Demaryius Thomas Re-Signed to 1-Year Deal with Harry on IR

Welcome back DT! Started a new thread since the one about his release has gone quite long now.

If DT is healthy then the Pats have a formidable WR lineup.

Mea culpa, I guess that wasn’t Gronk at the airport.

Bruins29 said:

If DT is healthy then the Pats have a formidable WR lineup.

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Yeah, absolutely formidable, with reinforcements mid-season if Harry can heal up properly. DT as your #3 WR is really something. I guess that makes Dorsett the #4 and Meyers the #5?

This a good news, just wish Harry was also available .

Roster set!

I mean it was pretty telling when Thomas' locker was still intact yesterday.

Ross12 said:

Yeah, absolutely formidable, with reinforcements mid-season if Harry can heal up properly. DT as your #3 WR is really something. I guess that makes Dorsett the #4 and Meyers the #5?

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Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

SammyBlueCat said:

Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

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Huh? You mean over DT and JG because of familiarity?

Who here did NOT expect this?

SammyBlueCat said:

Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

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How?

Hopefully this will be better than his first go around in New England

SammyBlueCat said:

Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

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It's remotely possible I suppose, if DT is not all the way there yet and if Gordon still needs conditioning and is also on his own snap-count of some kind... But I am pretty sure Gordon will be #2 on the depth chart going forward. He was here last year, put up big numbers and seems to be in fine shape to me.

SammyBlueCat said:

Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

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AndyJohnson said:

How?

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Some people want to push him out the door. I gather that he has had a solid summer. Practice is no longer open to the public so we cannot know for sure until the games start and we see the formations used.

SammyBlueCat said:

Some people want to push him out the door. I gather that he has had a solid summer. Practice is no longer open to the public so we cannot know for sure until the games start and we see the formations used.

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He is the 4th or 5th best wr. He has been so-so as a 3/4 and struggled mightily as a 2.
There is just no reason to believe he is ahead of Thomas and Gordon on the depth chart.
It’s like predicting Bentley will play ahead of Hightower.

SammyBlueCat said:

Unpopular opinion: Opening day Dorsett *may* be #2.

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I think they’d be very wise to slowly work DT in against the real football professionals, not the Burger King employees he played last week.

Hopefully, he is full speed by mid season. He’ll give them another excellent weapon. At some point there is a 95% chance Gordon or some other WR will get hurt, etc and they could use full strength DT/Harry, etc even more then.

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PatsWickedPissah said:

Who here did NOT expect this?

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The list wasn't long but it was extinguished...er...distinguished

AndyJohnson said:

He is the 4th or 5th best wr. He has been so-so as a 3/4 and struggled mightily as a 2.
There is just no reason to believe he is ahead of Thomas and Gordon on the depth chart.
It’s like predicting Bentley will play ahead of Hightower.

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One point of contention. Dorsett has been an exceptional 4 (even 3). Filled in nicely last year week 1. Had top 10 hands in the NFL last year and was clutch in the playoffs. His numbers were right in line for what he was supposed to do and he is never injured.

shmessy said:

At some point there is a 95% chance Gordon or some other WR will get hurt, etc and they could use full strength DT/Harry, etc even more then..

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It is unfortunate but true. You now have Merideth in 6 and Harry in 8 waiting.

shmessy said:

I think they’d be very wise to slowly work DT in against the real football professionals, not the Burger King employees he played last week.

Hopefully, he is full speed by mid season. At some point there is a 95% chance Gordon or some other WR will get hurt, etc and they could use full strength DT/Harry, etc even more then.

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Yes we need to worry that a 9 year veteran with almost 700 catches can only exploit scrubs and isn’t able to play against starters so let’s out a rookie or a guy who ended up benched last year out there. That makes a lot of sense