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Patriots Football Weekly| Analysis: Deaderick released
Brandon Deaderick appeared to be playing his best football toward the end of last season. The former seventh-round draft choice from Alabama was contributing on a regular basis in New England’s defensive line rotation, and even started a half dozen games at defensive tackle. However, that wasn’t enough to stick around, apparently, as the Patriots released the young veteran Monday.
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“It’s just that our base package will probably feature more two tight ends, two receivers rather than one tight end two backs,” he said. “We can get everything in our running game in that personnel group. It’s taking out a fullback and putting in a heck of a pass catcher and hopefully a good blocker. We like to mix up our personnel groupings and keep defenses off balance hopefully and be diverse in what we do. Our goal is to get our best players on the field.” If the Bengals can force defenses to go nickel on first and second down with two tight ends on the field as the Patriots do, running backs BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Giovani Bernard are going to see a lot of daylight.
5. Chandler Jones, New England (29.5): Jones lined up at RDE in the Patriots’ 4-3 defense as a rookie last year. Some thought it would take two years for Jones to be strong enough to play well in the NFL, but he demonstrated he was much further along than anticipated.
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3. Vince Wilfork, New England (9): Wilfork has built up his stamina over the past few years and now plays in many pass situations that years ago he would have been subbed out for. Wilfork has outstanding range along the line of scrimmage and that’s the reason New England plays him at DE more often than he lines up in his original NT position.
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The 7 Biggest Takeaways from Patriots Rookie Minicamp
Happy Monday everyone. We’re starting this week off with a look back at some of the more interesting nuggets to come out of rookie mini camp. The dead of the offseason continues to drag on…
Expectations should be held in check with Patriots rookie receivers – Sports – The Boston Globe On the whole, rookie receivers usually don’t make much of an impact right away. Instant impact players like Randy Moss, Anquan Boldin, or Marques Colston, who each had 1,000-yard seasons as rookies, are rare, even for guys picked at […]