the HOF. As a Patriot or as a Colt?

 

[Zuma]

Looking forward to seeing Uche and Barmore on this defense this year!!

Me too. It's going to be a good front 7.

 

[PScottman]

Seymour will get in eventually.

Agree on Rodney and Vince. Both Hall worthy but are not getting in.

Adam will be in in a few years and that's it until Gronk/Brady.

Agree...dont have to like it, but agree. Wilfork may be the very last true NT to play at that HOF level too in the legacy 3-4/4-3 defensive sets which are now mostly gone due to 3 WR or Move TE offenses.

Another example where statistical "fantasy" culture impacts the NFL wherein a guy that likely saw more double teams than most of his peers and still put up stats or disrupted plays so much that his teammates were able to make plays of their own getting the statistic when it was often Wilfork's athleticism that truly broke up the play.

 

[Zuma]

 

[patsinthesnow]

Adrian Phillips with a PBU in the endzone

 

[Zuma]

Adrian Phillips with a PBU in the endzone

 

[Zuma]

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Take Harry out of the equation from your post, then reflect for a second on the historical facts - BB plays the players that did the best in practice.

Now you can put Harry back into the equation, but just wanted to remind you of how the Patriots are run so you don't have a stroke IF, and it remains an if because there is a lot of practice/camp/preseason left to be examined before the games start for real, Harry is put out there due to that practice performance.

He plays the guy who did better in practice as a tiebreaker, if the players are roughly equal, as would any coach. In general, he's not going to start a backup over a starter because the backup had a better week of practice. That's just BB myth making. And he's not going to pick a guy for the roster based on practice performance only, if he thinks that player isn't roster worthy. Especially when that guy has been disappointing in the past...I could see this being somewhat applicable to a rookie or unknown FA who is shining but not a vet with rumored work ethic and attitude problems.

Bill doesn't handle his rosters decisions any differently from anyone else...and if we went with the consensus "how does Bill do things," Harry would have already been frozen out/released due to his public whining.

Harry will make the team if he's actually showing significant improvement that leads Bill to believe he'll be better than he was before. I'm skeptical that's the case, but we'll see. It would seem that playing against first teamers in a pretty intense scrimmage is the best guage of this.

 

[Zuma]

 

[Zuma]

Adrian Phillips with a PBU in the endzone

What's your opinion of Cam and Mac today ?

 

[Zuma]

Day 13 ?

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

If Mac was near 70%, I’d say his chances of winning the #1 QB job would be higher. But I don’t think Bill will give the job to Mac based on the current stats. Also let’s see what happens in the preseason games. The higher completion percentage with more pass attempts, and 1/2 the INTs is impressive for a rookie though.

Nor should he imo. Mac needs to fully earn it, not be given it. Not that beating Cam should be hard at this point but he's gotta earn the job.

 

[Zuma]

 

[Uptown]

Oops, posted in the wrong forum. Should’ve known you were on it hornet it haha

 

[Zuma]

Oops, posted in the wrong forum. Should’ve known you were on it hornet it haha

Oh I'm on it....because I have no life LOL.

 

[Zuma]

Because stats are for losers people....

Overall passing stats excluding the day 9 walk through in the stadium...

Cam 103/164 63%, 7 INT
Mac 124/187 66%, 3 INT