Comments on: Patriots bringing in, you guessed it, another TE

By: patriotenvy

patriotenvy — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:14:42 +0000

A Tight end can be used a a blocker. Maybe they are worried about keeping Tom confident in the pocket.

By: jolink653

jolink653 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:49:11 +0000

Shiancoe will be moved to IR and possibly brought back midseason and Hoomanawanui will probably be here for the short term to be used as a blocking TE since Fells has yet to be completely healthy plus adding a healthy TE will limit the mileage on Gronk and Hernandez, who were on the field for 96% and 77%, respectively, of the offensive snaps the Patriots had last year…At some point they wear down and get hurt and if you have two other TEs to do the more physical job of blocking then it takes that much more off of Gronk and Hernandez’s shoulders…Hernandez will most likely line up more as a WR/FB anyway so they can legitimately have 4 TEs on the field while running normal plays

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:39:54 +0000

Hopefully opposing coaches are as clueless as fans who fail to recognize Hernandez as a WR who simply lines up at TE to create mismatches.

Belichick watched as his division rivals invested in expensive CBs, and then adapted his game plan and personnel to make CBs significantly less relevant.

Belichick also knows that if the Pats had more depth at TE last year they’d likely have won the Super Bowl. He’s clearly not going to make that mistake again.

By: Patskrieg dot com

Patskrieg dot com — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:34:33 +0000

How about an interior lineman instead?

By: mike5011ad

mike5011ad — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:22:18 +0000

Quit talking up this guy like he’s going to make some huge impact for the Pats. He has 200 CAREER yds in 2 NFL seasons. Just because the Pats signed him, does not automatically make him a superstar…

By: catquick

catquick — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:18:34 +0000

Maybe the reason the Pats defense is so bad is because they have to practice against this every day and miss out on practicing against the teams that run conventional offenses. They must get pretty beat up on defense in practice also. Good thing Wanny built the Bills to stop the TE barrage this year.

By: catquick

catquick — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:10:11 +0000

I think they’re just taking guys off the market so no one else can copy them.

By: homelanddefense

homelanddefense — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:06:02 +0000

Shiancoe is one hell of a TE, he made lots of plays for the Vikes and has a great set of hands. I never knew he was injured, sounds like BB is gaming the system if he puts Shiancoe on IR unless he’s actually hurt.

Just like they did with Demps a week back. Smells fishy to me.
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SO because you hadnt heard he was hurt then the pats are gaming the system?

The guy was hurt all preseason, barely practiced for them. It never ceases to amaze how far Pats haters will go to slander them.

By: gisellichek

gisellichek — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:55:25 +0000

ya know… hard not to wonder about what is going on here… in 1979 when Bill Walsh was perfecting the west coast offense, noone had a clue what was to unfold on the league the next 12 seasons … 5 SBs later the defenses adapted …

I think BB and JMac are cooking up something to finally get this team another ring and a bunch of TEs are needed to make it work.

I hope …

By: axltcu

axltcu — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Yes the Pats have a ton of TEs on the roster, but only 2 of them are healthy. The Pats have been running 3 TE sets for a long time, even before the emergence of Gronk/Hernandez. It’s not unusual that they would look for a 3rd healthy TE.

By: ramdomhaus

ramdomhaus — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:40:40 +0000

Mike is a damn good TE. If he can stay healthy, he’ll be electric catching passes from Brady. One team with 3 TEs with 1,000 yds and/or 8 TDs each anyone?

By: ampats

ampats — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:32:54 +0000

Funny Green Bay carried four TE’s last year on their roster and nobody says BOO. But because its that Evil Hoodie something dasterly must be up !!

PS bobby2478, yes the Patriots told the world that Shiancoe had a bad hammy,didn’t play in any pre season games and BB is gaming the system.

Also December 21 st is coming soon according to the Mayans.

By: noturavragepunk

noturavragepunk — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:26:56 +0000

This guy was kind of bad in st louis. Why would you sign a guy that couldn’t make that terrible team

By: mullman76

mullman76 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:14:45 +0000

William is working the system. Rog needs to look into the situation to make certain the players listed on IR are actually injured.

It won’t happen though. Kraft, Rooney and Mara have free license to operate as they please with full blessing from the NFL.

The other 29 teams are fuct…

By: bobby2478

bobby2478 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:58:29 +0000

Just like they did with Demps a week back. Smells fishy to me.

By: hedphurst

hedphurst — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:51:32 +0000

Maybe they’ll start lining up the bigger TEs outside the numbers, and use Welker, Edelman, and the smaller TEs inside, and just ignore the downfield passes for the most part…

By: hedphurst

hedphurst — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:48:18 +0000

McDaniels has some familiarity with Hoomanawanui from STL, and the kid is an above average athlete at the position, so it’s not a total surprise. He won’t get much playing time unless Hernandez lines up at WR a ton, but hey – if you can get talent on your team, why not?

By: onlysane1intheroom

onlysane1intheroom — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:45:35 +0000

What is the big deal?

By: deliveredbysherpa

deliveredbysherpa — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:43:01 +0000

sj39, BB has lost it as a GM, yet remains one of the top 5 teams in the league year after year? Hard to buy, but then again maybe we just don’t see reality in the same way.

By: rc33

rc33 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:30:27 +0000

Can we just call Hernandez a WR? Though no longer an issue, if he had been franchised I’m pretty sure the union would’ve insisted he be characterized that way.

By: fuzzynuts55

fuzzynuts55 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:21:16 +0000

Joking funny..

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:18:36 +0000

Who’s Your Mommy?

By: sj39

sj39 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:07:29 +0000

Oh-Oh was fun to watch on the rare occasions he was healthy. This one kind of surprises me but then again I think BB has lost it as a GM/Pro-player personnel type guy and needs help.

By: footballchic777

footballchic777 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:04:38 +0000

Is Shiancoe actually going to HAVE and injury, or is BB just hoarding TE’s to keep them from other teams, and surpassing the IR rules again!

By: mataug

mataug — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:55:29 +0000

more of a tongue twister than a tight end

By: tommyribs

tommyribs — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:54:05 +0000

Sounds like Bellichek is hell bent on running the first 5 TE Offense in NFL History.

By: mgaddyrt

mgaddyrt — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:53:21 +0000

This is sad and pathetic. I know you trying to create mismatches and all but its quite obvious this team has not gotten over Randy Moss. Soon they will just carry 3 WR and a bunch of TE’s.

By: mike5011ad

mike5011ad — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:52:46 +0000

All offseason everyone was talking up the Pats depth and how many stars they had. However, you can’t keep them all on the 53. This team has some serious depth problems at every spot except TE and LB. I see more and more people leaning towards Houston and Baltimore as the top 2 teams in the AFC…

By: descendency

descendency — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:50:36 +0000

I wonder if the Shiancoe is going on the short or long term IR. It seems like a waste to use it on him, but maybe I don’t understand the rule well enough.

By: billinva

billinva — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:43:44 +0000

The new look Pats offense features guys big enough to slap the taste out of opposing DB’s!