but cutting Banta-Cain when he’s playing pretty well and coming up with big plays on occasion for no value? That doesn’t sound likely, especially since he doesn’t seem to be highly paid enough to be a salary cap casualty. Thomas might be hard-pressed to justify his rather large salary at the moment, so they might shift him if they could guarantee a decent replacement.

If they do get rid of one/both, I don’t see any DE/OLB help coming from the PUP list, so unless they’re looking at other team’s PUP lists (assuming other teams will cut someone or cut their PUP list guy?), or intend to trade for some linebacker, there’s nobody to fill either Banta-Cain or Thomas’s spot. There is a DE/OLB in the practice squad, Bruce Davis, who was a 2008 3rd round pick by Pittsburgh, so maybe they like him?

Burgess hasn’t done enough to justify full faith in him yet, he’s done less than Banta-Cain in all actuality. I don’t see why they’d cut Tully. Strange and stranger.

I went onto Wiki to see who was on the practice squad and PUP list for the Pats (since nobody else seems to list those on their ‘roster’ option) and there’s a distinctly Tully Banta-Cain-sized gap in the list of LBs and DEs. Date of modification? 19 October. I’d love to know whether the ‘reports’ came before the Wiki update, or the Wiki before the reports. If the latter, I guess we know where those reporters do their “researching”.

Of note – I pointed out on September 8 that Wikipedia listed a number 12, John Elway, as the starting Patriots QB. It’s on the internetz, it must be true!

And too old, if they’re going to get rid of Adalius Thomas to get him. It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul; they’re the same age, etc etc.

Who has had severe injuries to LBs or a poor pass-rush lately? I’d look to them, maybe for WR help? Thomas to Seattle for a WR?

The Bengals lost Antwan Odom. They need defensive help to cover the injury. They have a bunch of pretty good WRs. The Pats have plenty of defensive bodies. They need WRs. Belichick is a declared fan of the Bengals WRs…

Hypothesizing is amusing.

While rumors are flying, I’m dreaming based on the knowledge that any player Belichick praises has a good chance of being traded for by the Patriots. They constantly comment on how excellent eachother is, Ocho put it in a book. So anyway, Adalius, Galloway, Aiken, for Chad
 Randy Moss lining up opposite Chad OchoCinco with Welker in the Slot-ahahahahhahha