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Steve Gregory

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“When we’re preparing for games, he’s not only able to watch film and see things coming, but he’s able to go to the coaches and say, ‘Why don’t we tweak this defense this way, because it better fits what they do?’ ” said Devin McCourty, who started alongside Gregory at safety in nine of the Patriots’ 16 regular-season games this season. “When we’re in meetings we’ll have something in the defense and we’re watching [film] and Steve will say, ‘Why don’t we do this?’ We’ll all sit there and look at him and be like, ‘You’re right, that probably would be better.’ I think that’s what makes him so good. “Steve always has something each week we play that he sees and things we can do. That’s why we call him a future head coach.”

Steve Gregory of Patriots putting football smarts to good use – Sports – The Boston Globe

Funny how we never heard this stuff when everyone had Gregory getting cut last offseason. He’s really blossomed in his second year with the Pats. Has he been perfect? No. Has he missed some tackles? Yup. But overall, he’s been really solid playing primarily as a robber safety, similar to what Rodney Harrison did.

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Bill Belichick Press Conference Transcript

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Bill Belichick Press Conference Transcript

Here’s an interesting bit from today. I always think development and experience in the system is underrated when judging how much a player, or unit, can improve in an offseason.

Q: From last season to this season, what have you seen from Steve Gregory that you feel has improved?

BB: Steve has been a pretty solid guy for us, all the way through on defense and in the kicking game. Smart, very well-prepared, instinctive player. I think the biggest thing for him is it’s another year in the system, another year of working with his teammates – linebackers, communication, with the safeties, that communication, corners. I think he understands everything we do and he has a great handle on it. A lot of things he’s done before in his career. I think it’s just the communication, the timing, the execution, disguises, reads, all those things with his teammates. I think the improvement is more with the group. I think individually he has a good handle on things.

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With 20 practices of evaluating safety Steve Gregory and his overall impact on the secondary, Boyer was asked if there was anything that has surprised him. “You saw on film for San Diego that he was a disciplined player and was able to make plays on the ball. That has carried over,” he answered. “He’s been real professional. I think what we thought is what we got. He’s done a great job of being professional. If there was any surprise, it was that he was able to step into a leadership role fairly quickly for us.”

Gregory has been one of the bigger surprises for me this camp, just because he was somewhat of an unknown. There wasn’t anything about his numbers in San Diego that jumped out, but he’s been solid and making plays on the ball throughout camp. If he can bring some stability to the back end, especially with Patrick Chung already dealing with another injury, he’ll be worth his weight in gold.

Insight on DBs from Boyer – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Camp Observations: Day 8 – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Camp Observations: Day 8 – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

Is Steve Gregory the Patriots answer at safety? Looks like he had a good day today.

Veteran safety Steve Gregory had his most active practice to date, breaking up at least three passes and intercepting Brady on a ball thrown over the middle. Gregory looks reactive and fluid enough to move around in the back half of the field to be a sufficient ball-hawking free safety. He did drop another would be interception, but continues to get his hands on balls.