Practice is winding down and we’re packing up to go. That’s it for this week’s practices. Have fun Friday night. Football is back baby.
Practice is winding down and we’re packing up to go. That’s it for this week’s practices. Have fun Friday night. Football is back baby.
August 8, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Great work-thanks for the coverage-Tampa gonna be hot [ temp. wise] tommorrow night…..
August 8, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Chip,
If it weren’t for you, we may have to shut down the blog. Enjoy the game.
August 8, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Awesome job Tom!!! As always, very insightful and intelligent work. WOO HOO!!! GO PATS!!
August 8, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Awesome blogging by all! Tell Fred to keep it up during the season and to spring for more batteries.
August 9, 2007 at 11:41 am
Friday night can’t get here soon enough. Go Pats!
August 9, 2007 at 2:11 pm
What are we going to do with out this blog till monday? Damn the whole not having practice thing lol For real though you guys need to keep this blog going all season, if anything you know Chip and me and the other regulaers will stick to it lol Tampa is going to get crushed!!!!!
August 9, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Tom C., I’d like your opinion on this roster setup…
OL(9): Koppen, Light, Neal, Mankins, O’Callaghan, Kaczur, Britt, Hochstein, Oldenburg
The Pats seemed high on Oldenburg that they drafted him in the 5th round and might view him as a promising developmental type that the team won’t risk on waivers. Then again I haven’t really seen in camp, so it’s guesswork on my part. My opinion is that Ts are more valuable than Gs.
QB (3): Brady, Cassel, Testaverde
No brainer here. From what I’ve read, MG hasn’t done enough to qualify for a roster spot.
RB/FB(5): Maroney, Faulk, Evans, Mills, Morris
Depth is a concern and with 3 RBs down in the AFCCG at Indy, keeping 5 makes sense.
TE(2): Watson, Brady
It looks like Thomas will stay on the PUP. Mills can play TE in a pinch.
WR(6): Moss, Stallworth, Brown, Welker, Gaffney, Caldwell
This is based on talent, but Kight keeps making a case for himself by playing on special teams. I wonder if they can get a mid round draft pick for Caldwell?
DL(6): Seymour, Warren, Wilfork, Green, Wright,
They could keep 6 for 7, but the first 5 spots are locks. Brown needs to keep his head out of his rump. There’s a logjam for the final 1 or 2 spots.
LB(8): Bruschi, Vrabel, Colvin, Thomas, Izzo, Seau, Woods, Lua
They could keep nine, but imo, Alexander hasn’t wowed anyone and heading into his 4th season in the system, he needs to. I see no potential at this point. I keep reading about him getting burned on pass coverage. Considering he’s not big to begin with, that’s not good. I’m reading good reports on Lua.
DB(11): Samuel, Richardson, Hobbs, Gay, Sanders, Harrison, Wilson, Andrews, Hawkins, Meriweather, Wesley or
Samuel’s a moron if he misses RS games. He’ll be here. I like Richardson. Wesley has good size to be a gunner on teams and he’s young. Tory James was terrible last season with Cincy. IMO, he’s this year’s version of Eric Warfield. I wonder if Hawkins is on the bubble? He looked worn down toward the end of last year and he’s another year older.
Special teams (3): Paxton, Ghost, Baugher
The only surprise is Baugher. Miller was hurt last season and he’s a punter! Baugher is younger and cheaper and imo, the job is his if he does well in PS games.
I hope you catch this.
August 9, 2007 at 5:43 pm
My attempted email got kicked back…
August 9, 2007 at 6:06 pm
You can reach us by going to the front page of Patriots.com. On the left hand side you will see “ask the PFW writers a question.” Click on that and you will be able to send your questions and comments.
August 9, 2007 at 6:24 pm
You got my support on the blog, Tom, keep it coming. You should blog during the game, maybe you already are?
August 9, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Not during the game, lets glue it on TV, thats the beauty on football, not waste time on typing.
August 10, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Hey Tom, Paul, Andy, is there a schedule that you guys follow for Ask PFW?
August 10, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I look forward to the day when I can choose to watch a game with an optional blog sidebar… :oD