South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore has met with Pats

[Henroc]

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[VJCPatriot]

Do we really need another RB though? Ridley is beasting and we have Demps coming in next year. Vereen has shown positive signs. Bolden is cheap and decent. I guess if Woodhead leaves then we might have room at the inn. But probably no sooner than round 3 considering the depth at the position and our lack of picks.

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Marcus lattimore has met with pats

Do we really need another RB though? Ridley is beasting and we have Demps coming in next year. Vereen has shown positive signs. Bolden is cheap and decent. I guess if Woodhead leaves then we might have room at the inn. But probably no sooner than round 3 considering the depth at the position and our lack of picks.

Ridley got his clock cleaned bad, his days just got alot shorter as a football player. IMO

 

[VJCPatriot]

Ridley got his clock cleaned bad, his days just got alot shorter as a football player. IMO

1. A single hard hit does not shorten someone's career. Multiple concussions in the same season can though.

2. I hate Bernard Pollard.

 

[Joey007]

Ridley got his clock cleaned bad, his days just got alot shorter as a football player. IMO

It was one head injury, so as long as he doesnt keep getting them he will be fine. And it wasnt like he had a keg injury or anything.

 

[Wilfork#75]

While RB isn't a position of need, if we can trade pack and get some extra picks, I would have absolutely no problem with Lattimore (assuming the medical checks out). Before the injury I had him rated higher than I rated Richardson and I think he can still be a quality RB in the NFL. If we lose Woodhead I could see Ridley and Lattimore sharing carry's on early downs with Vereen the primary 3rd down back, Demps a 5 snap a game weapon out of the backfield or split wide and Bolden as the 5th RB and mostly inactive.

 

[Joey007]

1. A single hard hit does not shorten someone's career. Multiple concussions in the same season can though.

2. I hate Bernard Pollard.

1.Agreed

2.AGREED

 

[DocHoliday]

Marcus lattimore has met with pats

Would be a great replacement to Bolden.

 

[Kontradiction]

Re: Marcus lattimore has met with pats

Would be a great replacement to Bolden.

Very much agreed. But it would depend on how far he drops in the draft and how healthy that leg is. When healthy, Lattimore had the makings of a top 10 pick.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Why do we want to replace Bolden again? The only RB that can push Ridley when healthy and was taking over his job before he got hurt/suspended.

 

[manxman2601]

Why do we want to replace Bolden again? The only RB that can push Ridley when healthy and was taking over his job before he got hurt/suspended.

Because Lattimore is a potential franchise RB and Bolden isn't. Considering we may be losing Brady in two years, a franchise RB would be a nice asset.

 

[Kontradiction]

Why do we want to replace Bolden again? The only RB that can push Ridley when healthy and was taking over his job before he got hurt/suspended.

I have to think that you haven't watched Lattimore when he was healthy with a statement like that. Lattimore when healthy >>>>>>>>>>>>> Bolden.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Because Lattimore is a potential franchise RB and Bolden isn't. Considering we may be losing Brady in two years, a franchise RB would be a nice asset.

I have to think that you haven't watched Lattimore when he was healthy with a statement like that. Lattimore when healthy >>>>>>>>>>>>> Bolden.

I'm a big Bolden fan obviously; his draft stock plummeted like Lattimore's stock. He's a 5'11 220 pound 4.45 RB (when healthy) that can catch out of the backfield. Let's compare their last healthy years, both SEC RBs:

Bolden's junior year:

163 carries 924 yards 14 TDs 5.7 ypc 32 receptions 354 yards 3 TDs

Lattimore's freshman year:

249 carries 1197 yards 17 TDs 4.8ypc 29 receptions 412 yards 2 TDs

Bolden isn't your typical stiff UDFA RB. He made the 53 man roster despite 2 preseason fumbles on PR. He looked way more explosive than Ridley in the Buffalo and Seattle games. I think if he works hard at it like Foster did his 2nd season he wins the starting RB job.
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Obviously Lattimore is talented but it's moot. He's going to go late 1st/early 2nd like McGahee did despite being projected mid-3rd.

 

[Brady6]

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If he is around in the 7th or as a UDFA he is a no brainer. Top 10 talent if healthy. Let him spend the first year on IR and then see what you have for year 2..

 

[s3antana5757]

If he is around in the 7th or as a UDFA he is a no brainer. Top 10 talent if healthy. Let him spend the first year on IR and then see what you have for year 2..

He'll go around 3 or 4 IMO. NO way he makes it that far.

 

[manxman2601]

Thanks to terrific Tom and the new cap space, hopefully most needs will be met in FA and BB will be in a position to pick Lattimore. Every year I fall in love with a RB and I've managed to hold off until now this time. But Marcus Lattimore running behind Tom Brady for the next five years? Man I'd love that.

 

[ForThoseAboutToRock]

With the flat cap leaving many teams in jail, I think they'll be less likely to spend earlier picks on injured rookies who won't help until 2014.

It'd be some real nice franchise building for the Patriots to stash a potential high value guy like Lattimore, similar to Demps last pre-season. I expect other cap healthy teams to be willing to take a risk on him too - perhaps the Colts.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Do we really need another RB though? Ridley is beasting and we have Demps coming in next year. Vereen has shown positive signs. Bolden is cheap and decent. I guess if Woodhead leaves then we might have room at the inn. But probably no sooner than round 3 considering the depth at the position and our lack of picks.

I would be excited to take Lattimore in the third round, give him a redshirt year to get healthy and strengthen the knee, then put this RB beast in the Pats lineup for 2014. (All this dependent on what the doctors say his recovery chances are.)

PS: If Woodhead leaves, I want the Pats to take Rex Burkhead in the 7th round to replace him and give him the same number. No one will know Woodhead left if that happens.

 

[dryheat44]

Of all the positions on the team, punter excepted, RB is the one of least need -- even if we lose Woodhead. It's also the one that I feel is the least important to the teams success. Unless he's one of the alltime greats, RBs are pretty much fungible.

Lattimore was great as his freshman. I'm not going to gamble on his ability to stay healthy though -- and he'll almost certainly never become a stud RB. I think his ceiling is probably Jonathan Stewart. About 10 good RBs come out of the draft every year, and about 5 productive ones get to free agency -- there's no need to use a draft pick in a year that we have very few draft picks to stash a longshot project on IR.

I'm rooting for the guy, but I don't want him.

 

[rdf63]

I have no questions about his talent along with the accomplishments:

2011 All-SEC 2nd Team (AP, Coaches)
2010 All-America 2nd Team (WCFF, Scout.com)
2010 All-SEC 1st Team (AP, Coaches)
2010 Freshman of the Year (The Sporting News)
2010 SEC Freshman of the Year

The problem is he may not be able to play in 2013. Was he be worth be looked a tby the Pats? Absolutely. How high a pick would I use for him? 4th round if the Pats had it but since they don't, 7th.