Contract and use of Hughes

[long distance]

At first sight Hughes' contract could look like a short term rental.


But there are reasons to believe Pats are seeing a possible future here



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Id be delighted and not too surprised if Hughes turns out productive here. Maybe not exactly Hicks 2.0 but productive rotational player nevertheless.

Short term .. he could be important piece on Sunday not only as rotational “beef“ .. I could envision him also in DT/DE position together with 2 of Brown/Branch/Valentine .. to better cover up the possible absence of Hightower (look at #93 on the left in the video)



In any case - great move that could pay dividends immediately and possibly in the future .. w absolutely no risk
(now that A Johnson is back in the stable)

 

[RobertWeathers]

At first sight Hughes contract could look like a short term rental.


But there are reasons to believe Pats are seeing a possible future here



_

Id be delighted and not too surprised if Hughes turns out productive here. Maybe not exactly Hicks 2.0 but productive rotational player nevertheless.

Short term .. he could be important piece on Sunday not only as rotational “beef“ .. I could envision him also in DT/DE position together with 2 of Brown/Branch/Valentine .. to better cover up the possible absence of Hightower (look at #93 on the left in the video)



In any case - great move that could pay dividends immediately and possibly in the future .. w absolutely no risk
(now that A Johnson is back in the stable)

I have no idea if Hughes will be good or not here but with Branch getting a little long in the tooth and his contract up they need to find an adequate replacement.

 

[Uptown]

WTF?!?..

Patriots Release DL John Hughes, Sign TE Greg Scruggs - NFLTradeRumors.co

 

[ctpatsfan77]

WTF?!?..

Patriots Release DL John Hughes, Sign TE Greg Scruggs - NFLTradeRumors.co

 

[meatface]

welp, I guess not

 

[PatsGuy]

At first sight Hughes' contract could look like a short term rental.


But there are reasons to believe Pats are seeing a possible future here



_

Id be delighted and not too surprised if Hughes turns out productive here. Maybe not exactly Hicks 2.0 but productive rotational player nevertheless.

Short term .. he could be important piece on Sunday not only as rotational “beef“ .. I could envision him also in DT/DE position together with 2 of Brown/Branch/Valentine .. to better cover up the possible absence of Hightower (look at #93 on the left in the video)



In any case - great move that could pay dividends immediately and possibly in the future .. w absolutely no risk
(now that A Johnson is back in the stable)

long Distance nailed it as a "short term rental"

 

[Tuck]

Huh?

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[TBR]

I also thought Hughes could end up being useful. I guess not..

He was just cut for a TE named Greg Scruggs who switched from DE this off-season.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

Wouldn't be surprised if Scruggs is gone on Monday with Hughes back. Hughes gets paid for the week, maybe not ready to play, gets cut for needed roster spot, back on Monday. We'll see.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

wait...why did we cut Hughes days after we just signed him?

 

[Mack Herron]

Wouldn't be surprised if Scruggs is gone on Monday with Hughes back. Hughes gets paid for the week, maybe not ready to play, gets cut for needed roster spot, back on Monday. We'll see.

At least Bill finally made a move to shore up the TE position. Next week: safety.

 

[meatface]

Wouldn't be surprised if Scruggs is gone on Monday with Hughes back. Hughes gets paid for the week, maybe not ready to play, gets cut for needed roster spot, back on Monday. We'll see.

i would be shocked if he wasnt gone, especially because the pats will have to clear two roster spots

 

[meatface]

wait...why did we cut Hughes day after we just signed him?

4 days after we signed him, but who knows

 

[Mack Herron]

Wouldn't be surprised if Scruggs is gone on Monday with Hughes back. Hughes gets paid for the week, maybe not ready to play, gets cut for needed roster spot, back on Monday. We'll see.

Looks very much like a short term thing. Scruggs is 277 with 0 catches and Cannon questionable. Still, we have 5 TEs.

 

[Mike the Brit]

Anthony Johnson

 

[JMC00]

Slight problem with Lyoko's take is Waddle is still on the team so Waddle would be the one replacing Fleming.

Think it is more likely to mean Gronk will be inactive.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Yet they have AJ Derby who has been inactive the last two weeks. Guess they really must be unimpressed with Derby's blocking ability so far if they're going to play a guy who just got the playbook today instead.

 

[JMC00]

Anthony Johnson

On the practice squad

 

[anditsgood]

Looks very much like a short term thing. Scruggs is 277 with 0 catches and Cannon questionable. Still, we have 5 TEs.

that is what i was thinking,
head scratcher