Patriots officially sign Jamie Collins

[Ring 6]

~12 minutes. Maybe 18 minutes if I've been drinking,

Then I’d say yes, do it.

 

[Patsgofor4]

He hasn't, actually. He's getting tackle numbers like Monty Beisel / Gary Guyton 2.0.
The best way to probably see this is look up highlight videos not of the pats, but look at the week1 Dolphins highlight video, week2 Jets video, week3 Saints video. Bentley misses guys all over the place and takes bad angles.

Why do you think his snap count keeps going lower and lower every game? I'm glad Van Noy is back and him plus Hightower are slowly getting their legs back. But just go get Collins, that gives the team 4 vets plus Uche, then go find a big fat NT to fix the defensive line.

Bentley has been their best LB this year. He has not been their problem. I don’t recall Hightower making a single notable or impactful play this year. He has been invisible. Van Noy obviously missed the Jets game but when he has played has been inconsistent.

Collins disappeared in the second half of the year in 2019 but now that he has been cut and is not going to cost much from a salary standpoint I would be in favor of signing him. I think he still has fans in Belichick and Patricia and remains close with several veteran players, so I would think that the Pats should be the odds on favorite to sign him.

 

[ashley]

Can't believe I just saw that he was released by the Lions. Not sure if there is any room for him, but he knows the system and could provide good quality depth...I'd rather see him on the field than Langi. lol

 

[Pats1971]

Can't believe I just saw that he was released by the Lions. Not sure if there is any room for him, but he knows the system and could provide good quality depth...I'd rather see him on the field than Langi. lol

Not really an area of need. The pats have like 20 linebackers.

 

[TheRainMaker]

I'd rather have him than Bentley.

 

[DaBruinz]

Say no to Collins. The fact that Detroit couldn't give him away speaks volumes.

 

[DaBruinz]

I don't get the Lions. Why cut Collins now? It seems clear they had no intention of keeping him. Why not cut him before the roster was set and his salary became guaranteed? He had a $3.8 million base salary this year. If they knew they were going to try to unload him, why not before the start of the season and save that $3.8 million of guarantees. They are going to take a massive cap hit already.

In fact, they screwed up and already converted $5 million of base salary into a signing bonus during the offseason. So it looks like that means that is $8.8 million that they didn't have to pay the guy if they just cut the guy in the offseason.

Because they weren't sure they were going to cut him. It was only the play of their rookie LB Derrick Barnes that made Collins expendable.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Just what this defense needs. Another older player taking snaps away from Uche, Dugger, etc.

Jamie Collins doesn’t play MLB. The only way you get him on the field is take off Judon, Van Noy, Hightower or the sub package players.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I think Jamie Collins would immediately be better than Bentley. And he'll make Hightower better too. Collins is not an edge guy. When he left he was an elite pass coverage LB a bit like Roman Pfifer.

PFF: Jamie Collins leads all linebackers in coverage grade this season

Jamie Collins has been a significant piece in this New England Patriots defense. They've played lights out this season, while allowing only 6.9 points per game through seven weeks. This defense has accrued 18 interceptions, 26 sacks and seven forced…

patriotswire.usatoday.com

 

[Ross12]

Just a note, Bentley might be injured and Hightower hasn't looked like the guy he used to be. Might be a role for Collins even if it's not a big one.

 

[jah]

Can't believe I just saw that he was released by the Lions. Not sure if there is any room for him, but he knows the system and could provide good quality depth...I'd rather see him on the field than Langi. lol

There are some people who legitimately get upset at the idea of cutting Langi. It blows my mind

 

[Uptown]

Never pay Jamie Collins to play for you, because eventually someone else will pay Jamie Collins to play for you..

 

[notex]

100% yes for me....

 

[pats_premi]

yes for me. Best blitzing LB from the middle. With Judson, Uche on the edge and Collins from the middle could be scary good defense.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

yes for me. Best blitzing LB from the middle. With Judson, Uche on the edge and Collins from the middle could be scary good defense.

Collins was almost a defensive player of the year the first 10 weeks of 2019. And an elite elite pass defender at the ILB spot

 

[Uptown]

 

[Ross12]

Beautiful. With the LBs seemingly being prone to injury lately, maybe he will see snaps after all. They’ve promoted that practice squad LB to the 53 two games in a row now.

 

[signbabybrady]

Good I don't want to see Langi out there in the 4th quarter

 

[farn]

Hightower’s fav player in the League !

 

[Uptown]

Next, trade for Da Burkmeister.