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What Are the Patriots’ Remaining Options at Defensive End? | Bleacher Report
Great read from Frenz on what is one of the biggest things to watch going forward the rest of this offseason – who will be the third defensive end on the depth chart behind Chandler and Nink?
Couple of mock drafts to pass along today from two of the best Pats writers out there – Doug Kyed of NESN.com and Steve Balestrieri of PatsFans.com.
You’ll find similar themes in both and even the same player – CJ Fiedorowicz, possibly my own favorite tight end in this class. Both are addressing the trenches and tight end with some solid Pats fits at whatever positions later in the draft.
I think this is the way it’s going to go. The must get some good young depth, especially at interior offensive line.
I am always encouraged when I see other guys like Doug and Steve out there picking guys that I have on my big board already. I’ll be dropping that in the next week by the way, just need to get from 72 down to 50.
Between Belichick cautioning reporters to “verify”, Wilfork stating his pending comments will be his “FIRST” remarks and owner Robert Kraft saying Monday he “surely hopes” that Wilfork will remain with the team, there seems to be a cooling off in progress since Wilfork cleaned out his locker and took down his nameplate. What’s emerged in the past 18 hours is that, while the situation with Wilfork isn’t ideal, it is salvageable.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/between-belichick-cautioning-reporters-to/
In other words, receivers coming out of these systems are forced to learn a new way to speak about and learn the game. Instead of simply being told to run a slant or a go route, which makes learning a playbook much easier, they have to understand the concepts of each play and their assignment within in.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/in-other-words-receivers-coming-out-of-these/
Nobody does it quite like BB…
BB turns to humor when asked lighthearted question about cost of installing cameras on boundary lines. “Maybe we’ll have a bake sale.”
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss)
Belichick was asked about a timetable for Gronk’s recovery. Replied “Are you seriously asking that question?”
— Doug Kyed (@DougKyedNESN)
Bill Belichick on missing coaches photo on Monday: “Maybe they can photoshop me in there.”
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss)
Bill Belichick did say he wanted to be photoshopped in the head coaches photo … pic.twitter.com/997ySgwcA9
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) March 25, 2014
Darrelle is a good player. We’ll see how it comes together with us, what his role is and how exactly he fits in our scheme and so forth,” Belichick added. “We’ll just have to see how that comes together.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/darrelle-is-a-good-player-we-ll-see-how-it/
Good way to wrap up a Monday…
Adversity – A tribute to the 2013 New England Patriots (by Max Avedisian)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/good-way-to-wrap-up-a-monday-adversity-a/