Gronk is psyched to play alongside Bennett...

[RobertWeathers]

What really separeted AH to everyone is that he, like Edelman for instance, knew how to properly adjust his routes, which is super important to the Pats' receivers. I can't predict how well Bennet will do this, but i'm very confident, he seems to have great ball instincts

Great points. Agree

As a receiver, Hernandez is better than Bennet, but he doesn't come close to as good as a blocker (And he was a decent blocker, off the line)

AH a decent in-line blocker? Not sure about that.

AH was probably a better receiver. Lotta drops in his last year. He was hurt but also had that injured index finger on his right hand.

 

[Ross12]

Gronk-Bennett-Edelman-Hogan-Lewis

Harbor-Williams-Amendola-Mitchell/Washington-Blount/Bolden

Our B-squad 2-TE 2-WR 1-RB offense is still pretty decent...

 

[RobertWeathers]

Gronk-Bennett-Edelman-Hogan-Lewis

Harbor-Williams-Amendola-Mitchell/Washington-Blount/Bolden

Our B-squad 2-TE 2-WR 1-RB offense is still pretty decent...

People are sleeping on Keyshawn Martin. Because of his ST and schematic versatility, I think he is making the team before Washington

 

[Ross12]

People are sleeping on Keyshawn Martin. Because of his ST and schematic versatility, I think he is making the team before Washington

True, but I felt like "Mitchell/Martin/Washington" was too long for my purposes. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Martin made the team - very versatile player.

 

[RobertWeathers]

True, but I felt like "Mitchell/Martin/Washington" was too long for my purposes. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Martin made the team - very versatile player.

I hear you.

In theory he could be easily cut as he is the clear-cut 5th WR as Mitchell will make the team.

 

[jmt57]

What may possibly be the best potential weapon in the arsenal is not one specific player or package, but rather the almost infinite number of packages that the Patriots can trot out onto the field. It could potentially be a nightmare for opponents to prepare and game plan for.

An opponent could study last week's game, prepare based off of that, and then see a different offense based on different packages when they play the Patriots.

(Insert sinister evil mad scientist diabolical laugh here.)

 

[Love The Drake]

Injuries will sort it all out.

 

[Love The Drake]

I for one would rather have a Devin Lucien than a Brandon Boldin.

 

[JayNM]

AH a decent in-line blocker? Not sure about that.

AH was probably a better receiver. Lotta drops in his last year. He was hurt but also had that injured index finger on his right hand.

Oh, not in line, but he was great blocking for receiver down the field and for running backs. Very underrated

 

[Gronkowski123]

brady being suspended ****s all of this up.

 

[RobertWeathers]

brady being suspended ****s all of this up.

With this offense Jimmy will do just fine if that is the case.

 

[PatsBoy12]

I would be too. I don't think Gronk missed a game when AHern played alongside him. Bennett's signing has the added benefit of Brady not overly relying on Gronk at the position. Both guys will still get plenty of targets but less tread.

 

[n1997y]

I for one would rather have a Devin Lucien than a Brandon Boldin.

gotta disagree. Until Lucien proves himself to be one of the top ST players on the roster he's nowhere near as valuable as Boldin.

 

[TB12TheGoat]

Dare I say it... Are we looking at the best offense in team history... Even over the greatest offense ever (2007)

 

[PP2]

What may possibly be the best potential weapon in the arsenal is not one specific player or package, but rather the almost infinite number of packages that the Patriots can trot out onto the field. It could potentially be a nightmare for opponents to prepare and game plan for.

An opponent could study last week's game, prepare based off of that, and then see a different offense based on different packages when they play the Patriots.

(Insert sinister evil mad scientist diabolical laugh here.)

That is what we started off with last season before Edelman got injured. We'd just run a vanilla offense the first series to get a feel for what defense the other team was running at us and adjust accordingly, and keep adjusting.

We may be able to return to that dynamic offense if the new players can pick up on the offense quickly enough- may be asking too much of them to do that, but we'll see.

 

[1960Pats]

AH was probably a better receiver. Lotta drops in his last year. He was hurt but also had that injured index finger on his right hand.

His trigger finger?

 

[RobertWeathers]

His trigger finger?

Yes, a sad joke....

 

[1960Pats]

Yes, a sad joke....

Maybe we're getting desensitized to all the violence.

 

[signbabybrady]

Dare I say it... Are we looking at the best offense in team history... Even over the greatest offense ever (2007)

Yes

 

[Gronk]

Dare I say it... Are we looking at the best offense in team history... Even over the greatest offense ever (2007)