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Mike Dussault

Here’s where I’m at with my Patriots 53-man roster

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I see an interesting three-way battle between Tracy White, Dane Fletcher and Bobby Carpenter. Maybe why the Pats wanted to get a closer look at Carpenter in mini-camps as they know what they have with Fletch and White. I’m stilling giving White the edge.

Also wondering now if Beckett could get to the practice squad. I have to think he probably could. 

QB (3) Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett

RB (5) Stevan Ridley, Danny Woodhead, Shane Vereen, Tony Fiammetta, Joseph Addai

WR (6) Wes Welker, Brandon Lloyd, Jabar Gaffney, Deion Branch, Julian Edelman, Matthew Slater

TE (3) Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Daniel Fells

C  (2) Dan Connolly, Dan Koppen

G  (4) Brian Waters, Robert Gallery, Ryan Wendell, Logan Mankins

T  (3) Sebastian Vollmer, Nate Solder, Marcus Cannon

DE (5) Brandon Deaderick, Jonathan Fanene, Chandler Jones, Trevor Scott, Jake Bequette

DT (3) Vince Wilfork, Kyle Love, Myron Pryor

ILB(4) Jerod Mayo, Brandon Spikes, Donta Hightower, Tracy White

OLB(2) Rob Ninkovich, Jermaine Cunningham

CB (6) Devin McCourty, Ras-I Dowling, Kyle Arrington, Will Allen, Alfonzo Dennard, Sterling Moore

SS (2) Patrick Chung, James Ihedigbo

FS (2) Steve Gregory, Tavon Wilson

ST (3) Stephen Gostkowski, Zoltan Mesko, Danny Aiken

Total players: 53

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Just a few more weeks….

https://www.patspropaganda.com/just-a-few-more-weeks/

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In one Patriots playbook I’ve seen (the 2004 version), there were 25 different single receiver routes, and that doesn’t count all the available options. Nor does it cover where those routes are run in a split on the field, or how the receivers run routes in tandem. There were 17 different two-man route combos in the playbook I saw, and five different three-man route combos. Once you’ve mastered all that stuff, there’s then the matter of the call in any pass play – the name of the route group that a team decides on any pass play for anywhere from one to five receivers. Add in the protection at the line, and you have the start of what will be an eventual Patriots play call.

Here’s that 2004 playbook if you want to check it out.

Option routes, and why they drive some receivers crazy | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

https://www.patspropaganda.com/in-one-patriots-playbook-ive-seen-the-2004/

Cosell Talks: Eli’s Arrived : NFL Films Blog

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Cosell Talks: Eli’s Arrived : NFL Films Blog

Eli will always be a doofus, but he’s a quarterback that obviously has my respect. Look at the throw described below by Greg Cosell. Considering the situation and the stage that’s as good of a throw that a quarterback can ever make.

In 2011, I saw significant improvement in two other elements of Manning’s game: progression reading and pocket movement, with the corollary ability to extend plays outside the pocket. We all remember the 38-yard completion to Mario Manningham late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI; it was the single biggest play in the game. It also reflected many of the attributes that I have often written about, beginning with pre-snap recognition of the coverage.

It was Cover 2, with both New England Patriots safeties split, each responsible for one deep half of the field. The initial read for Manning was to the right, the two-receiver side. (Manningham was the single wide receiver to the left of the formation.) When Eli hit his plant step in the pocket, the routes to his progression side (the right) were not defined. He did not have a clear picture. There was no throw. Manning knew he had Manningham on the back-side fade. It was the safety to that side, not the corner, that he had to beat to make that throw.

Turn On The Jets 12 Pack: Damn Those Patriots – Turn On The Jets

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Turn On The Jets 12 Pack: Damn Those Patriots – Turn On The Jets

Good stuff from a Jets perspective. If there’s one thing I’m surprised about with the Jets it’s that they don’t have a clear personnel move this off-season that looks to counter Gronk & Hernandez. Gronk especially. I thought the Jets would be all over some big in the box safety types. Maybe Bell and Landry can do it.

But it seems to me more like the Jets are doing their own thing this off-season rather than reacting to stopping the Patriots. Not so sure that’s a good thing for them.