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The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the AFC East Draft | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

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The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the AFC East Draft | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

Must Listen Alert! As someone who left Hightower off his Big Board it makes me feel slightly better that Cosell wasn’t quite sure of his Pats fit either. Still, that’s no excuse, he should’ve been on there.

On New England Patriots first-round LB Dont’a Hightower: “Hightower was a guy I struggled with a little – there were some games I watched when I thought, ‘Oh, this guy has a chance to be a good player,’ and there were other games in which I thought he just didn’t move quite that well. If they played a 3-4 and [Brandon] Spikes and Hightower were their inside linebackers … to me, neither guy moves quite well enough. But obviously, Bill Belichick knows more than I do, and what Hightower does give you is versatility. He played almost every linebacker position, and in addition, he put his hand on the ground when they went to their sub-packages, and rushed the quarterback. There’s a versatility element with this kid. He’s had some injuries that he’s coming back from, so maybe he improves.”

Pass rusher Carter just one vet coming off injury who may be a steal – NFL – CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy

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Pass rusher Carter just one vet coming off injury who may be a steal – NFL – CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy

Carter was seen in Foxboro last week, let’s hope the Pats bring him back, eventhough their bases are covered if they don’t.

Now, a little more than a month before the start of training camp, Carter’s hard work is paying off again. With the free-agent market largely already picked clean, Carter is nearing a return – he vows to be ready by camp – and he is one of a handful of players who may have fallen off the overall NFL radar, but who are being monitored closely by executives.


“It would be great, it would be great,” Carter said of a potential New England reunion. “But as you know it’s a business as well. I’m just training my mind and body to prepare for another season, and hopefully a team will be interested in me and take a chance and I can go out and perform the best way I can. If it’s New England, that would be awesome.”


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We saw more evidence of how polished WR Brandon Lloyd is when he did a terrific job showing late hands on a 7-on-7 pass from Tom Brady. CB Malcolm Williams was in perfect underneath position but didn’t get his hands up in time because Lloyd didn’t catch the ball until the last second. Reminiscent of Randy Moss. Brady and Lloyd go just about everywhere together on the field between drills.

Mini-camp observations, Day 1 – Extra Points – Boston.com

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Good luck dealing with this tandem this year, NFL.

(via Patriots Mini-Camp – Thursday, June 12, 2012)

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Mini-camp observations, Day 1 – Extra Points – Boston.com

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Mini-camp observations, Day 1 – Extra Points – Boston.com

As always, must read nuggets from Bedard. Should be interesting to watch Hoyer and Mallet this preseason. Here’s some notes on Mallet from today…

Mallett finished 7 of 15. He’s inconsistent. He threw a beautiful bomb to Julian Edelman for a touchdown over Alfonzo Dennard and Tavon Wilson, but Mallett also showed his trademark wildness with low throws and a few behind receivers. Mallett should have been intercepted by Sterling Moore. It appears the footwork drills he’s working on is affecting the consistency of his mechanics. It can be straightened out. Mallett also seems to be very cognizant of getting rid of the ball in practice. He had about four throwaways. Mallett often held onto the ball too long in the preseason last year. Quicker decision-making appears to be a coaching point this offseason, as it should be.

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Hmmm, wondering if BB’s non-denominational look is due to the Reebok-Nike switch. Like he’s still waiting for Nike to send him a satisfactory hoodie that he’s willing to saw the arms off of.

(via Patriots Mini-Camp – Thursday, June 12, 2012)

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