NFL Free Agency 2022 edition

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Sokol ran a 4.87s 40-yd dash in his pro day. That is s-l-o-w for someone lacking the size to be an in-line TE

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Sokol ran a 4.87s 40-yd dash in his pro day. That is s-l-o-w for someone lacking the size to be an in-line TE

Maybe there was a head wind

 

[TheRainMaker]

Look for Bradberry to go to a contending team that pays him the most money.

 

[DaBruinz]

Patriots claim Matt Sokol off waivers

The Patriots have added to their tight ends room.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

"The Patriots have added to their tight ends room. New England has claimed Matt Sokol off waivers after he was cut by the Lions, according to the transaction wire. Sokol has bounced around in the early part of his career. He’s appeared in two games, both for the Chargers in 2020. He was on the field for 15 offensive snaps and 20 special teams snaps. But he’s had a pair of stints with Los Angeles, Jacksonville, and Detroit since entering the league as an undrafted free agent in 2019."

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Camp body.

 

[Ross12]

The claim of Sokol reminds me that Asiasi and Keene still exist.

 

[n6249c]

The claim of Sokol reminds me that Asiasi and Keene still exist.

And are now both officially superfluous.

 

[long distance]

Expected TE addition (they are still at least one short for TC).

Nice pick up. Relatively experienced and NFL trained (unlike UDFAs) w zero cost.
Sokol was ST standout and very good blocker both at LOS and in space.
Profile that was lacking - at least on 90 roster.
PS candidate with some depth/ST potential.

 

[mgteich]

Patricia may think that his ST skills gives him a shot to win the 3rd TE spot. Patricia knows him from Detroit.

More likely, he is camp body who could make the Practice Squad as a ST backup.

 

[captain stone]

Patriots claim Matt Sokol off waivers

The Patriots have added to their tight ends room.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

"The Patriots have added to their tight ends room. New England has claimed Matt Sokol off waivers after he was cut by the Lions, according to the transaction wire. Sokol has bounced around in the early part of his career. He’s appeared in two games, both for the Chargers in 2020. He was on the field for 15 offensive snaps and 20 special teams snaps. But he’s had a pair of stints with Los Angeles, Jacksonville, and Detroit since entering the league as an undrafted free agent in 2019."

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We needed a 5th TE for TC... But too bad the FO didn't bother attempting to find somebody who doesn't really suck.

 

[captain stone]

And are now both officially superfluous.

Why now? Sokol's hopefully very brief time here shouldn't influence anyone's opinions of Assyassy & Keene in either direction.

 

[Patsgofor4]

Sokol ran a 4.87s 40-yd dash in his pro day. That is s-l-o-w for someone lacking the size to be an in-line TE

6’5” 255 (pro day measurements) is lacking is size to be an inline TE?

23 reps is excellent for a TE (would’ve been the second best bench score at the combine), so he is a strong dude.

4.87 is slow but Lee Smith has carved out a 10 year career as a blocking TE and ran a 4.94 at the combine. Smith was the best blocking TE in the draft that year, so I understand that it is apples and oranges, to some extent.

Redemption, return major themes at MSU pro day

Nine players concluded tumultuous time at Michigan State with the annual pro day in East Lansing.

www.detroitnews.com

Sokol soaring?​

Dantonio singled out tight end Matt Sokol when asked who might have helped his case on Monday. “I thought Matt Sokol did a nice job out there. He ran crisp routes, caught the ball very well,” Dantonio said of the Rochester Adams product.
Sokol caught passes from former MSU graduate transfer quarterback Mickey Macius, and the tight end said he thought he surprised scouts with his routes and fluid running.

“It’s a weird feeling,” Sokol said after the workout. “You’ve been working on thinking about this for a long time from January, watching the combine, knowing that today was your day to perform and have that experience. It’s a little bit of a weight lifted off, it’s over, and you just left it all out there, did the best I could, was happy with how I did, and I think a lot of the guys around here feel that way, too.”

His 23 reps in the bench press would have ranked second among tight ends at the combine. Sokol notched a 30.5-inch vertical jump and a broad jump of 9-feet, 4-inches.


He has bounced around the league quite a bit. The negative spin on this is that he is not good enough to stick on any team. The flipside of that is that multiple teams have seen something in him, in to sign him to their practice squads (twice, for Chargers and Jaguars). He is a longshot to make the team for sure but I suspect that he is a little bit more than just a camp body, in the minds of the coaching staff. They probably see some potential for him to eventually be a core special teams player and short yardage in-line tight end.

 

[State]

Sokol’s parents met at West Point as cadets. He was a QB in high school. Criminally underused at MSU, but he looks the part.

 

[signbabybrady]

We needed a 5th TE for TC... But too bad the FO didn't bother attempting to find somebody who doesn't really suck.

More made up BS by captain I would suspect that every player on every team described as 5th at their position and considered by you to only be there for TC really does suck. Your truly losing it in your attempts to spin everything.

 

[captain stone]

Sokol’s parents met at West Point as cadets. He was a QB in high school. Criminally underused at MSU, but he looks the part.

He looks the part... Until he has to actually do something on the field...

 

[mgteich]

More made up BS by captain I would suspect that every player on every team described as 5th at their position and considered by you to only be there for TC really does suck. Your truly losing it in your attempts to spin everything.

The opposite view is that every signing has a good chance of making the roster.

The reality is that almost all signings are made to provide practice bodies for camp.

And yes, these players are a LONG shot to compete for Practice Squad positions (as are players signed to rosters of other teams).

 

[captain stone]

More made up BS by captain I would suspect that every player on every team described as 5th at their position and considered by you to only be there for TC really does suck. Your truly losing it in your attempts to spin everything.

Another ignorant lemming heard-from...

 

[signbabybrady]

Another ignorant lemming heard-from...

You're the one complaining about guys you yourself said are only here for TC.

 

[signbabybrady]

The opposite view is that every signing has a good chance of making the roster.

The reality is almost all signings are made to provide practice bodies for camp.

And yes, these players are a LONG shot to compete for Practice Squad positions (as are players signed to rosters of other teams.

Obviously. Come on though the grand Captain was trying to indite the FO over the 5th TE a guy he even said would only be here for TC. The Captain is losing it.

 

[DaBruinz]

Another ignorant lemming heard-from...

Captain - He's not an ignorant lemming. But it's no surprise that you think so.

Tell everyone, again, how Antoine Winfield was such a great pick and Dugger was a f'in waste. Tell everyone how Onwenu is a blob who can't play.

You've never admitted to being wrong. You just flip flop to pretending you were right all along.

 

[DaBruinz]

Ziegler and the Raiders continue to tweak their roster. Bryan Edwards gone




Jarvis Landry signs with the Saints: