The Patriots have a large (pun) group of Tackles in camp.\u00a0 Eleven to be exact.\u00a0 I would think this gets whittled down to 4 or 5 for the 53 man final cuts.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Guy<\/strong> \u2013 Not much needs to be said about Guy.\u00a0 He has been the most consistent DL on the team the last 4 years.\u00a0 He has been very durable also, missing only 2 games (last season) in his 4 years on the Pats.\u00a0 I was very pleased he re-signed.\u00a0 Guy is 31 and I thought that his age may have caused the Pats to look elsewhere.\u00a0 However, Guy has a very strict diet and keeps himself in excellent condition.\u00a0 He will occupy blockers and keep the LBs free to make the tackles.<\/p>\n Dietrich Wise<\/strong> \u2013 Shocked was the feeling when it was announced that Wise signed a 4-year contract at $22M. \u00a0I thought Wise was gone for sure.\u00a0 Wise had 43 tackles last season to go along with 2.5 sacks in a limited role.\u00a0 He was effective as a 3rd<\/sup> down pass-rushing specialist from the DT position.\u00a0 He is a tweener, not big enough to be a full-time DT in the 3-4, not fast enough to be an edge rusher.\u00a0 Obviously, the Pats have a role for him and were willing to shell out the money to keep him.\u00a0 The 2017 4th<\/sup> round selection will be 30 by the end of the contract.\u00a0 I have him making the team as one of 5 down linemen.<\/p>\n Davon Godchaux<\/strong> \u2013 was drafted the same year as Dietrich Wise (2017).\u00a0 The fifth-round selection out of LSU had 16 tackles last season in only 5 games. \u00a0The former Dolphin starter had 103 tackles the year before (2019).\u00a0 It didn\u2019t surprise me that BB went out and signed a true Nose Tackle.\u00a0 Godchaux is 6\u2019 3\u201d 310 lbs and should help improve what was the worst DL against the run in football last year.\u00a0 He is a lock to make the team.<\/p>\n Henry Anderson<\/strong> \u2013 I was very happy to see this signing.\u00a0 Anderson is 6\u20196\u201d 300 lbs Stanford grad who had his best year last season with 42 tackles for the Jets.\u00a0 A 2015 3rd<\/sup> round pick by the Colts is a 6-year veteran.\u00a0 I feel he is vastly underrated.\u00a0 He is another space eater which will make it easier for our improved LB corps to clean up.\u00a0 I have him making the final 53.<\/p>\n Montavious Adams<\/strong> \u2013 Came over as a Free Agent from Green Bay.\u00a0 He has been a major disappointment in his 5-year career.\u00a0 Adams was a 2017 3rd<\/sup> round selection from Auburn.\u00a0 His biggest problem has been keeping healthy.\u00a0 He has only played a full season once in his career.\u00a0 The 6\u20194\u201d 304 lbs Nose Tackle will be fighting for that last DT spot.\u00a0 He is one to keep an eye on.\u00a0 Either he produces during pre-season or he could be gone early!\u00a0 For that last spot I would want to keep an NT to rotate with Godchaux.<\/p>\n Carl Davis<\/strong> \u2013 Played very well for the 3 games he played for the Pats including 1 start. \u00a0The 6\u20195\u201d 320 lbs Nose Tackle was signed off Jacksonville\u2019s Practice Squad, played in 5 games, and went on IR.\u00a0 The 2015 3rd<\/sup> round selection from Iowa has been a disappointment because he can\u2019t seem to stay on the field.\u00a0 I like his size as a true NT.\u00a0 He missed all of 2016 on IR and played only 1 game in 2019.\u00a0 He will be fighting for that last spot.<\/p>\n Byron Cowart<\/strong> \u2013 The Maryland grad was a 5th<\/sup> round pick in the 2019 draft. \u00a0Last season he played in 14 games and had 24 tackles.\u00a0 He is a bit undersized for the 3-4 DT at 6\u20193\u201d 300 lbs.\u00a0 He will have to make a big jump in performance to make the team this season.<\/p>\n William Murray<\/strong> \u2013 the William and Mary UDFA has a great name and a great mustache, but those aren\u2019t going to help him make the team.\u00a0 The 6\u20193\u201d 295 lbs DT from William and Mary had impressive numbers coming out of college.\u00a0 His career 10 blocked kicks stood out.\u00a0 However, he is too light for the position and doesn\u2019t have the frame to add more weight.\u00a0 He is a long shot to make the team and likely headed to the Practice Squad again.\u00a0 He was the only PS DT not to get a call-up during the 2020 season.<\/p>\n Nick Thurman<\/strong> \u2013 Let\u2019s talk about perseverance.\u00a0 Thurman was signed as a UDFA after the 2018 draft.\u00a0 He bounced around on various teams all of 2018 then was signed by the Pats in 2019.\u00a0 He spent the year on the PS.\u00a0 In 2020 he got his 1st<\/sup> taste of an NFL game vs Seattle.\u00a0 He would go on and play 5 games for the Pats.\u00a0 The 6\u20194\u201d 304 lbs DT out of Houston ended up with 10 tackles last season for the Pats. \u00a0Another longshot for a roster spot, but don\u2019t count him out!<\/p>\n Akeem Spence<\/strong> \u2013 The 9-year veteran was originally a 4th<\/sup> round draft choice by Tampa Bay in 2013.\u00a0 Over his 1st<\/sup> 6 years, he was a full participant (16 games) in 5 of those 6 years.\u00a0 For the last 3, he has been a mid-year replacement.\u00a0 Spence a 6\u2019 1\u201d 303 lbs DT from Illinois played in 6 games for the Pats in 2020, recording 8 tackles. \u00a0As he enters his 10th<\/sup> season, the 29-year-old has his birthday in November, meaning he was a 20-year-old draftee. \u00a0I think Spence is just camp fodder and has little or no chance of making the team unless there is a rash of injuries.<\/p>\n Christian Barmore<\/strong> \u2013 The Patriots traded up to #38 in the 2nd<\/sup> round this year to select Barmore.\u00a0 AThe Alabama product was the 1st<\/sup> DL selected, but many scouts had a 1st<\/sup> round grade on him.\u00a0 Why did he drop?\u00a0 He is lazy.\u00a0 He runs hot and cold and the on\/off switch is in the off position too many times. Barmore led Alabama with 37 Tackles, 9.5 Tackles for Loss and 8 Sacks.\u00a0\u00a0 However, he only played half the snaps. And of those he took too many plays off.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t like the pick.\u00a0 I hope Barmore proves me wrong.\u00a0 At 6\u20194\u201d 310 lbs, he ran a 4.93 and 4.95 in his two 40 yard runs at his Pro-Day.\u00a0 Those are the only stats we have.\u00a0 Did he do any other measurable?\u00a0 Did he lift?\u00a0 Those are the kind of things that make me question his ability.\u00a0 I have also read a story that Barmore needed to be motivated to attend practice, never mind attend classes to keep his eligibility.\u00a0 He has the potential to be a dominating interior pass rusher.\u00a0 The comparison is Marcell Dareus.\u00a0 I\u2019ll take that.\u00a0 If I am wrong I will say so.\u00a0 We will be watching this pre-season.\u00a0 First indication will be if he is active on the 1st<\/sup> day of practice.\u00a0 If he doesn\u2019t pass the grueling conditioning run before practice begins, then he won\u2019t be on the field for the first practice.\u00a0 He will make the team because he was a high draft pick.<\/p>\n Morse\u2019s Morsels<\/strong><\/p>\n N\u2019Keal Harry\u2019s public request for a trade, through his agent, was one of the stupidest things he could do.\u00a0 By splashing it out in the media, he has completely ruined any value he still had, and it makes trading him that more difficult.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t give a bag of used, smelly jockstraps for Harry.\u00a0 If the Patriots can\u2019t trade him before Training Camp, then I would hold onto him throughout camp.\u00a0 I would give him minimum reps and opportunities in camp as retribution for destroying his trade value.\u00a0 As I said in my WR analysis, Trade or Cut him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Patriots have a large (pun) group of Tackles in camp.\u00a0 Eleven to be exact.\u00a0 I would think this gets whittled down to 4 or 5 for the 53 man final cuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":35752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22259],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-37334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2021-patriots-offseason","tag-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"\n