WinstonSmith
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.If the Pats can't put their hands in a good TE in the draft I can see that happening.
You might need to change your screen name to signbabybledsoe.
What? Not Scott Secules?Yes, we will be going after Bledsoe once Brady retires.
No way....for that to happen Mo Lewis would have to unretire, and after that Brady would have to unretire....wow this is getting so confusing!!!Yes, we will be going after Bledsoe once Brady retires.
No because the imbeciles in the hall of shame selection committee are also moronsAny Russ Francis sightings around Foxboro?
I would take him ahead of ASJ and everybody else currently in the TE room in a heartbeat.Yes. At worst he still offers camp competition for ASJ.
We wouldn't have to worry about him learning the plays. He was the 2nd smartest receiver we ever had, and one of the fastest.I would take him ahead of ASJ and everybody else currently in the TE room in a heartbeat.
Only if we can sign someone young of the same quality. I like Ben but the Pats are becoming an old folk home.
In BB I Trust.
Go Pats
I really like Watson as a man and as a player, but not sure he would be interested in coming back to NE as he seems to be firmly entrenched in the NOLA culture..
His wife is expecting to deliver twins in May... so another reason he may not want to be too far from home..
Your shameless pre-Belichick/flying Elvis Patriots gimmick is hilarious. Keep doing you, it’s fantastic.No because the imbeciles in the hall of shame selection committee are also morons
I understand that concern. however, the Patriots need TE production (one might say desperately so). I just don't think the right approach is to rely on newbys at TE and let them figure it out in 2019 (and 2020?) while the extremely small window for Brady (and probably BB) is rapidly closing. IMHO without a TE who can catch 40 to 50 -- most especially some of those ultra critical 3 and 3s and a handful of 2nd/3rd and goals - will make an otherwise doable SB repeat notably less likely (the difference between being the bridesmaid instead of the bride is often a handful of plays). TE in today's NFL is that important, IMHO.
I'm actually hopeful (fan speak for praying) ASJ will be that guy. Yet that is at best an optimistic unlikelihood (pardon the oxymoron). Benjamin Watson (or Bennett as another example) coming out of retirement, showing in preseason they can do it, taking a nice but heavy incentivized contract and filling that role for one year?? That probably is the best realistic option for this glaring TE need. And while this may raise the Patriots' bill for Geritol, when the difference between the W or the L is someone MUST make a play, I expect the aged vet to make that play due to understanding the situation and the ability to pull something out of their bag of tricks, both things the aged vet should be capable of via their many years of experience.
(this doesn't preclude drafting a top TE prospect, which I am totally for)