Player Signing New Pats OT Tyrone Wheatley Jr

[sb1]

6’6 290. Acquired from Cleveland for Pierre Strong.



Reports are he had a good preseason. Sounds good to me.

 

[Uptown]

 

[jboston19]

Lazaar said this guy hasn’t played in an nfl game. Guess they were very low on Strong.

 

[Uptown]

 

[sb1]

Reports also say Wheatley was a cut candidate so unless Strong wasn’t long for this team either (possible) it’s odd they’d swing a trade for a guy they could have had for free in a couple of days.

 

[TheRainMaker]

I was going to say I didn't like the way Strong has run during the short stint we've seen him. He runs too upright and was doing the Mike Gillislee two hands on the ball when into the first sight of traffic. Also runs slower than his timed speed.

 

[Uptown]

FWIW..

 

[sb1]

Read that he was a cut candidate in Cleveland. If true and the Patriots traded for him anyway then Strong had to be a cut candidate too. Otherwise why trade for him.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Grogan14]

4th rounder with 4.38 speed for an undrafted free agent oft injured who would likely be cut
More BB magic.

 

[The Boston Patriot]

^^^^Waiting for stuff to happen is a suckers game.

 

[203Pat]

Kind of disappointed we gave up on Strong so quickly.

 

[Ring 6]

Read that he was a cut candidate in Cleveland. If true and the Patriots traded for him anyway then Strong had to be a cut candidate too. Otherwise why trade for him.

Reading that someone thought he was a “cut candidate” is not the same as being cut.
If he were cut he would be subject to waivers. Trading for him means 100% you get him.

 

[Toofy]

Does this mean we see Riley reiff go into IR to start off with . Looks like JJ Taylor will make the team.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Reading that someone thought he was a “cut candidate” is not the same as being cut.
If he were cut he would be subject to waivers. Trading for him means 100% you get him.

Especially if it’s for a guy we weren’t going to keep.

 

[ralmat55]

Reports also say Wheatley was a cut candidate so unless Strong wasn’t long for this team either (possible) it’s odd they’d swing a trade for a guy they could have had for free in a couple of days.

Patriots are 15th in the waiver claim order. They must have thought someone before them would claim him. Or, they were going to cut Strong anyway.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Does this mean we see Riley reiff go into IR to start off with . Looks like JJ Taylor will make the team.

Maybe after cutdowns. If Reiff can come back during the season, we’re going to need him sooner or later.

 

[javajunky]

His tape looks better than Sow's.

 

[Ross12]

Read that he was a cut candidate in Cleveland. If true and the Patriots traded for him anyway then Strong had to be a cut candidate too. Otherwise why trade for him.

This tells me that they liked what they saw from JJ Taylor and had him and Strong relatively equal, so one wasn’t gonna make the roster. JJ made big strides this camp.

I liked Strong’s upside so sad to see him go, but Wheatley is a good prospect at a position they’re extremely thin at.

 

[Sciz]

Dang, Andrew Callahan nailed it yesterday. Wheatley is 26 with no regular season experience, but he’s also a super late bloomer. In 2017, he was a little 265 pound TE at Michigan while Onwenu (already 350 pounds) and Stueber (319) were on the OL.