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he New England Patriots downgraded rookie outside linebacker Ronnie Perkins to out for Monday’s AFC East matchup with the Buffalo Bills.
This rookie has not even been on the field in Regular season. What is wrong with him?
He seemed fairly raw to me from what I could see coming out of college. I think there are some teams where he would have played a specialist role, but his responsibilities as an OLB here are more varied than he'd seen before, and there are four guys ahead of him on the depth chart (Judon, Van Noy, Uche, Winovich), plus Collins and Hightower play some outside snaps throughout the game too. If he was a first round pick I'd be a little more worried, but we've seen them take project picks in the third and beyond before. Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't, but next year will be interesting to watch for him. He's super athletic and all the stories coming out of college were about him having a great energy, so if he can learn the nuances of the position with a red shirt year, he should be an asset going forward.