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Reiss' Sunday column discussed LBs but zero mention of Anfernee Jennings.
Foregone conclusion AF is a likely roster cut?
Raekwon McMillan, revamped linebacker group among keys to Patriots' season
New England needs better health and big growth from McMillan and others in the middle of its defense after moving on from three veteran leaders.www.espn.com
Yes I agree. I hope you have recovered from us passing on Travis Jones.
Reiss' Sunday column discussed LBs but zero mention of Anfernee Jennings.
Foregone conclusion AF is a likely roster cut?
Raekwon McMillan, revamped linebacker group among keys to Patriots' season
New England needs better health and big growth from McMillan and others in the middle of its defense after moving on from three veteran leaders.
I love bad glamour shots. I had to have one for my Avatar.
After looking at it, I agree. 2009 comes in a very close 2nd considering the state of the team needing impact players, but only came out with a T with 4 picks in the 2nd round. That 2009 draft was horrendous.
"Revamp" is a weird word from Reiss. That's normally used in a positive way meaning they got better. They let veterans go that actually played in favor of retreads and injury prone players (McMillan, Wilson, McGrone), ghosts (Uche) and urban legends (Jennings and Perkins).Reiss' Sunday column discussed LBs but zero mention of Anfernee Jennings.
Foregone conclusion AF is a likely roster cut?
Raekwon McMillan, revamped linebacker group among keys to Patriots' season
New England needs better health and big growth from McMillan and others in the middle of its defense after moving on from three veteran leaders.
After reading Reiss' article, I have to believe the Patriots have one of, if not, the worse LB corps in the league.
@rochrist tell us why you have such a problem with this? Give us an argument why all the names listed above are an improvement over who they had. I wish you luck.
I think it’s a lot of hyperbole. It’s premature to call McGone injury prone and Perkins is 2d year player who was redshirted last year as they were transitioning him to a new position for example. They’ve elected to replace old glacially slow LBers with young athletic ones. It may or may not work but to call them the worst LB crew in the league before a single minute of preseason has been played is pretty ludicrous.
yReiss' Sunday column discussed LBs but zero mention of Anfernee Jennings.
Foregone conclusion AF is a likely roster cut?
Raekwon McMillan, revamped linebacker group among keys to Patriots' season
New England needs better health and big growth from McMillan and others in the middle of its defense after moving on from three veteran leaders.
I don’t see a world where Bentley and Raekwon McMillan play side by side. Both are supposed to be thumpers in the middle but Bentley is more mobile and strong. If “getting faster” in the middle of the field is really a priority one of the young fast kids (Uche, McGrone) has to (ideally) emerge next to Bentley. We can’t have two slow thumpers in the middle and McMillan isn’t very big or strong anyway.Reiss' Sunday column discussed LBs but zero mention of Anfernee Jennings.
Foregone conclusion AF is a likely roster cut?
Raekwon McMillan, revamped linebacker group among keys to Patriots' season
New England needs better health and big growth from McMillan and others in the middle of its defense after moving on from three veteran leaders.
Well they ought to have the running game part.Also, Julian Edelman on Mac Jones...
The arrow is pointing up for Mac Jones. After a promising rookie campaign for the New England Patriots, the 23-year-old has by all accounts enjoyed a strong spring and appears well-positioned to make big strides in his second season.
But Julian Edelman would like to add a quick word of caution.
The former Patriots wide receiver has been watching Jones' development from afar and believes New England's first-round draft pick needs to stay focused on a few key areas to find success in 2022.
"If he strengthens up, and he uses last year for the starting point, and he doesn’t smell his own roses and he goes out and he gets better this year – because we ultimately see our biggest leaps from that Year 1 to Year 2 for that quarterback, I think he could be a good quarterback," Edelman said Monday during an appearance on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast. "He's not quite there yet."
Edelman told our Tom E. Curran in February that Jones needs to "physically get stronger" to be better-equipped for the rigors of a 17-game NFL season. Jones appears to have embraced that challenge, but there's also a factor out of Jones' control that has Edelman a bit concerned.
Edelman pointed out that Tom Brady was aided by an excellent defense and a strong running game during his first four seasons as New England's starter -- and noted Jones doesn't have nearly that same supporting cast entering the 2022 season.
"You've got to look at the Patriots back in 2001 to 2004, those first three Super Bowls. I mean, they weren’t tossing the ball out the stadium. It was a defensive-built team," Edelman said. "That’s the thing that I’m worried about with the Patriots: Is their defense gonna be there to allow Mac to have this slow progression into becoming what he becomes?"
Can Mac Jones succeed in Year 2? Julian Edelman makes Tom Brady comparison
Julian Edelman believes Mac Jones has plenty of potential, but the former Patriots wide receiver is still wary of one factor outside the young quarterback's control.sports.yahoo.com
If this ^ was said by a poster here the zealots would be calling them a homer...
To be fair, regional sports legends tend to have some homer tendencies.Also, Julian Edelman on Mac Jones...
The arrow is pointing up for Mac Jones. After a promising rookie campaign for the New England Patriots, the 23-year-old has by all accounts enjoyed a strong spring and appears well-positioned to make big strides in his second season.
But Julian Edelman would like to add a quick word of caution.
The former Patriots wide receiver has been watching Jones' development from afar and believes New England's first-round draft pick needs to stay focused on a few key areas to find success in 2022.
"If he strengthens up, and he uses last year for the starting point, and he doesn’t smell his own roses and he goes out and he gets better this year – because we ultimately see our biggest leaps from that Year 1 to Year 2 for that quarterback, I think he could be a good quarterback," Edelman said Monday during an appearance on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast. "He's not quite there yet."
Edelman told our Tom E. Curran in February that Jones needs to "physically get stronger" to be better-equipped for the rigors of a 17-game NFL season. Jones appears to have embraced that challenge, but there's also a factor out of Jones' control that has Edelman a bit concerned.
Edelman pointed out that Tom Brady was aided by an excellent defense and a strong running game during his first four seasons as New England's starter -- and noted Jones doesn't have nearly that same supporting cast entering the 2022 season.
"You've got to look at the Patriots back in 2001 to 2004, those first three Super Bowls. I mean, they weren’t tossing the ball out the stadium. It was a defensive-built team," Edelman said. "That’s the thing that I’m worried about with the Patriots: Is their defense gonna be there to allow Mac to have this slow progression into becoming what he becomes?"
Can Mac Jones succeed in Year 2? Julian Edelman makes Tom Brady comparison
Julian Edelman believes Mac Jones has plenty of potential, but the former Patriots wide receiver is still wary of one factor outside the young quarterback's control.
If this ^ was said by a poster here the zealots would be calling them a homer...
Glad he said the part about the year 1-2 jump for QB's. All we hear is "three years, you have to give him three years, it takes three years" ... Year two is the most important year by far.Also, Julian Edelman on Mac Jones...
The arrow is pointing up for Mac Jones. After a promising rookie campaign for the New England Patriots, the 23-year-old has by all accounts enjoyed a strong spring and appears well-positioned to make big strides in his second season.
But Julian Edelman would like to add a quick word of caution.
The former Patriots wide receiver has been watching Jones' development from afar and believes New England's first-round draft pick needs to stay focused on a few key areas to find success in 2022.
"If he strengthens up, and he uses last year for the starting point, and he doesn’t smell his own roses and he goes out and he gets better this year – because we ultimately see our biggest leaps from that Year 1 to Year 2 for that quarterback, I think he could be a good quarterback," Edelman said Monday during an appearance on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast. "He's not quite there yet."
Edelman told our Tom E. Curran in February that Jones needs to "physically get stronger" to be better-equipped for the rigors of a 17-game NFL season. Jones appears to have embraced that challenge, but there's also a factor out of Jones' control that has Edelman a bit concerned.
Edelman pointed out that Tom Brady was aided by an excellent defense and a strong running game during his first four seasons as New England's starter -- and noted Jones doesn't have nearly that same supporting cast entering the 2022 season.
"You've got to look at the Patriots back in 2001 to 2004, those first three Super Bowls. I mean, they weren’t tossing the ball out the stadium. It was a defensive-built team," Edelman said. "That’s the thing that I’m worried about with the Patriots: Is their defense gonna be there to allow Mac to have this slow progression into becoming what he becomes?"
Can Mac Jones succeed in Year 2? Julian Edelman makes Tom Brady comparison
Julian Edelman believes Mac Jones has plenty of potential, but the former Patriots wide receiver is still wary of one factor outside the young quarterback's control.
If this ^ was said by a poster here the zealots would be calling them a homer...
Assuming the OLine gels, everyone stays healthy and executes the offense will be very good.
In a perfect world QB’s get better the longer they play (more cerebral), but a lot of that is out of their hands. The team around them and injuries often determine that.
trey flowers would make sense and help us in a 4-3 imo bc we don't really have a big DE for the 4-3 typical DE type except Wise and Judon. Perkins Jennings Uche would be more LB types in this front except sub packages of course
