What will happen with Joey Galloway?

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 9, 2009 5:02 PM EDT

To say the least, Joey Galloway has been somewhat of a disappointment this year. Poor route running, rock hands, and that back of the endzone incident. The aged veteran doesn' seem to be catching on. I even wrote a little song about him in one of the posts. To the tune of "Hello Dolly":

Hello Joey, oh hello Joey

You are great except for these few minor facts:
You cannot catch Joey. You’re no natch, Joey.
And that line there in the endzone you just cannot cross.
The fans all hope, Joey. At the end of their rope, Joey.
And we’re hoping that you’ll someday get your ring, so
Catch the ball, fella. And maybe we’ll take it all, fella.
Joey you were really great. Joey, we don’t wanna hate.
Joey just catch the football once and score.

Joey is 11 catches shy of becoming the 30th player in NFL history with 700 career catches.

Poll

Does Joey get his 11 catches with the Patriots?

No problem, Joey will pick that up in Denver alone.

7 votes

Sure, but he's going to barely squeak them out by week 17.

25 votes

No way, catches imply he'd have to catch.

10 votes

Catches? He's going to get cut for Seau!

40 votes

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They definitely need a wide receiver in that roster spot...

so a lot of what the Pats decide to do as an organisation could depend on the progress of Nunn in the practice squad, and Tate on the PUP-list. Tate’s one to keep an eye on – before his injury, he was projected as a first or high second round pick. He’s also a highly rated kick returner. Would be nice to get a first-round talent WR and great KR at some point? Heh.

I think they’ll persevere with Galloway. It’s a complex system, and his career numbers are just too hard to ignore. It’s not like he’s slow; he’s just not picking up the system entirely yet. When he does, all will be forgiven. Hopefully.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 9, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

that song is about as good as joey galloway

by sirpinochle on Oct 9, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

Terrific assessment

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 9, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

If he plays better

he’ll get a better song.

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

as i recall

against baltimore aiken had a nice long reception made a move and got some yac yards as well. he looked good on that one… is he a possible replacement? when galloway is on the field i feel nervous the whole time.
i think they are gonna release galloway and maybe even before tate comes off the pup list.
it will be interesting to see if joey is active this sunday. my best bet is no

by sirpinochle on Oct 10, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

He's going to have to be

I wouldn’t trust Aiken very much as a regular wideout — he’s really on the team for his play on special teams — but he’s better than Galloway right now. I’d bet Galloway will play tomorrow, but if he doesn’t show significant improvement and Tate can play once he’s eligible to come off the PUP list, Galloway is going to be looking for a new team.

by RSNexile on Oct 10, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Aiken's quick and has moves

but his route-running leaves a lot to be desired, and it doesn’t seem he has the nous or experience to vary his route depending on what he sees. Brady tore him a new one when he stopped and looked around at Brady when Brady saw a huge gap in from of Aiken – right where Aiken ought to have been running. Welker or Moss or even Galloway would have known to run into the gap; Aiken isn’t quite there yet. Whether Galloway would have caught it is another question.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 10, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Hello Joey… Catch the throw Joey
Run the route end up where you belong
You look like hell, joey- can’t you gel, joey

did you know that satch recorded hello dolly. forgot the song even existed. hit the road. audience members shouted for hello dolly and he didnt know what the hell they were talking about. eventually he found out that his record was a hit and included it in his act. it was also the last jazz record to get to the top of the charts knocking off the ebatles

by sirpinochle on Oct 10, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions

I only knew that satchmo had a part in the movie

That’s pretty cool.

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 15, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Michael Bennett is available

Very fast veteran back thrown into the mix? Unlikely?

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT reply actions

Galloway is a very fast veteran.

Is Michael Bennett more likely to learn the system in the next couple games?

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 10, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

RBs have it easier than WRs.

Which is why the transition of rookie RBs is easier than rookie WRs, for instance. Case in point – Knowshon Moreno versus Darrius Heyward-Bey. Darrius who? Heh.

Hoodie likes RB depth; he also likes veteran RBs. I’m not saying it’s likely – I don’t think it is – but…

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 10, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Galloway inactive vs. DEN

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=4550452

Galloway did not travel with the team to denver. For Reiss’s analysis see:

http://espn.go.com/boston/columns/patriots/blog?post=4550901&name=patriots

by jmm1776 on Oct 11, 2009 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

wow, that's huge

2 inactive games in a row, non-injury related. Says a lot.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 11, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions

I hope this means Tate is going to be able to play this year

If he can join the roster after week 6, Galloway can take his stone hands somewhere else.

by RSNexile on Oct 11, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

It might be a gameplan call, not a lack of faith

Might just mean that Bill wants a heavy use of TEs, RBs and wants both his underneath ‘long-handoff’ guys in Edelman and Welker. Then again, only having the one deep threat means we know where Champ Bailey will be all day. This could be another big one for Watson to get all the looks for long-range passes, if they use Dawkins to sit on Randy.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 11, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I had a dream...

That the offense would look like so:

QB: Brady in his Prime
Side-Line WRs: Moss and Galloway streaking down the sideline and spreading the field
Slot WRs: Welker and Edelman picking apart the middle of the field and moving the chains
TEs: Watson or Baker playing the big threat and creating mismatches in the secondary

The RB Stable would have picked up from last year with Freddy teaching LoMo the ways of the RB and they would be a top 5 rushing team.

This offense would have been unstoppable. Too bad it was just a dream.

Galloway—-Welker—-Watson—Light-Mankins-Koppen-Neal-Kazcur—-Edelman—-Moss
-—————————————————————————————-Brady

Come on- that would be incredible.

by Richard Hill on Oct 11, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

I had the same thought

The only saving grace is it might come together. I hate to say it again, but Manning in 2008. Took him a while to get going, then he found his health and an extra gear, and it was vintage.

A good passing game will help Maroney – even if he dances, if there’s one less guy in the box, he has a little more room to do something productive. And that’s reciprocal – get a running game, play-action to Moss/Watson is all on. The underneath game will take care of itself, and Galloway must still know how to catch, you just don’t lose that ability overnight. Even old man Harrison was catching it, when he was deemed to old and slow for the Colts.

Mid-season will tell. Mid-season.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 11, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that Seau has signed

Does Joey get cut?

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 13, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

Not when they owe Galloway money whether they cut him or not

Unless someone develops a sudden season-ending injury…

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 13, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Matt Jones?

Unemployed coke-snorting ex-con. But! He’s 6’6" and runs a 4.37 40. Belichick’s got a reputation for resurrecting players who have had character issues; Randy Moss is about as perfect an example/mentor as you could ask for.

Worth taking a look at, or not?

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 13, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions

Large difference.

Randy Moss was unhappy about Oakland. Matt Jones is a felon. Kind of different ;)

by Richard Hill on Oct 13, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Slightly...

but there have been felons who’ve gone onto productive careers after the fact. Granted, only a few, but if anyone was to be able to resuscitate a guy’s career, Belichick’s got the track record to suggest he’s the guy.

Moss, Corey Dillon, even Brandon Meriweather came in with questionable character issues, and not a peep out of them when they arrived (flags on Meriweather before he taunted notwithstanding).

I guess the real question is whether Matt Jones, taking into account his character issues, would be a better fit than Joey Galloway as-is, at this moment?

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions