The Injured Four Could Be Kept on PUP, NFI and made DTR on cut day

[mgteich]

We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.

 

[n1997y]

We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.

Has anybody heard anything about how Brown and Bryant really are?

Or are we all just guessing and projecting the net sum of our fears and hopes?

 

[DaBruinz]

Has anybody heard anything about how Brown and Bryant really are?

Or are we all just guessing and projecting the net sum of our fears and hopes?

We haven't heard anything about Brown since the injury. The fact that he wasn't immediately IRed and gone for the season is good news. At worst, I expect him IRed at Cut-Downs.


There have been zero updates on Bryant's ankle injury. I don't believe he spoke to the media after the game. Which is usually indicative of a decent injury. The fact he wasn't immediately IRed says that the Pats figure him to be back.

So, it's a fairly accurate assumption that Bryant will hit the In-Season IR and will get DTRed when he's ready.. Brown may or may not get IRed depending on how he's doing. If he's not, then the Pats will likely carry Campbell, Moses, Lomu, and Crownover. for the OTs. They'll carry AVT, Wilson, Onwenu, Van Roten and either Rizy or Hudson. Rizy acutally gives them more depth because he plays all 5 positions during his college career, but he'll likely be focused on C/G Especially with Van Roten in front of him who also can kick out to T in an emergency and has done so.

According to Vrabes, there is an outside change that both Landry and Schooler could be activated by Cutdowns. I figure they both will move to the respective Reserve Lists for PUP/NFI.