New England Patriots Links 9/06/10 - Roster Roulette
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PrintChristopher Price lists the winners and losers on cutdown weekend. Here are a couple of the winners:
WINNERS
Safety Jarrad Page: The 6-foot, 225-pound Page was really unhappy with the Chiefs, requesting a trade over the summer after it became increasingly apparent that youngster Eric Berry was going to eat into his playing time. The 25-year-old, who signed his restricted free agent tender with Kansas City this past Friday, got his wish with a deal to New England, and arrives with a rep as something of a playmaking safety — he has 10 interceptions over four seasons in the NFL. Not sure where he fits in right now on the depth chart, but he likely will take most of the snaps in place of Brandon McGowan, who went on season-ending IR over the weekend with a chest injury.
Outside linebacker Shawn Crable: The man of 1,000 lives. The 25-year-old Crable, who spent most of two seasons on injured reserve with a variety of ailments (shin, back, groin), was waived at the start of training camp. Nobody picked him up, but it turns out he’ll get another shot with the Patriots because they added him up as a practice squadder on Sunday. The 6-foot-5, 243-pounder, who was a pass-rushing force as a collegian at Michigan (he had 17 sacks with the Wolverines), could provide some help for a New England pass defense that has struggled to get consistent pressure on quarterbacks since the start of the 2009 season.
The Sun Chronicle reports evidence of Stephen Neal being the modest, good guy that he is.
NORTH ATTLEBORO - Professional athletes are often in the news for getting into trouble, but Sonny Marsella wants you to know there are still some good guys out there. Marsella, 75, an Attleboro resident, says he "doesn't get around too well" and needs to use a walker or a cane to walk. Recently he was having some trouble maneuvering at the post office at Attleboro Falls when a rather large man asked if he needed some help. The stranger helped him get to the mail box. Noting how large the man was, Marsella asked him if he was a weight lifter. No, the man said, "I play football up the road." It turns out the man was 6'4", 305 lbs. New England Patriot Stephen Neal.
Peter King (SI) makes this note in his MMQB column from the 2010 Football Outsiders Almanac:
A few other interesting numbers from the 2010 Almanac, on sale at footballoutsiders.com, and beginning with a stat about a quarterback who, for some reason, so many people believe is declining, even after a 4,398-yard passing season:
1. Tom Brady faced the hardest schedule of pass defenses of any quarterback since 1993.
TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino analyzes the final cuts and discusses rumored trades.
- Paul Perillo reports on the Patriots activity this past weekend.
- Andy Hart wants to know what the H-E double hockey sticks is going on at outside linebacker?
- Patriots make two trades; Claim rookie OL Maneri; Release LB McKenzie.
- Eric Scalavino admits he is stunned over the release of Tyrone McKenzie.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss reports that for the second straight day, Patriots players will report to Gillette Stadium in preparations for Sunday's season-opener against the Bengals.
- Albert Breer reports Darrelle Revis ended his holdout, signing a seven-year deal with the Jets.
- Albert Breer offers a quick analysis of how the Patriots roster looks after the cuts.
- Ian Rapoport looks at the 2010 Patriots team now that the dust has settled after the cuts.
- Ian Rapoport looks at what we've learned about the team after cut-down weekend.
- Mike Reiss thinks it may be an ominous sign that the Pats were buyers (not sellers) in shaping their roster this weekend.
- Shalise Manza Young talks about the cuts, saying Burgess was a disappointment and the loss of McGowan will sting.
- Monique Walker recaps the weekend's moving and shaking of the roster.
- Karen Guregian details new Patriot Jarrad Page's journey out of Kansas City and what former coach Herm Edwards has to say about him.
- Tom E. Curran says LB Derrick Burgess didn't do anything while he was here. (1.27 min. video)
- Tom E. Curran says the Patriots raised a lot of eyebrows with some unexpected moves this weekend.
- Tom E. Curran notes the moves the Patriots made this week are tantamount to saying, "We screwed up."
- Mark Farinella offers a breakdown of the roster by position, with 17 new names that weren't on last year's 53 (18 if you count Quinn Ojinnaka, who will be back in Week 2.)
- Albert Breer writes about undrafted free agents working their way into jobs the hard way.
- Christopher Price notes Bill Belichick promised there would be a lot of moving parts, and he was dead-on.
- Mark Farinella offers seven things he knows about the Patriots with seven days until kickoff.
- Mike Reiss offers some quick-hit thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL.
- Monique Walker has a great piece on Jerod Mayo and how his younger brothers really look up to him.
- Jeff Howe notes Maroney survived a mass of roster cuts, and it looks like he'll play out his five-year rookie contract with the Patriots.
- Albert Breer says Robert Kraft appreciates the level of support the game gets, from a local and national standpoint and knows how good the the owners have it.
- Karen Guregian talks about the dilemma Belichick has now that Leigh Bodden is out. Bring in a veteran, or let the young CBs learn on the job?
- Mike Reiss offers some preseason stats to ponder till Week 1: QB Breakdown and breakdown of running back snaps.
- Mike Reiss reports Gronkowski's four TDs tied the NFL lead this preseason, Brady's 128.4 passer rating was a league high and Tate topped the kickoff return charts (44.0 avg.).
- Mike Reiss highlights Bill Belichick's standard day-after-game conference call, talking about Damione Lewis, Rich Ohrnberger and Sergio Brown.
- Howard Ullman (AP) Tom Brady's balancing act: fatherhood and football.
- Ian Rapoport Patriots Notebook: Jermaine Cunningham may play season opener.
- NESN Video After the Game: Take a Quad ride with Patriots tackle Matt Light and a tour of his home and garage. (5 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Tim Graham (ESPN) AFC East Cutdown analysis: Patriots, Dolphins, Jets and Bills.
- Len Pasquarelli (Fox Sports) Shrewd drafting has Patriots all set at tight end.
- Sporting News Cream of the NFL coaching crop. Bill Belichick number one baby.
- Judy Battista (NY Times) NFL Preview: AFC East.
- Peter King (SI) MMQB: Revis, Jets agree to new deal; Cutdown weekend awards.
- Michael Lombardi (NFL.com) Fifty-three reasons to be intrigued heading into the season.
- Joe Fortenbaugh (Nat'l Football Post) 10 situations you should all be following.
- Bill Simmons (ESPN) Which QB would you go to war with?
- Tom Pedulla (USA Today) The comeback trail: Contenders for NFL's biggest bounce-back.
- Doug Farrar (Yahoo! Sports) Scrubs? Not so fast ... practice squad players get good money.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) A glance at AFC East's undrafted rookies.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Transaction wire humming in AFC East.
- Michael Silver (Yahoo! Sports) Owner rankings, Part 1: Brown makes 'em laugh.
- Michael Silver (Yahoo! Sports) Owner rankings, Part 2: Split decision at top.
- Glenn Gulbeau (The Daily Advertiser) Belichick: Payton can handle task.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Speed dial: Tales of The Turk.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Roethlisberger decision affects Dolphins.
- Jason Cole (Yahoo! Sports) Jets in danger of losing Revis forever.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Bradshaw wishes Rex Ryan would shut up.
- Tim Graham (ESPN) Jets continue to whack veteran leaders.
- Drew Sharp (Detroit Free Press) NFL chickened out with only a $7,500 fine for Lions' Ndamukong Suh. Here's a replay of Suh trying to unscrew Delhomme's head.
- Dan Pompei (Nat'l Football Post) NFP Sunday Blitz.
- Judy Battista (NY Times) Coaches take more risks, but perhaps not enough.
- Eric Dash (NY Times) In the NFL on fourth down, Romer says go for it.
- Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) Possibility of lockout puts damper on start of the season.
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Goodell is inconstant
sometimes he’s tough, other times he’s soft
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am i the only person who finds this post funny?
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I see what you did there
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2009 Best Regular Season Record in NYPPL.
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""It only ends once. Everything that comes before is just progress"
Rex Ryan-sized diapers?
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
How about unfathomable?
Wes Welker gets fined $25,000 for making a snow angel in the end zone (that was used repeatedly in NFL Network promos afterwards), but it’s only a $7,500 fine for Suh to grab Delhomme by the facemask, twist his head around and throw him to the ground.
Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Keep the faith!
Fines for Unnecessary Celebration penalties are REALLY stupid...
But still…some players will take a mile if you give them an inch.
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 6, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes perfect sense to me
A snow angel violates the image Goodell wants the league to portray, whereas the intentional attempt to decapitate a player is “just part of the game.”
Also, this is one of the reasons Cleveland is going to stink for quite some time — no one got in Suh’s face after that. I don’t care how big he is, if he did that to Brady, three of our offensive lineman would ripping his arms and legs off while the other two kept the rest of the Lions away. And any other team with playoff aspirations would do the same.
But not the Browns.
The Browns don't believe in quarterbacks...
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Draft pick Welch lands with Vikings
Does this mean that the Patriots assessed Welch as not good enough or did Vikings announce his signing late. Probably latter. Maybe that is why they tiook Maneri. Maneri seems similar to Welch.
The Vikings O-line is (surprisingly) pretty bad; they probably upgrade with Welch.
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matt light
doesn’t he look like the older brother of Sebass?
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Brady has been ribbed by teammates, just as when he posed with a goat for GQ magazine in 2005 and his offensive linemen taped the photo to their backs in practice.
lmao.
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BB basically says the Mckenzie was cut..
…because he didn’t contribute on special teams. Wonder if the knee is 100%. No word on anyone picking him up yet. I think Larsen was claimed right away, but it appears that if they wanted Welch, they could have put him on the Practice Squad.
i wonder
Maybe Welch acquisition was announced late and Viking got him within 24 hour waiver period.
If outside of 24 hour period then they must have decided that Maneri was better option since he is similar to Welch.
Both seem to have physical dimensions to be starters and all the patriots need is one more at RT.
I don't know if the Pats were too worried about Welch leaving
They didn’t seem to go out of their way to keep him around, anyway.
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ravens
As reported even earlier by our own BAL_Hawk, the Baltimore Ravens agreed to terms with former Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh on a one-year, $855,000 contract.
With the offseason additions of Anquan Boldin and Donte’ Stallworth, and today’s signing of T.J. Houshmandzadeh, the Ravens’ receiving corps is looking more formidable than it ever has. Add a healthy Derrick Mason and a rejuvenated Mark Clayton into the mix, and the Ravens have five receivers who could start for most NFL teams. Consider that rookie David Reed and third-year man Marcus Smith forced Demetrius Williams out the door, and from top to bottom, this group seems to be extremely talented.
Is this a sign of the Apocalypse? Do the Ravens actually have the best receiving corps in the NFL?
Except Stallworth is out with injury.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Sep 6, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Housh has always been overrated.
But he should thrive in that offense. With better receivers to draw the coverage away from him (like Ochocinco did for him in CIN), he’ll return to his former productivity.
That offense is scary good, and Flacco is definitely underrated.
He's just a possession receiver now, like Torry Holt would've been but for the injury
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
The Seahawks were dumb?
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 6, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Signing #2 WRs to #1 money?
Houshmanzadeh, Branch, etc…
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
How about they SIGN a number one receiver...
Imagine if people knew how low the price for Moss was. Seattle would go all out to get him, probably tossing a first round pick into the deal.
I mean, they just traded Lawrence Jackson because he didn’t play at the same level he did at USC. What a strange move…
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 6, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
remember how espn and nfl draft experts after the draft
predicted the seahawks would at least have 8 wins….well not anymore…they are gutting all their vets….Caroll is smoking something.
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Carroll was going on about how important the zone-blocking thing would be...
and then his Gibbs quits last week – you know, the guy who pretty much invented the scheme. Well done, Pete.
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Seahawks can’t run. End of season. You don’t have to be the Jets, but you need to at least move the chains on 3rd and 2 occasionally.
by quadruple option on Sep 7, 2010 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
In that division, it's still possible
That’s the weakest division in the NFL. I could see them potentially going 4-2 there. I think it would be a bit of a stretch for them to go 4-6 over the rest of their schedule, but it’s not impossible if they get really, really lucky.
That said, I wonder if Carroll thinks at this point that he should just blow up the roster and start building from scratch rather than rebuilding. If Hasselbeck gets so much as looked at funny in the first couple weeks, we might see if Charlie Whitehurst is the QB of the future (or if they’re playing for the Jake Locker sweepstakes).
Apparently they now regret the Whitehurst move
So I’m not sure he’s exactly the QB-of-the-future when they don’t even like him as backup-QB-of-the-present.
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They don't like anyone they have right now
Hasselbeck is quoted in Sports Illustrated saying he isn’t secure in his job. That’s fair enough given that he can’t stay healthy for a whole year anymore, but the rest of their QBs just stink.
That said, Matt Cassell looked awful in the preseason a couple years ago and ended up doing pretty well for us. They may just give Whitehurst the ball and see what he can do in games that count just to see if he can do anything. If he can, they’re better off; if he can’t, they’re in position to grab whatever QB they want.
Difference being, though...
Cassell looked bad in preseason but had the absolute confidence of the coaches (and after 2008, we know why); Whitehurst had a poor preseason and apparently the coaches hold no confidence in him.
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by Comedic.Sans on Sep 7, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It's too bad the coaches couldn't have bred
that sack happy playing style out of Cassel…
I mean, that’s ridiculous. The exact same offensive line protected Brady so much better. What does that say about Cassel’s pocket presence? Does he have any to speak of?
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 7, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He needed the confidence
to let go of the ball sooner, and he got it eventually as his sack numbers decreased over time. Any line is going to collapse eventually.
Keep the faith!
The bad thing was that it happened so often...
Ten fewer sacks could have easily meant the difference between losing to the Jest in OT and making the playoffs…
The one really inexcusable loss in Cassel’s tenure was the Pittsburgh game, You should never EVER get beaten like that at home.
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 7, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Two thoughts -
Rookie QBs (and Cassel was basically a rookie) always suffer more sacks. They’re slower to read the pass-rush, they’re slower to read the route progressions, and they’re slower to make decisions because they’re inexperienced. All of the above means more sacks.
The other thing to realise with Cassel was that he was actually a surprisingly good scrambler, much like Aaron Rodgers. Cassel put up something like 300-400 yards on the ground, and his instincts often made him tuck it in and run. Sometimes that gets you a scramble for a first down, sometimes that gets you sacked. Factor in the positive running plays, and it takes some of the sting out of the sacks, as some of them were basically negative run plays.
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by Comedic.Sans on Sep 7, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
True.
Wasn’t there a graphic that said Cassel had broken the Patriots record for most rushing yards in a game by a QB? I can’t quite remember who he did it against.
Running QBs almost always seem to get sacked more than passing QBs in the NFL.
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Running QBs almost always seem to get sacked more than passing QBs in the NFL.
QBs who scramble and QBs who have playbooks with a lot of bootlegs and such tend towards big plays and giving up a lot of sacks. I’m thinking of Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger in particular – both of whom tied for the most sacks in 2010 at 50. Yet both put up season passer ratings of over 100 – meaning it didn’t affect their actual passing too badly.
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Here's another
Is it really fair to compare Cassell’s pocket presence to Brady’s? Sure, that’s fine if you’re talking about all-time greats, but how about just for decent QB play? Setting the bar at Brady may be just a smidge too high.
Especially when Aaron Rodgers calls Brady the best QB at the moment
And as his top reason gives Brady’s pocket awareness and ability to shift around behind blockers effectively. Considering Rodgers is of the same breed as Cassel, that’s doubly pertinent.
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by Comedic.Sans on Sep 10, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Because he's not going to make the Pro Bowl
He’s nothing more than a better-than-average possession receiver at this point, and even that may be overstating it. He’ll probably catch 40 passes for 400 yards — good enough for a third or fourth option at receiver, but not exactly outstanding.
Also, the Seahawks still have to pay him over $6M for this year because of his guaranteed contract
So it’s not like he needed to hold out for a big contract to get paid.
With Stallworth out, he may get up to 60 catches and 650-700 yards. But still, those aren’t Pro Bowl numbers — Seattle completely overpaid for him in the first place, and he’s older and slower now than he was when he signed with them.
That's the main point - from memory, $800k is about the lowest he's allowed to sign for as a veteran
So he signed the lowest tender he could possibly be offered by a team, and still gets the rest of his $6M guaranteed by the Seahawks as part of their agreement for his release.
Fail, Seahawks.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
Did Farinella actually say that the Pats will be 1-6 after the first 7?
Look, I know we have problems, but so does every other team in the league. Noone is expecting another ‘07 but Jesus people, have a little faith. BB and the Pats front office didn’t just magically forget how to coach/run/build a football team.
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given the pats are playing so many superbowl contenders, it’s always a possibility.
but i think he is giving absolute worse case scenario.
i think saying the patriots will win 9.5 games is being fair although how they are going to win that 0.5 game will be baffling.
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Tie the 'Phins on the road?
I don’t know. A tie in divisional play sounds like a nightmare for playoff contenders.
Can Abbrederis shoot the long three and effectively distribute the ball to his big men?
"Because one of the great minds of the 21st century is raising glow-in-the-dark fish and weaving serapes..." -Leonard Hofstadter from The Big Bang Theory
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Sep 6, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
If the offense was as bad as the defense has the potential to be, I'd believe it
But the offense looks like it’s good enough to put up 30 points most games. At worst, that will leave us at 4-3 after seven games, and 5-2 seems about right.
You have a lot more confidence in O'Brien than I do.
At game’s end, we will know whether O’Brien learned from last season. If so, I agree with you. 30 points is well within their capability. If, however, we see Moss, Welker, Moss, Welker … forget it. They’ll be behind early in the game, and it won’t be good.
I have very little confidence in O'Brien
I have plenty of confidence in Brady, Moss, Welker, et al.
Hey, maybe Moss and Brady will just call audibles on the field, high school style.
by quadruple option on Sep 7, 2010 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm surprised Brady DIDN'T do that in 2009
He vented to the coaches and even the press that he as frustrated with O’Brien’s playcalling, especially early into the season. If he was so pissed with bad playcalling on offence, why didn’t he change it up himself?
I know that whole Manning-vs-Brady thing will go into perpetuity, but I do have to give props to Manning for not putting up with crap playcalling. He makes all the calls himself by changing everything at the line. If Brady did that, O’Brien would be taken out of the equation a little.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
The Colts have that kind of system, though
Everyone there knows that’s what’s going to happen, and they’ve spent years getting the right personnel who can take things on the fly like that.
It’s different here. The system here is more structured and won’t allow even Brady to play by the seat of his pants, and we don’t really know if the entire offense is capable of playing that way anyway. Though as long as they know the playbook as well as they should and we’re not talking about people who scored in the low single digits on the Wonderlic, that part at least shouldn’t be a problem
Oh, sure
but I was thinking in terms of even so much as breaking up the horribly predictable playcalling. O’B calls pass, but Brady audibles into a run or whatever. Anything to break up the monotony.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
brady could wear funny hats on his helmet, be more spastic and spontaneously make tourette like noises and phrases. that would liven things up. it would drive defenses amd even referees crazy not too mention hi team mates
be more spastic and spontaneously make tourette like noises and phrases
So… he’d be Peyton Manning?
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by Comedic.Sans on Sep 7, 2010 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
or just like the two-hand-touch games we used to play on my street
every play the QB would just tell Moss to ‘go long’ and throw him the ball. The other kids would get mad and we’d have a fight and break up the game. Then we’d just get together and do it all over again the next day. Gotta LOVE the fall, haha.
Keep the faith!
practice
Rookie tight end Aaron Hernandez was back at practice participating in full pads after missing last week. Rookie outside linebacker Jermaine Cunningham was also expected to make a return from his ankle injury, but was off to the side in shorts.
Others present, but not practicing were Julian Edelman, Ron Brace, Laurence Maroney and Kyle Arrington. Not seen were offensive lineman Quinn Ojinnaka and Nick Kaczur.
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shawn crable better be ready to play
Meriweather
Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather was on the Dale & Holley show earlier today and chatted about Sunday’s season-opener against the Bengals. Specifically, he was asked about the Bengals new dynamic receiver duo of Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens.
"Any time you get a chance to play against two of the elite receivers ever to play the game, you get excited," he said.
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when i was younger, i loved playing against good competition
the better the competition was, the more excited i became
here is further clarification for claiming player
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One more thing. Since waiver claims yesterday had to be made before Noon, but Practice Squads couldn’t be formed until AFTER Noon, claimed players couldn’t be put anywhere but on the regular roster. After P/S’s exist, a >waived< player who is claimed can go directly to the claimant’s P/S, IIRC.
This shouldn’t be confused with the rule that says a player snagged off another team’s P/S must go to the snagging team’s regular roster instead of directly to their own P/S. If a player is currently signed to a P/S, he’s therefore not on waivers.
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