Finding Sammy Morris: Who Can Be the Big Back? – Pats Pulpit
Finding Sammy Morris: Who Can Be the Big Back? – Pats Pulpit
Good stuff from Rich Hill at PatsPulpit, illustrating the Pats decline in short yardage situations. Like most anyone, including Rich, I’m surprised at Sammy Morris’ numbers in those situations, but as Rich points out, much of this is attributed to the quality of the interior linemen.
The decline must be directly linked to the transition from Mankins-Koppen-Neal to our current Mankins-Wendell-Connolly. This is obviously a point I’ve hit on a lot this offseason – the need to upgrade the interior OL for the long term. I think they need to spend at least one high-round pick at G or C.
(Photo by AP Photo/G. Newman Lowrance)
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From what you have seen and scouted, to your opinion is this one of the deeper drafts as the pundits have been saying
I’d agree with that, at least as far as the Patriots needs are concerned. There are some good defensive tackles and interior OL that fit the Pats needs and enough depth that they’ll be available into the second and third rounds.
Also see some interesting safety prospects as well that could be good Patriot fits.
I don’t love the running backs or cornerbacks in this class and feel like the defensive ends and linebackers are somewhat hit or miss. There’s some intriguing guys in certain pockets but not strong top-to-bottom.
Overall I think the Pats should be able to really round out their depth, especially at some of the positions where they need it most. Still most curious to see what they do at defensive end because that’s a need and not an area where the prospects that are available stand out to me.
Patriots mock draft 6.0: David Yankey’s versatility could make him a first-round target – Going Deep – Boston.com
Solid mock from Frenz, I’m telling you G/C in the first two rounds could really happen. Especially in a trade back scenario.
When I started covering the team in the middle of Hernandez’s rookie season, I was blown away by his talent and wondered why he lasted until the fourth round of the 2010 draft. It couldn’t have just been about the reported marijuana use while he was at Florida. So I called around the league and heard about the concerns some teams had about his associates from his hometown, and that there were possible gang ties. I tried to get something concrete on it, but I couldn’t get any traction with the story (Instagram photos would have been nice). There were no facts, just strong rumors. So I never wrote anything, and then the unthinkable happened. To this day I think about ways I could have dug harder and published a story that, at least, might have woken Hernandez up (and woken us all up to Hernandez) before he allegedly broke bad.
DeSean Jackson needs a wake-up call, more Tuesday mail | The MMQB with Peter King
Interesting tidbit on Hernando from Bedard. It’s not your fault, Greg. It’s not your fault…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-aaron-hernandez-gang-ties/
“The safety position used to be a run support position,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “Now it’s not near as much of that… The in the box safeties really are not in the box anymore. They are becoming dinosaurs.” The traditional designations of strong safety and free safety are a thing of the past, like a printed road map. Safeties have to be able to do all in most schemes. There are a few defenses, like the one in Seattle, that still do it the old way. But the Seahawks, with Earl Thomas at free and Kam Chancellor at strong, are the exception rather than the rule.
Safety is becoming a very valuable position in today’s NFL. | SportsonEarth.com : Dan Pompei Article
Well this article certainly reflects well on my strong safety write-up this morning…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-safety-position-used-to-be-a-run-support/
