I love ya DDB, but there's a whole lot of discussion on this in the Special Teams thread.Gostkowski on injured reserve, according to patriots.com.
I love ya DDB, but there's a whole lot of discussion on this in the Special Teams thread.Gostkowski on injured reserve, according to patriots.com.
For fuck's sake, why have an injury thread then!I love ya DDB, but there's a whole lot of discussion on this in the Special Teams thread.
...or I can change the thread title to "In-Season Roster & Injury Discussion Except When Your Kicker is Hurt and Required a New Thread to Cover All the Panic".For fuck's sake, why have an injury thread then!
I think your number one moderating priority should be "what do I need to do today to not let DDB make himself look like an idiot," so I'm all for it....or I can change the thread title to "In-Season Roster & Injury Discussion Except When Your Kicker is Hurt and Required a New Thread to Cover All the Panic".
I think Diggs is being shipped but I just cant see a way the numbers get him here.The #Vikings listed WR Stefon Diggs as having missed practice today for non-injury reasons. No other explanation yet available.
Unless it’s Jordan Richards and he’s just wearing 17 to practice in today like AB wore 1 his first few days of practice.
Yes, exactly. Our 4th CB right now is JC Jackson and our 5th is a highly regarded second round pick who can barely get on the field because of the depth in front of him. Our 4th safety is Terrence Books, known as an ST guy but one who got some good press for his play in the regular defense during camp.It's a special teams move, I think I read somewhere that BB mentioned post Bills game that they struggled a bit on kick coverage during that game. Given the depth they have in the secondary right now he should not see the field for any defensive snaps except in garbage time.
... So it Doesn't Clog Up the Existing Special Teams Thread"...or I can change the thread title to "In-Season Roster & Injury Discussion Except When Your Kicker is Hurt and Required a New Thread to Cover All the Panic".
With Jordan Richards?Bill should just run the Wishbone and wing T at this point.
Yeah, just give him the week off assuming JE11 and JG10 are good to go.That's good news. Maybe takes Thurs off and gets back to full health by the following game.
So, reading the tea leaves: is the decision not to activate Watson for this past weekend combined with running out of more 2 TE sets and a number of passes to Izzo and Lacosse the Pats’ way of trying to decide if Watson’s $2M in cap space would be better used on the OL or a WR?Cutting Watson gains us almost $2 million in cap space.
View: https://twitter.com/patscap/status/1181218636821909504
What is his injury status? He was released by the Dolphins during pre-season for an undisclosed injury and I haven't been able to find any information about how serious the injury was. If he's fully healthy around that time though I wouldn't be shocked if the Patriots did this, assuming they don't make other moves earlier in the season.Dwayne Allen, signed during the bye week, seems like an obvious candidate to come back and be the blocking hammer. Vet min, half season or so, should come in under $500k. Right in time for Eagles/Cowboys/Texans/Chiefs.
News report from Aug 31 said he had off-season knee surgery and was recovering.What is his injury status? He was released by the Dolphins during pre-season for an undisclosed injury and I haven't been able to find any information about how serious the injury was. If he's fully healthy around that time though I wouldn't be shocked if the Patriots did this, assuming they don't make other moves earlier in the season.
Does this mean AB can wear #84 now...?
It happened fairly blatantly in the CarolinaVolin is saying he got a concussion in preseason. was not aware of that.
View: https://twitter.com/BenVolin/status/1181296997950771202
Dwayne Allen is a better run blocker than Watson.I wonder if they had more cap space if they would have found a way to make it work. Given the OL's issues especially run blocking, $2 million seems cheap to shore that up with a decent run blocking tight end even if he never catches a pass.
I think if the Patriots had $10 million space, he stays. But they just are cutting it too fine this year and the value of $2 million in cap space is greater when you have next to nothing left to get through the year. Fucking AB is just the gift that keeps giving.
If the Patriots are going to get where they want to be this year it may very well involve getting through Baltimore and Kansas City -- both teams that can be beaten with good run blocking. I'm not sure that there's anything else out there in the $2 million range that fortifies that area quite the same as we could have hoped from Watson, but I guess Bill doesn't think he's the answer.
So I guess I got my answer.So, reading the tea leaves: is the decision not to activate Watson for this past weekend combined with running out of more 2 TE sets and a number of passes to Izzo and Lacosse the Pats’ way of trying to decide if Watson’s $2M in cap space would be better used on the OL or a WR?
Apologies if this is obvious to everyone else. It wasn’t to me until now.
He's like the best non-Gronk run blocking tight end out there when he's healthy. But, we have no idea what he'd sign for and we have no idea if he is healthy I think.Dwayne Allen is a better run blocker than Watson.
He signed a 2 year, $7M deal. $3.5M per season. Watson saves $2M. 10 games of Allen would cost right around $2M by this math. If the Pats want Allen they can get him.He's like the best non-Gronk run blocking tight end out there when he's healthy. But, we have no idea what he'd sign for and we have no idea if he is healthy I think.
Isn't he a free agent? So he could cost less than that... assuming he's healthy, of courseHe signed a 2 year, $7M deal. $3.5M per season. Watson saves $2M. 10 games of Allen would cost right around $2M by this math. If the Pats want Allen they can get him.
Right. I just meant that was his market when he signed.Isn't he a free agent? So he could cost less than that... assuming he's healthy, of course