The conditions have to be on games played.Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 33s33 seconds ago
The #Patriots traded C Bryan Stork to the #Redskins in exchange for a conditional draft pick, source said. Deal being worked out now.
The conditions have to be on games played.Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 33s33 seconds ago
The #Patriots traded C Bryan Stork to the #Redskins in exchange for a conditional draft pick, source said. Deal being worked out now.
The head bob thing is a common way to handle silent counts. The issue, as you pointed out, was that Stork didn't vary the timing of it at all. And by the 2nd quarter Von Miller was getting great jumps. By the 4th, safeties were walking up to the line and timing the snaps perfectly (think the big Chris Harris play). He only had to look back when Brady was in the shotgun, yet he was still doing it with Brady under center as part of the silent count. Stork also had this same issue in the 2014 loss to the Chiefs.I'm looking for the tweet but apparently the issue according to somebody (Maybe Bedard) was that he had to look for Brady to stomp his foot (thus the head bob-he was physcially looking back) but the Pats didn't alter the timing from foot stomp to snap. I know a lot of fans picked up on it as fans but the problem apparently wasn't so much the (essentially unavoidable) head bob, it was the wholly avoidable predictable timing from head bob to snap. Apparently Wendell had had the same issue in an earlier season. Not sure if this defense is right thouh.
Yeah, it strikes me as the sort of thing that should have been handled on the sideline at some point, and if it kept going on he should have been replaced. Makes me think the coaches missed it.I'll say that that strikes me of more of a coaching / QC issue than a player issue. It could have easily been corrected at half. I don't totally blame Stork on that one but he did have a propensity toward it at the worst times.
I'd guess it's just on him making the opening day roster.The conditions have to be on games played.
Batman. The correct answer is "Batman".They probably have him a concussion test asking him how many fingers the doctor was holding up. He answered potato.
Thuney can slide over and play center and they can plug Kline or Karras in at guard. No he didn't purposely cut Stork to scare the team.So who backs up Andrews now? Someone mentioned Kline but is he any good at C or just an emergency fix
The consensus seems to be that Dante is down on him but wasn't it Dante who recommended they draft Stork?
It seems like most every year, BB has surprise cuts. I wonder if he purposely does this with a couple of guys who would normally make the team to scare the team and let them know noone's job is safe
Doubt he would knowingly weaken his roster, and therefore his chances of winning, just to make a motivational point to the rest of the team. As others have pointed out, it's likely a combination of his concussion history, and his performance not being considered indispensable by BB and his staff. My guess is he views Andrews and others on the roster as better values going forward.So who backs up Andrews now? Someone mentioned Kline but is he any good at C or just an emergency fix
The consensus seems to be that Dante is down on him but wasn't it Dante who recommended they draft Stork?
It seems like most every year, BB has surprise cuts. I wonder if he purposely does this with a couple of guys who would normally make the team to scare the team and let them know noone's job is safe
This deserves more love.At this point second guessing a Belichick decision is a bit like Matt Damon vs Stellan Skarsgaard in Good Will Hunting:
(Looks at paper) "This looks good...wait, you're cutting Bryan Stork?"
BB "Yeah, it makes the team better."
"...Are you sure, it looks like Stork can play three positions on the oline..."
BB "Trust me, it's right. We'll be fine."
"...But did you consider that maybe-"
(BB lights Stork jersey on fire) "Do you know how easy this is for me? Do you have any fucking idea how easy this is? This is a fucking joke! And I'm sorry you can't do this, I really am because I wouldn't have to fucking sit here and watch you fumble around and fuck it up!"
Well except in this case, many of the "character hits" on Stork (as well as other ominous signs, such as getting beaten out of a starting job by an undrafted rookie) were being made well before he was cut by the team.The day Jeff Howe is even remotely critical a Patriots personnel move will be the first. Not that I think it's a bad move- Andrews seems more than capable, and multiple concussions make Stork an unreliable candidate for playing the whole season. But I could do without the citywide media hit on seemingly the character of seemingly every other player who is cut by the Pats.
Read the threadEveryone thought the Stork was brain damaged when he got here.
It's really hard to pick up a good offensive lineman, particularly at this part of the season. I think there's a pretty good chance the take a young OL off of waivers as a potential Fleming replacement --perhaps someone who flasehd in the preseason (maybeJohn Kling (a Bears rookie free agent tackle) or Joe Cheek (a rookie free agent OL with the saints)).Do we agree that there may still be a need for an OL acquisition? Wonder what BB has up his sleeve...
I think the OL played pretty well in PS week 2. My bet is that while they've been hit by the injury bug yet again, they stocked way up, and like the progress the line has made under DS. Thuney, Kline, Andrews, Cannon, they are going with those guys.Do we agree that there may still be a need for an OL acquisition? Wonder what BB has up his sleeve...
Released or put on IR. Either way he's not making the roster.Chris Cooley @thecooleyzone 19m19 minutes ago
Bryan Stork fails Redskins physical this morning. His rights will revert back to New England Patriots. Redskins get conditional pick back
Stork will probably be released immediately by us.
can they even outright release him now since there is some sort of injury/not being 100%? would this be an injury settlement move?Released or put on IR. Either way he's not making the roster.
Yes, I believe they'd have to release him with an injury settlement.can they even outright release him now since there is some sort of injury/not being 100%? would this be an injury settlement move?
Chris Cooley @thecooleyzone 19m19 minutes ago
Bryan Stork fails Redskins physical this morning. His rights will revert back to New England Patriots. Redskins get conditional pick back
Stork will probably be released immediately by us.
Were there others issues besides the concussions? Even though he seems like an ass, he sure showed flashes initially.Chris Cooley @thecooleyzone 19m19 minutes ago
Bryan Stork fails Redskins physical this morning. His rights will revert back to New England Patriots. Redskins get conditional pick back
Stork will probably be released immediately by us.
I am not sure on this. He passed his patriots physical prior to entering training camp.We could see an injury grievance, if the WAS failed physical report is accurate.
This is sort of like saying your car could not have possibly broken down, you took it for an oil change last month.I am not sure on this. He passed his patriots physical prior to entering training camp.
Concussions and concussion related symptoms are not part of an explicit policy?In a sense, you're both right. The CBA has a provision in the injury grievance section captioned "Presumption of Fitness," which basically says the player is presumed fit to perform if he passes the pre-training camp physical. So unless a player can identify an injury suffered since that physical, the Club will take the position that he was fine when camp started, never suffered an injury during camp, and he's being terminated for performance reasons. The player will need to have a physician say there was an injury, it was suffered after the training camp physical (as corroborated by the other Club's physical exam), and it renders him unable to perform.
TOTAL GUESS: The issue here *could* be one about the disclosures made (or not made) by the player in connection with the physical, where (a) the player is now saying, in effect, I've been your starting center and I didn't make it past the cut to 75, of course you know I'm hurt, I aggravated condition XYZ which the team doctor has treated ABC times over the past two years, and we all know exactly what's going on here, and (b) the team is saying, in effect, presumption of fitness on July ___, you didn't disclose anything bothering you on that date, and you haven't been treated for any injury since then.
Player has only 25 days to file - so we'll know soon enough.