I really don’t know what the answer is, there’s just a lot of factors to sort out. The problem is that White seems closer to Vereen than he does to Ridley. And while it could make sense to use White on early downs to minimize the amount he’s in pass protection, I just don’t know if he is ready for that kind of pounding yet.
Of course the easy answer is just roll with Bolden on some early downs but make Vereen the go-to guy on most of the other downs. This might be the best solution because I just don’t think Bolden has what it takes to get the hard yards. But who does?
Who do you run now on the goalline when you have to have a TD? Develin? Jonas Grey certainly has some size. He could make sense there too, but who knows if he’s really more ready than Bolden. Although it does make sense to keep Bolden in his special teams/back up role and just let Grey focus on 1st and 2nd down.
As for trades I have no idea. Trades always come out of nowhere. Projecting them is just such a stretch I don’t even want to attempt to speculate. But I think they stay in house.
The answer is somewhere in here, I’m just not exactly sure how it will all come together and I’m not sure the Pats do either. It’s important to just get through the Jets, hopefully with a W, and then regroup on all of this.
