Haha I know it's reactionary, but come the fuck on.Assuming everyone stays moderately healthy and the oline improves, this offense could make 07 look average. Gronk and Bennett in the red zone? Good luck!
How is Bennett at all like two players that were basically done? The only similarity seems to be that the Pats traded picks for them.Florio is here to piss all over this by comparing it to Haynesworth and Ochocinco:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/16/patriots-taking-another-calculated-risk-with-martellus-bennett/
So the way I'm looking at this is the Bears doing a Chandler Jones type deal-- a salary dump and getting the present value of a 4th today (less a 6th) versus ! year of service and getting a potential 3rd or a 4th 2 years from now.You have to predict what he will sign for. Unless he has a terrible 2016, it's hard to see him fetching less than a 4th. If he ends up signing a contract above $7.5m per year or so, it could be a third.
@ProFootballTalkHow is Bennett at all like two players that were basically done? The only similarity seems to be that the Pats traded picks for them.
+ a 2nd round pick!and in the span of a few days we add Chris Hogan, Chris Long, Jonathan Cooper, and Martellus Bennett for very reasonable contracts, Chandler Jones, and a 4th round pick. Amazing work by the front office.
Relax. Its fucking March. Let me dream.Haha I know it's reactionary, but come the fuck on.
Dumb. They throw it 45 times a game. Plenty of passes to go around.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
This makes literally zero fucking sense. The Pats spread the ball around better than any team in the league.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
I agree. His name is Brandon Lafell.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
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Everybody in the NE offense is going to be happy with the hardware and confetti.
What I'm interested in is seeing how they effectively use two TE sets in regular play as well. I feel like they can do more hurry up and more odd looks with these two guys. I also feel like BB has been waiting to get back to the days of Gronk and AH...he was just starting to figure out how he could use those two to his advantage at the end of that season. I feel like we're going to see a lot of forced physical mismatches just based on how the Pats line up and then change formation.We saw how dangerous the goal line offense was at the start of the year with a functioning Scott Chandler. Replacing him with Martellus Bennett? Scary.
He says Bennett will remain "disgruntled" because he will be at best the third option in the passing game in his walk year.Florio is here to piss all over this by comparing it to Haynesworth and Ochocinco:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/16/patriots-taking-another-calculated-risk-with-martellus-bennett/
Michael Williams played a whole bunch of snaps(I did look and couldn't find an exact number) and will likely be the person whose time on the field is most affected. Williams only had 6 targets though so obviously those are coming from someone else.Bennett played about 400 more snaps last year than Chadler did, so I suppose there's something to the notion that someone (Amendola?) is going to end up playing fewer snaps than they are accustomed to playing if the Patriots play in two tight end sets. But it's pretty minor. This probably permits the Patriots to reduce Gronk's work load some, and that's a good thing.
He wasn't better than the 3rd option behind Jeffrey and Marshall in Chicago for his big years there. I think he'll probably be fine with it.He says Bennett will remain "disgruntled" because he will be at best the third option in the passing game in his walk year.
Of course being the third receiving option in an offense that throws (accurately) 55 times a game might not be so bad.
It's ok. You just have TB12 pull whomever is complaining aside and apologize for ruining their market value because they're getting limited attention from a QB who's paid in the bottom half of the league at his position.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
Right, because no one ever gets injured/misses games in the NFL.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
One more thing to what others have respond with concerning this...Take a lot of those hurried passes and thrown away balls that we saw in the latter part of the season and with some decent pass protection, you'll be converting those into receptions for someone.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
Not very much don't think, they are just solid moves. They aren't burning future assets or setting up dead money down the line and money coming off the cap next year is good for when they have to extend the defense studs.These moves are borderline GFIN moves, aren't they? Is BB pushing all his chips into the middle of the table for the next couple of years?
Remember - we also get Lewis back next season. Imagine passing plays with Gronk, Bennett, Edelman, Hogan, and Lewis on the field next year?
Holy shit.
eh, hopefully they forget about the vengeance this timeTwo TE offense is back with a vengeance!
This reminds me so much of the Jets trading for another talented yet mercurial former Bear, Brandon Marshall.Here's an overview of Bennett's issues while with the Bears. Certainly heavy on the club's perspective, but certainly plenty of issues to write about. Bennet is a quirky, out there personality ("The Black Unicorn" and all that), so a lot of this could be about the team culture. We've seen guys like Dillon and Moss, who were "problems" elsewhere, come to Foxboro and be great team players. The Pats obviously think their organizational culture can handle it.
This was greateh, hopefully they forget about the vengeance this time
And then they're going to hate their coach.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
Kensil is probably already on this.@ProFootballTalk
Unless they start playing with two footballs, somebody in the NE offense isn't going to be happy with his targets and catches.
Something tells me Bennett would be more than happy to work at Brady Corp.Jay Cutler took his share of blame, too, but Bennett doesn’t think it was all deserved. “Why does everyone always assume the quarterback is the leader?” Bennett asks. “Leading the offense and leading the team are two different things. Sometimes I like Cutty, and sometimes I don’t. When I think of a leader, I think, ‘If he started a company, would guys come to work for him?’ There’s a lot of guys on our team who, if they started a business, it’d be, ‘Fuck you, I’m gonna go work at McDonald’s.’ ”
So would Bennett work at Cutler Corp.? “There are veterans that people follow,” he says after a long pause, “and then you’ve got guys that lead the offense, get everyone lined up, get to your spot, do what you need to do, let’s do our plays.” Take that as you will.
I know. wish he had a nickname that'll make it clear for everyone.Atleast he's not white though am I right boys
You say shithole, Belichick says "undervalued assets." Bennet, McClellin...Cutler next?I know. wish he had a nickname that'll make it clear for everyone.
More on Marshall vs. Bennett comparison. You just can't underestimate the shithole Chicago was the past few years (5-11 last year, 8-8 the year before).