BobDigital
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While the offense and defense are more important topics, I think the STs deserves a mention. This unit has gotten a major overhaul this year.
The top STs players by snap count in 2017 for the Patriots were.
Richards (gone)
J. Jones
Bademosi (gone)
Bolden (gone)
King
M. Flowers (gone)
Getting Ebner back is big for that unit. He lead the unit in snaps in 2016 so he will do a lot of fill the hole. As will 'knock on wood' a full year of Slater. But the fact is the Patriots have lost a lot of their STs snaps and they will need to be replaced.
To dig even deeper, one has to wonder about J. Jones role on STs. If he needs to start the year as the nickle CB because Dawson isn't up to speed then does it effect his STs snaps.?
I am not hitting the panic button on this unit at all. I think we have great players here. But a lot does need to be sorted out and it will be interesting to see if there are any hiccups early on.
The top STs players by snap count in 2017 for the Patriots were.
Richards (gone)
J. Jones
Bademosi (gone)
Bolden (gone)
King
M. Flowers (gone)
Getting Ebner back is big for that unit. He lead the unit in snaps in 2016 so he will do a lot of fill the hole. As will 'knock on wood' a full year of Slater. But the fact is the Patriots have lost a lot of their STs snaps and they will need to be replaced.
To dig even deeper, one has to wonder about J. Jones role on STs. If he needs to start the year as the nickle CB because Dawson isn't up to speed then does it effect his STs snaps.?
I am not hitting the panic button on this unit at all. I think we have great players here. But a lot does need to be sorted out and it will be interesting to see if there are any hiccups early on.