Patriots Training Camp- Friday July 29th

[Triumph]

One of the veteran Pats players said the BB is an offensive guy now.

Sounds like playcalling.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

How do you feel about K Bourne in the slot??

For me Bourne is an enigma. Nixon and Meyers are slot guys IMO. Agholor, Parker and Thornton are outside guys. But I am not sure about Bourne. I also am not sure Bourne completely gets the depth of the playbook - we signed him for short money and the 9ers let him go at that price for a reason. I am guessing the reason is that Bourne is reactionary, he sees something and reacts as opposed to thinking it through. So Bourne ends up being tough to place and that is why he was cheaper to sign. Having said that Bourne is a great person, very talented, great hands, so the Pats need to fit him in with certain routes that fit his skill set. All my guesses.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

 

[Dragda]

More likely he said "screw this I'm Bill f'n Belichick I'm going fishing". On his boat off Nantucket right now. Drinking already.
At 9am. Disgusting. Hefty fine and 10 runs up the hill

Bill the fisherman is killing Bill the coach

 

[Wax Frog]

A signing that many may have missed last night, end of roster player who probably has 0% chance of making the team. We need camp bodies though...would have preferred Trey Flowers lol.

 

[Wax Frog]

I would like to know what that OT Yodny Cajuste kid is doing another Third Rounder zero productivity.

Still trying to figure out how to pronounce his name?

 

[Sicilian]

Still trying to figure out how to pronounce his name?

Obviously it's pronounced "Yodne Cajuste", but I've also heard it as "Yodne Cajuste". The latter sounds funny to me though.

 

[jimnance]

Bill the fisherman is killing Bill the coach

I heard he was fishing for Tuna

 

[jimnance]

Obviously it's pronounced "Yodne Cajuste", but I've also heard it as "Yodne Cajuste". The latter sounds funny to me though.

Gesundheit!

 

[Zuma]

 

[Zuma]

Nixon is a younger version of Agholor similar skillset.

I see Nixon as a possible future starting slot receiver. He’s fast but also has the quickness.

• 3 CONE DRILL: 6.81 seconds

Watching the camp videos…he looks very quick and smooth compared to even the potential “starters”.

 

[captain stone]

How do you feel about K Bourne in the slot??

That's where he belongs, with Parker, Agholor & Thornton most often on the Outside... Meyers is the Super-Sub...

 

[Pats2000]

For me Bourne is an enigma. Nixon and Meyers are slot guys IMO. Agholor, Parker and Thornton are outside guys. But I am not sure about Bourne. I also am not sure Bourne completely gets the depth of the playbook - we signed him for short money and the 9ers let him go at that price for a reason. I am guessing the reason is that Bourne is reactionary, he sees something and reacts as opposed to thinking it through. So Bourne ends up being tough to place and that is why he was cheaper to sign. Having said that Bourne is a great person, very talented, great hands, so the Pats need to fit him in with certain routes that fit his skill set. All my guesses.

I thought Bourne ran a lot of great timing routes with Mac last year. Again, it's probably that the Pats playbook was bloated from years of Brady/JMD adding to it ever year. Lots of plays that no one really used anymore or had fallen out of favor. Coaches tend not to throw anything out. I'm sure by streamlining they meant cutting the book down to the plays they were really going to run and implementing more of the Shannahan style zone blocking scheme. All while adding some more college type plays that Mac ran well.

By faster, I'm betting it means they don't need to know a bloated play book but have cut out the fat. Bourne has a lot of YAC ability and plays well inside and outside. I'm excited to see him really take it to the next level in year 2. Along with Smith breaking out, Henry deepening his connection with Mac and Parker/Thornton making defenses respect the deep ball, opening up more underneath stuff, wheel routes by the backs and making the run game that much more effective.

 

[captain stone]

I like that guy, I can't remember which game it was, but he had a stellar Endzone breakup to save a TDast year

No he didn't...and he never will either.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Hrmm you might be right. I swear he played in at least one game though

He was activated off PUP/IR and practiced. Never got in a game.

 

[captain stone]

I love that film & soundtrack! Brian Jones' last appearance with the Stones... Tony Iommi's first ever, but not with Black Sabbath... The Dirty Mac...

 

[Salsalife]

I'm upset. I think Thorton got to get a nasty streak in him because of his size. Watch this film today.

Cannot let the corner ride you like that i.m.o. Corners are definetly going to do this alot! I'm no coach b.t.w.
Now see how Randy does it!

 

[mgcolby]

Wonder if Hoyer is gonna get Zappe'd.

I don't know why they don't just flip him to a coach and be done with it.

 

[n1997y]

I don't know why they don't just flip him to a coach and be done with it.

More hours for less pay. Can’t understand why he’s not begging for it.

 

[mgcolby]

Hard seeing Bledsoe's name and not think of the QB. lol

Yep and everytime I see Tre Nixon's name I always read Trot Nixon.