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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.There is no way he has to beat out Lewis. Lewis is def gona make the team since they gave up a draft pick to use him and speficially went out of their way to get him.
We'll see how he does, sounds like he needs to hit the Juggs machine and work on his balance.
I mention balance because it became an issue in rookie camp. You can blame the surface, but the player needs to compensate for the surface, which goes beyond cleats, something the kid can learn from to be better - if he was filling in for a dinged up Welker in the playoffs, I don't care how slick the field is, he needs to make the cut and stay on his feet, cleats or no cleats.Not real sure why you mention balance,,this is the player that an opposing coach calls Houdini, making two defensive players run into one another. Supposedly there was alot of sliping at the minin camp, but that have been due to the wet grass, wrong cleats,,
As far as making the team, that's what preseason is all about. I would think the easiest WR position to compare would be the old, one year contract Galloway versus the young, upcoming, cheap multiple rolled rookie.
That'll be fun to watch,,
hopefully
Slater is a top special teamer. If Edleman makes the team, he will need to beat out Lewis for a roster spot, presuming that Tate is not on the 53-man roster.
I mention balance because it became an issue in rookie camp. You can blame the surface, but the player needs to compensate for the surface, which goes beyond cleats, something the kid can learn from to be better - if he was filling in for a dinged up Welker in the playoffs, I don't care how slick the field is, he needs to make the cut and stay on his feet, cleats or no cleats.
Why would Edelman have to beat out Lewis for a spot? The Pats have carried 6 receivers in the past. And at one point, 7.
We do have folks coming back to compete for the #5, #6 and #7 WR/ST positions if they exist: Slater, Ventrone and Aiken. I can't see Edelman being more valuable to Seeley than those guys.
That may be Db, but just how much can the players and coaches learn if they're falling down from bad footing? If you're trying to teach kids to execute the fundamentals, slipping/falling when they're trying to cut is more likely to get them injured vice educated. NE's trainers use those fields all the time, they know what equipment to provide, so if the kids are slipping it seems reasonable to believe it had more to do with their ability to adjust to the surface and run with with their center of mass over their feet...and perhaps set their feet properly to take full advantage of the cleats' traction.In the play-offs, if he's filling in for Welker, he's going to have the proper cleats on. Your making an assumption that during camp the training staff had extra cleats available or that the kids would have had time to change them. And, if it was just him, you'd have a point, but the way it read was that ALL of the players were having issues with the surface. If that's the case, then its a factor you remove because its one that the team would eliminate accordingly.
Would it be that unusual if neither Slater or Edelman to make the roster?
Whoever wins the returner job, has to be able to do more than just return kicks. Slater has some other ST abilities, but I do not think he is a lock by any means.
That's assuming he isn't making key special teams tackles again nor he isn't kept around as an emergency DB again, BB like versatility in players and his being able to play offense, defense, and special teams in a pinch or mop up could put him in the last receiver slot.
I see Slater as the 53rd member of last years team.
Will there be a year 2 jump in production??
Is there a Juggs machine that does kick-offs??