Looking at the Patriots - 2019

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Just heard that Watson has been resigned. Not a great blocker, but can catch a football.
 
bideau said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Belichick on if he plans to have rookie WR N'Keal Harry start practicing this week off IR: "If he's ready, yes."<br><br>Asked how Harry is progressing, Belichick said, "We hope he'll be ready to go."</p>— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1183746383800655873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This seems like a shot across Harry's bow. Usually it is, "He's been working hard, doing everything the medical staff and coaches have asked..."
 
I’m not expecting much from Harry. Hopefully he can get a key grab once or twice a game. Well hopefully he can get on the field, but frankly who will he take snaps from? Hopefully not dorrset. Dorrset can play anywhere and is efficient as hell. Haven’t read much on Gordon. Hopefully he’s not banged up too badly. Hopefully Watson helps the run blocking. Well all blocking.
 
rivshark86 said:
I’m not expecting much from Harry. Hopefully he can get a key grab once or twice a game. Well hopefully he can get on the field, but frankly who will he take snaps from? Hopefully not dorrset. Dorrset can play anywhere and is efficient as hell. Haven’t read much on Gordon. Hopefully he’s not banged up too badly. Hopefully Watson helps the run blocking. Well all blocking.
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Meyers. Harry is mostly a Y and Z guy...Edelman's and Amendola's routes...he can play X but speed isn't his strong suit. He's a guy who can catch in traffic reliably. He could fill in for Gordon or even Edelman if necessary. I can see him running Gronk's seam routes, too.
 
Patriots players in the top 15 at their respective position (per PFF):

-Jones, CB (2nd)
-Collins, LB (2nd)
-Van Noy, DE (3rd)
-J. McCourty, CB (3rd)
-Brady, QB (4th)
-D. McCourty, S (7th)
-Bailey, P (8th)
-White, RB (9th)
-Thuney, G (12th)
-Karras, C (12th)
-Hightower, LB (12th)

Gilmore stands at 18th but he's catching up fast.
 
chevss454 said:
Meyers. Harry is mostly a Y and Z guy...Edelman's and Amendola's routes...he can play X but speed isn't his strong suit. He's a guy who can catch in traffic reliably. He could fill in for Gordon or even Edelman if necessary. I can see him running Gronk's seam routes, too.
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Great.

Nothing inspires confidence and longevity more than running down the seam looking back to the ball while the deep S takes out your knees.
 
https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2019/10/new-england-patriots-te-eric-tomlinson-agree-to-deal-tuesday-report.html?fbclid=IwAR0VA4Qk28TK2MTFlZv-7QaO-AKB4-JHDa-CUCwoowCxuZLCkmWE9s_DLnI

New England Patriots, TE Eric Tomlinson agree to deal Tuesday (report)
Updated 6:45 AM; Today 6:39 AM
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By Matt Vautour | mvautour@masslive.com
The Patriots made their second move to bolster their struggling tight end position Tuesday with Matt LaCosse expected to miss time with an MCL strain.

After bringing back Benjamin Watson Monday, New England signed former New York Jet and Giant Eric Tomlinson to join Ryan Izzo on the team’s tight end depth chart according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.



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The #Patriots are making a move to bolster their tight end position, signing former #Giants and #Jets TE Eric Tomlinson to their 53-man roster, source said. The knee injury to Matt LaCosse left them a little short.

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Unlike Watson, who is an accomplished pass catcher, Tomlinson, who is listed at 6-foot-6, 253 pounds, is mostly a blocker, filling a need as Izzo has struggled in that area. In 39 career games (25 starts), Tomlinson has 16 career catches for 193 yards and one touchdown. The Patriots play the Jets, who he played 36 of those games for, Monday.

The Klein, Texas native who was undrafted out of UTEP signed first with Philadelphia but didn’t make the Eagles roster out of camp in 2015. He spent most of that season on the Houston Texans practice squad. The Jets signed him to their active roster in November of 2016 and kept him through the 2018 season.

The Giants signed him in the offseason and he spent three games there this season before being cut Sept. 24.

The Patriots will have to make a roster move to accommodate both Watson and Tomlinson. One will fill the roster spot opened by Jakob Johnson going to injured reserve.
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Reports say the Pats are adding blocking TE Eric Tomlinson and TE Ben Watson today. If so, LaCosse is likely following Jakob Johnson to IR.
 
Tomlinson is 6'6", 263, 2015 undrafted free agent out of Texas-El Paso. He played three seasons for the Jets from 2016-18, starting 12 games in both 2017 and 2018. He spent three games with the Giants last September but has not played since. Known as a good blocker.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some Patriots practice squad movement today, as the team needs to build depth at positions where injuries have hit. Thus, kicker Younghoe Koo has been informed that he is being released.</p>— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1184079724835946497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">N’Keal Harry (15) is back at practice today, the first day he was eligible to be back from IR. <a href="https://t.co/9yOPYQIWZ4">pic.twitter.com/9yOPYQIWZ4</a></p>— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/1184133817164021760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Steve1 said:
I just noticed, the Patriots are in the middle of 3 games, 3 games against teams Bill Belichick has an extremely strong past personal NFL connection to: the Giants, the Jets, and the Cleveland Browns. I know Belichick wants to win against everybody, yet these teams and games, I'm guessing, have special meaning to him.
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So BB actually worked for the old Cleveland Browns regime which moved to Baltimore but all the statistics and records were kept in Cleveland IIRC so does he have a grudge against Balt, Cle or both?
 
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