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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Shiancoe returns to practice field - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN BostonAdam Caplan tweeted that Shiancoe returened to practice today. I read it on bleacher report tweet section.
Anyway, just wondering what some of you think this will mean for the offense in the near future? Thoughts?
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Veteran tight end Visanthe Shiancoe, who on Sept. 5 was placed on injured reserve with the designation to return, was back at practice for the Patriots on Tuesday, the team confirmed.
Under the designation, Shiancoe was eligible to return to practice after Week 6 and is eligible to begin playing in games after Week 8. If the team does not activate Shiancoe to the 53-man roster within 21 days, he must remain on injured reserve for the balance of the season.
The nature of Shiancoe's injury is unknown, but the fact that he returned to the practice field suggests he is inching closer to becoming healthy. He was spotted walking out to the team's Tuesday walk-through.
Good. We were in 4 TE sets on Sunday. Now that we have Shiancoe, we can finally unleash the revolutionizing 5 TE set!
Perhaps he can do a better job than Fells who has been fairly insignificant in the passing game.
I didn't get a chance to look at the offensive snap totals per positioning.
Do you have any idea how many times they lined up in a 4 TE set?
Better yet, any idea how many times they threw/ran in those plays?
Perhaps he can do a better job than Fells who has been fairly insignificant in the passing game.
TE snap count against the Jets:
Snaps: Welcome back Vereen - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
- Gronk was on the field for 77 out of 80 snaps
- Hernandez for 57
- Fells for 18
- Hoomanawanui for 3
TE snap count at Seattle:
Snaps: Hernandez for 38 - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
- Gronk was on the field for 77 out of 87 snaps
- Hernandez for 38
- Fells for 17
- McDonald for 5
- Hoomanawanui DNP (concussion)
Positional Groupings vs the Jets
Positional groupings: No clear answer - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
- 2 WR/2 TE/1 RB -- 40 of 80
- 3 WR/1 TE/1 RB -- 24 of 80
- 1 WR/3 TE/1 RB -- 13 of 80
- 3 TE/1 FB/1 RB -- 3 of 80* (Hoomanawanui was the FB)
Positional Groupings at Seattle
Positional groupings: Jumbo disappoints - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
- 3 WR/1 TE/1 RB -- 51 of 87
- 2 WR/2 TE/1 RB -- 20 of 87
- 3 WR/2 TE -- 9 of 87
- 3 TE/1 FB/1 RB -- 3 of 87
- 1 WR/3 TE/1 RB -- 3 of 87
- 2 WR/1 TE/1 FB/1 RB -- 1 of 87
It Is What It Is » In Focus: Charting offensive opportunities for Patriots skill position players
- TE Rob Gronkowski: 35 (0 rushes, 35 catches).
- TE Aaron Hernandez: 18 (1 rush, 17 catches). 1 negative reception
- TE Daniel Fells: 2 (0 rushes, 2 catches)
- TE Kellen Winslow: 1 (0 rushes, 1 catch)
- TE Michael Hoomanawanui: 1 (0 rushes, 1 catch)
By position
- Running back: 258 touches (234 rushes, 24 catches). 23 negative runs, 1 negative reception.
- Wide receiver: 108 touches (2 rushes, 106 catches). 3 negative receptions, 1 negative run.
- Tight end: 57 touches (1 rush, 56 catches). 1 negative reception.
- Quarterback: 10 touches (10 rushes, 0 catches)
Sorry, not a big X's and O's kinda guy. We threw out of that set though, I believe. I think it was on the third down near the end of the fourth where Hern was covered by Wilson and he got PI. Nantz mentioned it and that's how I knew.
I thank you much, kind sir.
I did not think that there were any 4 TE groupings myself, as that sounded very foreign to what I saw during the game, but when the other poster mentioned the fact that we used 4 TE sets, I figured I'd ask + like to see it for myself.
Sometimes it's very difficult to see all of what's going on in the TV broadcasts, and as we all know the broadcasters can often be incorrect.
When you mentioned the 4 TE sets I was surprised, due to the fact that they didn't seem to have much success running the ball (not saying they were horrible running, but it wasn't exactly tremendously successful either).
I would love to see a handful of plays where 4 TE's are used, but I don't know if we'll ever get to see that happen. If it does, it will certainly be rare.
Perhaps we'll see 4 TEs being used at different positions... AHern was lined up at WR for quite a few snaps and we all know Gronk can split out as well. I don't think 4 TE sets will be very common, but 4 TEs on the field playing different positions may be something we see very soon.
I would certainly like to see that happen, as it would give us potential to not only have tremendous success running of course, but they could also try to throw the other team off by hitting on a couple/few passes in that grouping first.