Player Signing Pats sign RB/ST Trayveon Williams

[DarrylS]

CNN, the consummate source on the NFL, is predicting the Pats will go 9-8....
Everybody place their bets now..

 

[Hart Lee Chung]

He looks good on paper. Unless he has lost a big step he may have just gotten lost in the shuffle. Good acquisition.

 

[mgteich]

Good point. But it may be hard to get any CB with a real chance to threaten for a roster spot without some kind of signing bonus. As it is such a premium position.

As for CB. I was thinking Minor might be enough, but yeah they could do better there. Still think we picked the wrong Cobee/Kobe at DB with the final pick. But not my call.

So, we simply accept that we have no plan other than to hope for no injury and to accept that the #5 (and/or 6th) will be at the level of Bolden and Dial?

Of course, Woodson is a fine replacement at nickel if Jones is injured.

 

[The Gr8est]

RB was one of the only spots without competition going into camp. They wanted to give the guys projected to make the roster better competition than Terrell Jennings as a camp body. Vrabel has said many times (in a more eloquent way) that he wants his players to have to fight for their spot. To be pushed. He really believes in it.

My guess is he saw who they were up against and that Gibson and Larison were too comfortable. Wanted to give them more of a challenge. Looking at the roster now, i don't think he looking to add competition anywhere else. Some spots will have more, some will have less, just how it goes. But i think he feels he has reach the minimum amount needed to light a fire under anyone not considered a lock already. If he were to add someone else he may go TE. But I'm guessing he thinks Bell is enough to push Dipree.

Hard to see a UDFA being too comfortable.