Classic matchup.
Practice report: Patriots, Buccaneers look sloppy – Extra Points – Boston.com
Practice report: Patriots, Buccaneers look sloppy – Extra Points – Boston.com
Nice to see some love for Tavon, hasn’t had many positive mentions over the first few weeks.
S Tavon Wilson: Fighting for a roster spot, he had a really nice interception of QB Josh Freeman on the goal line, batting a slant pass up in the air, then corraling the ball and heading upfield.
Stock Watch Buy: Jamie Collins – With Brandon Spikes not practicing the rookie second-round pick got a chance to run with the first unit at strong side linebacker. He was active at times, knocking down a couple of passes and nearly picking one off as he cut underneath a Bucs receiver near the goal line during a team period.
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Top pick Collins rises up on D – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Top pick Collins rises up on D – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
I was thinking this might be what a post-Spikes linebacker corps might look like: Collins-Hightower-Mayo. This is a good look at how Collins has been fitting in. Sure to be some growing pains with him, but he’s certainly the kind of player the Pats need on their defense.
Observations: Day 2 of Tampa week – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Observations: Day 2 of Tampa week – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
I’ve remained intrigued by Bolden and these two bits from Field Yates’ observations below only reinforce that. He’ll need to make some plays in these next two games.
As they do each day, the Patriots got receiving work in for their running backs. After taking stock of the six backs on the roster, we’d rank them like this in terms of receiving ability: Shane Vereen, Leon Washington, Brandon Bolden, Stevan Ridley, LeGarrette Blount and George Winn. The top four are particularly comfortable handling the football in the receiving game, with Bolden getting the slight edge over Ridley due to route-running ability. Speaking of Bolden, he remains a player of interest for us. He doesn’t have any glaring deficiencies to his game, and we saw in small doses last season that he can be an effective runner. Whether or not he’s shown the coaching staff enough since his suspension in the middle of last season to take carries away from Ridley and others is a big question entering the season. He appears to be behind Blount as things currently stand, but with as much talent as Bolden has, he should have a chance to earn some carries back with a strong rest of his preseason.
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