New England Patriots Links 8/31/10 - 'Anxiousness, Apprehension' Among Players
by Marima on Aug 31, 2010 9:46 AM EDT
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Bill Belichick explains the process when a player gets called in to be cut from the roster.
We talk to each player whatever his situation is. Sometimes we release him. Sometimes they are in a PUP or IR type situation. Sometimes they are involved in a practice squad type of transaction. Whatever it is, we talk to the player. We talk to his representatives and try to get everybody on the same page.
I think that there’s anxiousness or an apprehension with players at this point of the season relative to a lot of things. We are all a little unsettled on something whether it’s coaching decisions or whether it’s players being on the team, what their role is, what their playing time looks like to them, so forth. I think a lot of us fall into that category for one reason or another. It’s pretty common in training camp or any kind of a competitive situation like that. Once there is a deadline for certain decisions, at least something is determined after that. Maybe not everything, but something’s determined.
Tim Graham (ESPN) Words of wisdom from Bill Belichick when asked by a reporter if he feels uncertainties about his team.
"I think every coach feels like that. I can't imagine that you wouldn't. Regular season and preseason are two different things. Teams start game planning against you. Then you find out a little bit more about where you're really at on some things. Preseason, you're running your plays. They're running their plays. Sometimes they match up. Sometimes they don't. You're playing a lot of people. There are a lot of different matchups
"It's hard to get a read on it. Once you get to the regular season, nobody holds back. You get their best game plan. You get your toughest matchups. You try to create [tough matchups] for them. Your weaknesses get exposed. You try to get to your strengths, but they don't let you get to them as easily. And you're doing the same.
"It's a whole different game. Until that happens, I don't think you are really sure where exactly everything is. It's different in the regular season."
TEAM TALK
- New England Patriots at New York Giants - Broadcast info, series history, memorable match-ups, team connections and more.
- Erik Scalavino sees Brandon Tate having a strong start to his second NFL season, plus news and notes from Monday's practice.
- Erik Scalavino offers this week's PFW schedule, and reports how one bird showed it's disdain for Paul Perillo during the media session after practice.
- Patriots Today - Monday practice report. (2.48 min. video)
- Locker Room Uncut - Mayo, Slater and others after practice. (3.37 min. video)
- Bill Belichick Press Conference - 8/30/10. (18:24 min. video) Plus transcript.
- Patriots Today - Gostkowski here for the long haul. (2.15 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Christopher Price looks at what it would take for the Pats to play the starters in the preseason finale.
- Ian Rapoport notes today is the one year anniversary of Brandon Deaderick as the vicitim of a carjacking and robbery that left him shot in the arm.
- Mike Reiss and Mike Rodak post up some soundbites from Patriots players following the team's full-pads practice Monday at Gillette Stadium.
- Danny Piccard reports the Pats were back at practice Monday, in full pads at Gillette Stadium and Jerod Mayo says the defense played "dumb football" last Thursday.
- Ian Rapoport reports Tom Brady stayed after practice with Aaron Hernandez to help him catch up after all of the time he missed due to injury.
- Mike Petraglia notes that at 24 years old, LB Jerod Mayo stepped up to say that he's ready to take on the leadership task full-time this season.
- Karen Guregian reports Matthew Slater has missed 33 days of practice but was on the field yesterday fighting to keep his job with the team.
- Jeff Howe sees Matthew Slater facing a small window of opportunity in surviving Patriots' cuts.
- Tom E. Curran says the report on Ron Brace is a sprained ankle, so he may not miss as much time as was originally feared.
- Mike Rodak adds some clarity to the Patriots injury situation.
- Mike Reiss notes Monday was "Mike Wright Day" at Gillette, after Belichick threw some bouquets in his direction at his news conference.
- Christopher Price reminds us the Patriots will have their first visit to the New Meadowlands Stadium Thursday. A timely visit before Week 2 against the Jets.
- Ian Rapoport notes Rodney Harrison is still a full-blooded Patriot at heart.
- Mike Reiss includes John Clayton's explanation of why he put Brady second in his rankings (as if what Clayton thinks matters).
- Albert Breer notes Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski see a good (not great) Pats club this season.
- Mike Reiss reports Bill Belichick discussed some of the things he looks for when working in a new facility for the first time, and the Pats will practice at Gillette to get used to the new turf.
- Mike Reiss notes Vince Wilfork doesn't care about an expanded season as long as the players get compensated fairly.
- Shalise Manza Young reports veteran Kevin Faulk didn't panic after the ugly Rams game - 'film was watched, mistakes will be corrected, and the team will move on.'
- Mike Giardi talks about the few bright spots on the Pats defensive line, Jerod Mayo and Mike Wright. (1.47 min. video)
- Albert Breer mentions Stephen Neal, Tom Brady, Wes Welker and some other teammates attended a UFC event together at the Garden yesterday.
- Albert Breer notes Adalius Thomas could be wearing green for Jets-Pats in Week 2.
- Ian Rapoport Patriots Notebook: Pats starters expect to play Thursday against the Giants; Brady and Mayo said BB served up humble pie big time on Friday; Belichick is still figuring out the 'moving parts' on the roster; Teams have until 4pm today to trim roster to 75; Meriweather practiced after tweaking his knee Thursday.
NATIONAL NEWS
- The MNF crew (ESPN) predicts the AFC East. (2.04 min. video) Jon Gruden gives 10 wins for the Pats and Ron Jaworski picks 9, citing the young players on offense.
- John P. Lopez (SI) Big names, once-productive vets might be on the NFL chopping block. Maroney on his list.
- Dan Schaughnessy (SI) Pats-Jets the latest in long line of heated Boston-New York rivalries.
- John Clayton (ESPN) Ranking NFL starting quarterbacks. Pretty generous with his "elite" rankings.
- Mike Pereira (Fox Sports) Rule change draws ire of elite QBs. Umpire rule change may be tweaked, but here to stay
- Doug Farrar (Yahoo! Sports) Deep Posts: Will the new umpire rule affect no-huddle teams?
- MJD (Yahoo! Sports) Colts: New umpire positioning will slow us down.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Fate of unsigned RFAs could hinge on next CBA.
- Len Pasquarelli (Fox Sports) Adding Thomas could help Jets, also tweak Pats.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Ryan, Tannenbaum at odds over Thomas?
- Peter Schrager (Fox Sports) Cincy chemistry is just one of NFL's preseason mysteries.
- MJD (Yahoo! Sports) Pottymouth Brian Billick doesn't like Rex Ryan's pottymouth.
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So Brady played last year with a broken finger and some broken ribs...
…and still threw for nearly 4400 yards and 28 TDs — career numbers for most QBs and his second best season statistically — and Clayton marked him down for his performance?
Teh Stoopid is neverending!
by RSNexile on Aug 31, 2010 10:33 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
AND he says the direction he's heading in is "flat"
How misleading! For Brady to stay the same, he’d have to put up another year of tops in the league numbers. Falls into the category of “it’s all in the spin” and Clayton wanted to make sure his was a negative one for Brady.
Keep the faith!
Most QBs would kill to stay "flat" from the numbers Brady put up last year
And he has better and more diverse weapons this year — figure Welker will take a step back because he’s still recovering, but Moss should be better, Edelman and Tate should be a lot better, and the TEs should collectively be orders of magnitude better than what we had last year. As long as the line holds up — that is the big question mark for Brady — he should go for 4200-4500 yards, 30-35 TDs. But because it won’t be 5000 yards and 50 TDs, the narrative will still be that he just hasn’t been the same since he blew out his knee.
claytons ranking of brady doesnt
really bother me i think they are just about right. i mean after a decade of the nfl bradys arrow isnt going up anymore but his years of flat at 4400 yards and approx 30 tds are going ot be a few more. my problem is he has rapelessberger and favre ahead of aaron rodgers. aaron rodgers is head and tails better then big ben and big phony.
by brady12mvp3 on Aug 31, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Roethlisberger isn’t even allowed to play a quarter of the season. Wtf?
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Aug 31, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
The thing that lots of people amazingly overlook is...
not only was Tom coming back from injury last year, but he had to deal with the following:
1. Broken ribs suffered in the pre-season from the Haynesworth hit
2. Moss was injured from the Broncos game for the rest of the season
3. Third receiver duties shared between a rookie (Edelman) and a life time special teamer (Aiken) who had only 20ish catches in 4 previous seasons
4. Mediocre tight end production
5. First year co-ordinator who showed his inexpereince with a lack of in game adjustments and predictable play calling
6. Slightly above average run game run game
I really don’t think its unrealistic with this set of pass catching threats for Tom to target 35-40 td’s. We will be throwing lots in the red zone this year, to better effect with more height and strength.
I think the only thing that might limit Tom's TD's
is the use of the run in short yardage red zone situations. Past that, the skies the limit.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Aug 31, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I agree that could limit his TD's...
but with no sign of our best run blocker and a second rounder invested in a monster of a TE, I think the pats will still throw a lot in short yardage red zone situations. Team can’t just focus on stopping moss now, and I think Gronkowski is undefendable in those situations. I actually think they should consider limiting welker in red zone plays this year as he is not so effective in the redzone, and i actually think edelman would be more effective there, as we saw with his td catch against the colts last year.
You're in Korea?
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Aug 31, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
STALKER ALERT
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES…RUN!!!!!!!
just kidding lol
Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
I love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life
90% of the posters here are from New England
Most of the rest of us are from elsewhere in the US.
Those that pop in from outside the US, usually have a more interesting story than, “I was born in the shadow of Foxboro with a birthmark in the shape of a Flying Elvis. I was destined to be a Pat’s fan.”
Just asking.
My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Aug 31, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i know i know
i was just kidding lol….i would prob do the same thing if i was you
Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
I love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life
Haha, I live over here at the minute...
but I’m actually from England. Doing some teaching over here and thought I would see a bit of the world while I’m still relatively young! Unfortunately, the time difference is going to kill me over here as I won’t be able to stream games live! Thats not the worst of it however…I work with some Bills fans!
Did you get to see the Pats last year in London?
My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Aug 31, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha if only there were a law!
I wasn’t in England at the time of the game unfortunately. I actually became a pats fan through an interest in Belichick rather than a lot of the English who support the Patriots because “its got England in the name!” (shouted in a loutish english accent) haha.
Welcome aboard.
I spent a couple years living in East Anglia when I was younger. I took the family over there a few years ago and they enjoyed themselves.
My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.
by SlotMachinePlayer on Sep 1, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad to be here...
Good to talk with some guys who know their football, there’s a lack of discussion over here! Yeah there’s a decent amount to like about England, however I’m not exactly missing it at the moment…I’m actually from Liverpool myself but East Anglia is a nice place!
The most important stat for me is percentage conversions
That is the area I would like to have someone break down regarding Brady’s performance over the past four seasons.
I have no idea what is considered a good percentage: league wise. But, it would be quite interesting to see just how Brady pans out on his pass completion percentages when comparing:
1st down passes
to
2nd down passes
to
3rd down passes
to
4th down passes.
Percentages and yards per attempt both factor in.
Otherwise Chad Pennington looks like the best QB in the league (he’s good, but no means the best)
If it’s all yards per attempt, guys in vertical schemes can rise to the top, but again, they have their limitations – when’s the last time a Favre, McNabb, Rodgers or Rivers won a Superbowl?
Get a guy who’s both great at YPA and Percentage, and you get a Superbowl winner – like Drew Brees, unsurprisingly.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Aug 31, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
All three TE's should be money in the red zone.
Crumpler is a superb receiver – he was Vick’s big go to guy in Atlanta. He’s huge. Gronkowski adds a litte extra speed to Crumpler’s skill set. Hernandez adds a lot more size to the slot position, and his shiftiness is surprisingly good making the drop off from Welker and Edelman somewhat irrelevent in the red zone where added size and power are more useful given the higher percentage for collisions.
Aiken and Price are two nice size WR’s whose value could be exploited in the red zone where Tate might be better used in the open field. And, of course, Moss makes all of these guy bigger threats because he automatically draws double coverage in the red zone. Moss is awesome. They must re-sign him. His value is unparalleled.
do we know what's up with Edelman?
getting a bit worried about him and Cunningham, as the season gets closer.
Brady will be awesome this year, although I am curious as to see how are O line comes together, that will be huge.
He was held out of practice again today
He hurt something after that first preseason game. I just don’t want to see his name pop up on the IR list this afternoon.
Keep the faith!
Are we not talking about the Spikes controversy because this is a family site?
Without going into detail, does anyone think he’s at risk of getting cut, given the Krafts’ insistence on “high character” guys?
Personally, I don’t think he is at all at risk of being cut. Just seeing if anyone’s heard or thinks otherwise.
Eh... there's a fanshot about it
I left it alone for a couple of reasons. As embarrassing as this is for Spikes and for the organization, nothing he did was illegal and no one was hurt (at least physically) by his actions. His family might feel differently, and the young woman who is also visible might have been hurt if she didn’t know the ‘session’ was being broadcast – but that’s for him to deal with privately. He doesn’t have to answer to anyone, really, and I’d rather not not be the judge of someone’s sex conduct.
If the behavior becomes of a criminal nature with domestic abuse or rape, then that’s a different story.
Since this was something he did in college, and before he was drafted, I’d guess the Patriots didn’t know about it and there would be no reason for Spikes to tell them (again, since it wasn’t illegal – or even wrong in some people’s eyes.) Just like with any employer-employee relationship, Belichick and Kraft can talk with Spikes about the incident, but again, unless it becomes a distracting pattern or begets criminal charges, I don’t see why it would involve him being cut.
Keep the faith!
Totally agree.
I saw the fanshot right after I posted this.
The only concern I have is that the Patriots care more about their players’ public image than most teams. However, they’ve kept players (i.e. Kevin Faulk) who’ve done worse (at least in the eyes of the law). Like you said – no DV, no criminal activity, no (serious) problem. I’m sure he’ll get a talking to, but I don’t think it endangers his place on the team.
A sex-tape doesn't immediately strike me as particularly damaging to the public image.
It could be, of course – if it showed unconsensual activity, or it was clear the girl didn’t know she was being filmed – then it could be worth taking further.
However, if it was merely them mutually agreeing to tape something that was consensual and between adults and was perfectly legal, so what? Not ideal that it got released in public, but what does it prove – that athletes in college have sex? A travesty!
Without any knowledge of the context or prelude to the taping, my initial thought is “no big deal”. The world at large has probably seen more of Giselle Bundchen’s flesh overall, yet nobody’s wanting to cut TB.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Aug 31, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy who tried to sell the tape to Deadspin
for $1500.00 is a real bottom feeder (so to speak).
Keep the faith!
A person who sells someone else's obviously private sex-tape to a media outlet is a loser?
Say it aint so!
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
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