Three Waiver Wire Pickups

[manxman2601]

Braxton Cave OC Notre Dame (Browns)

Chris Barker OG Nevada (Dolphins)

AJ Francis DT Maryland (Dolphins)


Cave and Francis are interesting names.

 

[manxman2601]

AJ Francis, according to PFF was the 6th best DT in pre-season and the best defensive player for the Dolphins. Also gives us Terrapin backups.

 

[Sciz]

Those three give the Pats 8 undrafted rookies on their roster plus 7 draft picks. They still need to make one more cut, and even if that's a rookie, the roster will be about 26% rookies.

 

[Brady6]

One pretty cool aspect of the Francis pickup is him and Vellano played side-by-side at Maryland, so they will be really comfortable working with each other. I really like the Francis pick, I do not know much about the other 2 players.

 

[ATippett56]

Patriots get former Dolphin A.J. Francis - Miami Dolphins Blog - ESPN

 

[manxman2601]

One pretty cool aspect of the Francis pickup is him and Vellano played side-by-side at Maryland, so they will be really comfortable working with each other. I really like the Francis pick, I do not know much about the other 2 players.

Braxton Cave was Notre Dame's center. Was fairly highly regarded for most of the draft season (mid-rounder) but didn't perform all that well at the Senior Bowl. He's not the most dominating lineman in the world but coming from that Notre Dame team isn't a bad pedigree.

 

[ATippett56]

A.J. Francis | Maryland, DT : 2013 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Those three give the Pats 8 undrafted rookies on their roster plus 7 draft picks. They still need to make one more cut, and even if that's a rookie, the roster will be about 26% rookies.

Svitek, Cole, and Washington weren't at practice today. Svitek was limping in 4th game -- could be just resting, could be going on in-season IR. Not aware of injuries to Cole and Washington, so one of them could be outright cuts.

 

[bigballas]

well, the word on the street is pats tried to sign Francis to practice squad but he declined...then they put in a claim for him....hmmm

https://twitter.com/AdamHBeasley/status/374209076290650112

 

[Brady6]

Francis seems like a pretty cool kat…

Larger than life: Six things you don't know about A.J. Francis - The Diamondback : Homecoming Guide

 

[Patriot Missile]

Seems like a solid signing by most accounts. Dolphins don't seem happy about it.

 

[Ozymandias]

The adding of two O-Linemen means Josh Kline's cut will be in order shortly.

 

[ATippett56]

Source: Pats fill roster with OL Cave - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

 

[manxman2601]

AJ Francis vs NC State (2012) - YouTube


#96 A.J. Francis -Maryland Terrapins- Senior Highlight Tape - YouTube

 

[Brady6]

Braxton Cave was Notre Dame's center. Was fairly highly regarded for most of the draft season (mid-rounder) but didn't perform all that well at the Senior Bowl. He's not the most dominating lineman in the world but coming from that Notre Dame team isn't a bad pedigree.

Thanks for the information, he sounds like a good pickup, he fits a need on the interior which is important. I had aspiration for the Matt Stankiewitch when he initially signed, but he didn’t really do too much in camp or preseason, so this kid hopefully will be a better fit.

I have to assume Kline will be shown the door once they’re sure Cave is the right fit for us.

 

[manxman2601]

Francis seems like a pretty cool kat…

Larger than life: Six things you don't know about A.J. Francis - The Diamondback : Homecoming Guide

From that article:

He will garner headlines with his vivid account of “Grandpa Shaky,”

Was Brady foreshadowing this signing?

 

[Brady6]

The adding of two O-Linemen means Josh Kline's cut will be in order shortly.

Unless Connolly or Cannon reinjured themselves I would expect only 1 of the 3 OL (Kline, Cave, Barker) to remain on the roster, right now I think they’re doing some 1 day tryouts.

 

[manxman2601]

Washington is gone:

The #Patriots have cut RB-KR Leon Washington, per source. Should get lots of looks elsewhere. #Jets #Seahawks.

https://twitter.com/DWAZ73/status/374249606470975488

 

[ATippett56]

Braxston Cave | Notre Dame, C : 2013 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

 

[patsinthesnow]

4 dedicated RBs and a FB, now thats more like it.

If Vereen were to get injured, would you rather Ridley be a 3 down RB pr make Bolden the 3rd down RB?