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If he doesn't make the team after us trading Chandler, there will be a lot of angry Pat fans!!!
Yeah but it's not like BB will care about that. God bless him!
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I would move Harbor up to the Lock category
Reiss' assessment strikes me as overly optimistic for some of these guys, so I'm curious about others' thoughts.
The obligatory ESPN link:
Assessing where all 13 Patriots offseason acquisitions fit
The summary:
SUREFIRE LOCKS
MIDDLE GROUND
- TE Martellus Bennett
- G Jonathan Cooper
- WR Chris Hogan
- DT Terrance Knighton
- DE Chris Long
- LB Shea McClellin
LONGER ODDS
- CB E.J. Biggers
- RB Donald Brown
- TE Clay Harbor
- DT Markus Kuhn
- WR Nate Washington
- LB Ramon Humber
- DT Frank Kearse
Of course they can be. The pats spent a lot of money and draft capital to acquire bennett, cooper, hogan, etc. they are not going to cut them before they play their first season with the team.
Outside of injury, this team is likely to have
Edelman
Gronk
Bennett
as the top 3 targets, and in that order.
That's certainly possible. But defenses could also go consistently to "pack the middle of the field" kinds of schemes. Edelman and Gronk would still get plenty of production in such cases, but Hogan could easily be top 3 in that scenario.
They paid Reggie Wayne $450K and he only lasted 12 days.
Report: Reggie Wayne felt playing for Pats was 'too tough' and 'not fun'
True, but I said free agents signings CAN be locks - it depends on the player. Besides Wayne left the team in his own.
Part of me wonders if they will try to ease up on Jule's workload. Last year he was on a pace for 160 or so targets. That's a heavy workload. In 2014 he was in the 130s. In 2013 he was in the 150s.
With DA, Hogan, Bennett and more running attempts they could if they so desired.
I think they have multiple angles for easing workloads, including but not limited to:
- Bennett taking snaps in 1-TE sets.
- Many guys taking touches from Edelman.
- Other RBs taking snaps from Lewis.
- As you say, possibly more running plays as well.