Patriots Injury News The Patriots placed WR Mack Hollins on IR

[Triumph]

The team will miss him and especially Maye. Hollins is one of the Go - to - Guys.

I would not count on Pop to fill his shoes.

 

[Ring 6]

NGL I was concerned but now that it has been proclaimed Boutte (out) and Douglas (questionable) will make up for Hollins absence we have nothing to fear. Blocking you say? Not to worry they have a couple of weeks to learn to block effectively in traffic in spite of being nowhere near Hollins size, not a problem. To think I was actually concerned the Pats might miss their best blocking and number 2 volume receiver, what was I thinking?

The other WRs block just as well.

 

[NFL Mystique]

We need to replace 3 catches for 37 yards by having someone else (Diggs, Williams, Boutte or Douglas) play those snaps

This is a huge injury. He is Maye's security blanket.

 

[Ring 6]

I said target

Huh?
Hollins has 3 catches on 8 targets on 3rd and long.
Maye is 27 of 41.
That’s less than 1/5 of the targets (clearly not a “favorite”) and 1/9th of the receptions.
He completes 37.5% of attempts to Hollins on 3rd and long and 72% to everyone else.

You think he will miss the guy he is least effective with?

 

[Tunescribe]

The inability to run the ball has made hollins a huge part of this offense. Think of how many times Maye targets hollins on third and long. This is a crippling injury

Terrible news. He's a huge favorite of Maye on third downs and long situations. They're pretty ****ed. Unless they can magically be able to run the ball effectively I don't see them making much playoff noise without hollins.

You declared the Patriots' season over after the game in Cincinnati. Why do you insist on trolling the team's fans?

 

[Real fan 02]

Terrible news. He's a huge favorite of Maye on third downs and long situations. They're pretty ****ed. Unless they can magically be able to run the ball effectively I don't see them making much playoff noise without hollins.

I wouldn't go as far as saying they are ****ed. Hollins definitely grew on me. He's been a great veteran for Drake and leader. Other guys have to step up and i believe they will.

 

[maust]

The other WRs block just as well.

That is simply not true. Mack Hollins is widely held to be among the best blocking WR's in the game today. The Pats other WR's aren't even built to do it never mind anywhere near as capable. You post a lot of stuff I don't take exception to simply because I'm not willing to help give you your argument fix but that is straight up BS.

That's 1, you have one more to get out of me before you declare victory

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

We need to replace 3 catches for 37 yards by having someone else (Diggs, Williams, Boutte or Douglas) play those snaps

That's misleading.
He got off to a very slow start.
He averaged 54 yards a game over the last 9.

 

[Triumph]

This is a huge injury. He is Maye's security blanket.

Hollins is 6 - 4 with great hands. Not a afraid to block.

 

[Ring 6]

That is simply not true. Mack Hollins is widely held to be among the best blocking WR's in the game today. The Pats other WR's aren't even built to do it never mind anywhere near as capable. You post a lot of stuff I don't take exception to simply because I'm not willing to help give you your argument fix but that is straight up BS.

That's 1, you have one more to get out of me before you declare victory

That is not true. People here think he must be a good blocker because why else would he be on the field. But if you actually watch him block hes no more effective that’s the other WRs.

Be honest you haven’t watched tape of his blocking, you take the “widely held” misconception as factual. I don’t. I watch.

It’s fine to disagree but when you argue “someone told me” vs “I have analyzed” you don’t have a strong disagreement.

Now cower back to your cave.

 

[Ring 6]

That's misleading.
He got off to a very slow start.
He averaged 54 yards a game over the last 9.

And an aside from 1 game he average 39 in his last 7.

We won’t be playing with 10. Someone will be in his spot getting those opportunities and ultimately they are a better receiver than he is.

 

[Thunderhead]

Eye test > stats when it comes to Hollins. If you watch the games his impact is undeniable.

 

[Uptown]

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

And an aside from 1 game he average 39 in his last 7.

We won’t be playing with 10. Someone will be in his spot getting those opportunities and ultimately they are a better receiver than he is.

If you watch the games instead of just blindly stating other WRs will be better you should know that is not true.
Who is coming in and catching balls over the middle that are 7.5 feet in the air. I will tell you who, no one.

 

[Ring 6]

If you watch the games instead of just blindly stating other WRs will be better you should know that is not true.
Who is coming in and catching balls over the middle that are 7.5 feet in the air. I will tell you who, no one.

Everything I say is based upon watching the games. I’m not saying he can’t make a play, I’m saying the guys who will take his place are better receivers. Not being 6’4” doesn’t make you a worse receiver.

But yeah if that one play should ever happen again and Maye throws it the same height to a shorter guy (which he probably wouldn’t) then we wouldn’t have that play, but we wild add others by the other guys being more capable of getting open

 

[ctpatsfan77]

You declared the Patriots' season over after the game in Cincinnati. Why do you insist on trolling the team's fans?

Because some people hate joy.

 

[Ring 6]

Eye test > stats when it comes to Hollins. If you watch the games his impact is undeniable.

The impact is expressed in production. The production will be replaced by whoever takes his place.

Compare to baseball, a .220 hitter gets hits, just not as frequently as a better hitter. If he gets injured after 500 at bats and you say Oh my God how can we replace 110 hits, you are looking at it wrong.

 

[Steve102]

 

[TheRainMaker]

Coming from a guy who didn't care for the signing, I'm bummed he's out. This is a major blow to the offense. I was starting to like his "climbing the ladder" celebration that rubbed off on teammates. Clutch catches all season.

 

[n1997y]

Because some people hate joy.

They’re not happy until you’re not happy.

Too common these days. It’s not the only way to find happiness, just seems to be the only way too many folks know.