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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Guy is not going anywhere.DJ Foster is ahead of Carr, and Lucien IMHO, and is a fringe candidate to the 53, especially with JE out since Foster can play WR.
Still have the feeling Lewis will be traded before season starts.
I agree that Langi and Butler (the BIG Butler!) are on the team or very close. Guy might be the odd man out if Big Butler sticks. Langi's chances went way up when BB dumped Ealy, even though Langi isn't a true DE. Slightly surprised BB couldn't get any trade value for Ealy. But many coaches must see it as a kiss of death for a player if BB can't salvage your career.
Going with 4 decent wrs's a bit of a gamble. If someone gets injured oh boy.
Going with 4 decent wrs's a bit of a gamble. If someone gets injured oh boy.
Hard to imagine anyone coming in and learning the playbook well enough to produce, at least for the first half of the season prior to the bye.Of course, Belichick might find a late veteran cut, or even trade for a WR if Mitchell isn't ready.
Hard to imagine anyone coming in and learning the playbook well enough to produce, at least for the first half of the season prior to the bye.
We'd almost certainly use one of the guys that have been practicing within the system. If Mitchell isn't ready to go, things are going to get dicey.
Even if Lucien, Carr, and Foster were all added to the opening day roster, we'd still only have 4 decent WRs.
Agreed. These are the final two UDFA contestants on who wants to be a Patriot. Carr could sneak in as a third but he'd probably make the PS.
Langi will either be pure ST or inactive for most of the season.
I do think that Butler will be a gameday active & get some playing time as a situational interior pass rusher & some DE snaps to spell Guy. Valentine seems more of a pure backup to Branch/Brown while Butler has some standalone gameday value.
Valentine averaged about 18 snaps per game to Brown's 33 in 2016. His role seemed to me to be "relief man" and occasional interior pass-rusher. With the addition of Butler and Guy, I'd expect his snap count to be reduced in 2017 to backup level, and he may even be inactive a few games while Butler and Guy are active for most games.
Langi seemed to be getting a lot of ST work and embracing it wholeheartedly. He seems likely to me to be Grissom's replacement.
However, I think the odds that Carr gets claimed off waivers are fairly high. If the Pats want to hang onto him, I think they'll need to keep him through cutdowns and (perhaps) try to sneak him through to the PS later.
Agreed. These are the final two UDFA contestants on who wants to be a Patriot. Carr could sneak in as a third but he'd probably make the PS.
I'm not convinced that particular competition is at its end yet. Langi and Butler definitely have the inside track, but I see at least 4 more UDFAs with a shot. In descending order of odds:
1. Cole Croston. He's the only player on the roster with true OG/OT versatility, and has shown well at both positions.
2. Kenny Moore. The more he keeps showing up on ST as well as on defense, the better his chances grow.
3. Austin Carr. A smart, sure-handed slot receiver...and, you know, Edelman and all.
4. Damarius Travis. I swear I see him outplaying safeties supposedly above him on the depth chart.
One or even two of these + Langi and Butler wouldn't surprise me. Jacob Hollister just misses the list.
Y'all just can't handle my boy Foster's greatness
Guy is not going anywhere.