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That’s one thing I feel like that sets me apart from other guys,” Hightower said about his versatility. “Aside from being my size and me being able to move as well as I do, versatility — being able to play outside, playing the defensive end or playing the mike backer. Being able to cover some of the other guys I wouldn’t be expected to. I try to use all of that to my advantage.
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Opening day is always a hard game to prepare for, no matter who it is because you either don’t have any history or you have a lot of history, more than you need. You have to try to figure out what that balance is. I think that most teams that go to training camp and spend the weeks in training camp, the weeks in the preseason games, you’re certainly going to see some of that on opening day. A team isn’t going to come in there and not do anything they worked on all year on opening day and have a whole new scheme. But I’m sure everybody has some wrinkles, has some things that they’re holding back, has some changes that they haven’t shown that you have to be ready for and that’s part of opening day. We’ll have them, I’m sure Buffalo will have them and we’ll see how it all turns out and then things will start to settle in a little after that but that’s part of opening day.
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Good news this morning as everyone (left on the roster) was at practice today and in uniform, except for Gronk, who was working out hard on the field next to practice.
So the headline guys have to Amendola (we were never worred), Cunningham (first time he’s been seen in weeks) and of course our old friend Ras-I Dowling who has seemingly gotten healthy just in time to get hurt in the final preseason game. I kid. Kinda.
Most projections still have Cunningham and Dowling making the team given the lack of experienced depth at defensive end and cornerback. But we all know that Belichick might just be ready to blow them both up at this point. Both will need to have good games on Thursday to cement their place, no easy task after being hurt for most of August.
Things are starting to come together. Can anyone else smell fall football weather in the air? It’s coming…
Patriots make a series of roster moves
And so it begins… The next six days will obviously be fascinating, and really the game might be one of the least interesting parts. This is prime Patriots bombshell time, so hold on to your seats, who knows what the team will look like one week from today.
[T]he Patriots released first-year WR Kamar Aiken, rookie CB Brandon Jones, nine-year veteran LB Niko Koutouvides, second-year CB LeQuan Lewis and rookie LS Mike Zupancic. The Patriots also placed rookie DL Cory Grissom and second-year T Markus Zusevics on injured reserve, and placed first-year DL Armond Armstead and rookie WR Mark Harrison on the reserve/non-football injury list.
The youngster again ran sharp, precise routes executing flawlessly on designed sideline outs, streaks and posts across the middle. Most impressively, he humiliated corners Chris Houston and Darius Slay off the line, hitting the juke button to beat press coverage. It can’t be overstated, the kid has not only locked down the ‘X’ role in an explosive offense, he possibly could emerge as the most coveted rookie, regardless of position, this season.
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Forgot about this, definitely a good route to take with Cunningham.
Here’s something to consider when it comes to the Patriots’ final 53-man roster: One of their injured players could initially make the team, then be placed on the NFL’s short-term injured reserve list the next day to open a spot for another player. Last year, the Patriots used the designation on tight end Visanthe Shiancoe, which didn’t pan out. A top candidate this year figures to be defensive end Jermaine Cunningham. He doesn’t appear close to a return at this time, so the Patriots look primed to have either second-year man Justin Francis or five-year veteran Marcus Benard fill his role as a third-down interior sub rusher.
Both of them are easily two of the toughest guys I’ve been involved with,” Leach said. “There’d be bigger guys and faster guys, but they were the best receivers. Wes’s body of work in New England speaks for itself, and I think they’re going to be really pleased with Danny, too.
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Today we bring you the infamous Mo Lewis on Drew Bledsoe hit that opened the door for Tom Brady. When people like Brady talk about this hit they make it sound like no one has ever been hit as hard as Lewis hit Bledsoe. But to be honest it really doesn’t look that bad does […]