Wednesday Afternoon Patriots Notes: Vollmer the Only Player Absent, Miami Worried Abo

[bagwell368]

Re: 9/7 practices: All but vollmer!

I'm pretty concerned. It's not just the drop-off from Vollmer to a rookie playing a different side like Solder would be, but also Waters playing his first game for us as well. That right side of the line is bound to have a few communication issues even with Vollmer, but with two new parts, yikes.

Two Gronks... one on the line, the other at FB, that ought to slow 'em down...

 

[pork3]

Re: 9/7 practices: All but vollmer!

The injury report mentions Vollmer's back. Didn't he have back surgery during his college years, and is this potentially related? Back injuries, especially for a tackle, can be debilitating...

-Jamman

 

[mgteich]

Re: 9/7 practices: All but vollmer!

You mean we might have top cut Tarp or Ihedigbo or put one of them on IR? The horror -- the horror! How would the team possibly survive?

If Vollmer isn't 100%, I'd be all for activating Welch from the Practice Squad.

I hope Solder is as successful as Vollmer was as a rookie, or more so.

There have been some OT's cut that might be of interest, but it's hard to see us getting one - since they can't likely help this week, and we'll have to pay them for the year - and we'll have to cut an existing player to do it. The only exception is if Vollmer is hurt for some period of time - and still we'd go with Solder until the contract doesn't have to be guaranteed.