Unsung Hero - Dwayne Allen

[Ian]

I left him out of my blog post but he did a great job last night and truthfully all season as a blocker. If you think about it, this is a situation that really could have gotten nasty with lesser players requesting a trade and not being happy with their role. Instead, Allen has been a trooper and he's done a great job. Wish he was more of a weapon in the passing game, but he definitely deserves a lot of credit for what they were able to do during this championship run.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I left him out of my blog post but he did a great job last night and truthfully all season as a blocker. If you think about it, this is a situation that really could have gotten nasty with lesser players requesting a trade and not being happy with their role. Instead, Allen has been a trooper and he's done a great job. Wish he was more of a weapon in the passing game, but he definitely deserves a lot of credit for what they were able to do during this championship run.

A huge reason for their second half resurgence and the team having a real playoff weapon in the running attack.

 

[manxman2601]

I left him out of my blog post but he did a great job last night and truthfully all season as a blocker. If you think about it, this is a situation that really could have gotten nasty with lesser players requesting a trade and not being happy with their role. Instead, Allen has been a trooper and he's done a great job. Wish he was more of a weapon in the passing game, but he definitely deserves a lot of credit for what they were able to do during this championship run.

I’ve always wished they could find a way to use him more as a receiver in the RZ. But then when you have him, Gronk and Develin blocking in the RZ, you get a rookie RB scoring 6 RZ playoff TDs so swings and roundabouts I suppose.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I’ve always wished they could find a way to use him more as a receiver in the RZ. But then when you have him, Gronk and Develin blocking in the RZ, you get a rookie RB scoring 6 RZ playoff TDs so swings and roundabouts I suppose.

2TE Allen, Gronk, with Develin, behind Shaq Mason and 3time-champion Marcus Cannon off right tackle run is an elite grouping.

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[mgteich]

I agree with your analysis.

I would note that Allen was well paid for this role. At his compensation level, he SHOULD be willing to be a trooper.

I left him out of my blog post but he did a great job last night and truthfully all season as a blocker. If you think about it, this is a situation that really could have gotten nasty with lesser players requesting a trade and not being happy with their role. Instead, Allen has been a trooper and he's done a great job. Wish he was more of a weapon in the passing game, but he definitely deserves a lot of credit for what they were able to do during this championship run.

 

[scott99]

He’s basically Daniel Graham without the catches. Graham was a Mackey award winning TE in college because he caught a lot of passes. But he was so unselfish as a Patriot. He was a great blocking TE. And threw in a few decent catch seasons. Allen run blocks like Graham. And it’s invaluable.

 

[IllegalContact]

however, dumping him will clear 7.4M off of next years cap......pretty much pays for 2019 of signing either brown or flowers.....maybe he would come back for less

 

[FortressX]

Patriots never practiced offensive package that led to winning TD

“It was a pretty amazing thing,’’ Allen said. “Hats off to the Rams. They really knew us. They played us great. But football’s about in-game adjustments. Josh told us on the sideline, ‘We did not practice this at all coming into this game, and I realize that, but this is going off in my head, and it’s something I think we need to do.'”

Patriots never practiced offensive package that led to winning TD