Preseason game 1 thread - 8.9.13 Patriots at Eagles

If Mallett and especially Tebow are throwing the ball Dobson and the other rooks may be required to make circus catches to have any chance at catching them at all. >)

And I expect Collins, Dobson, Boyce, Suds and Thompkins to play long after Brady and many of the vets come off the field. So they should have opportunities to make an impression. Hopefully a good one.

Seems to me that Tebow throws a pretty good, Billy Kilmer-style option pass. The receiver has the option of catching the ball by either end.
 
Maybe I should have reworded my post. I didn't care for him leaving, and I think his agent may have had a lot to do with it. Yeah, I think he screwed the pooch. Still, he's one helluva receiver. I'd like to think Tom and the Pats made him what he was and that he never shines as bright with the foreskin, errrr, forehead QB
 
Mike Reiss | ESPNBoston.com
A suggestion from Twitter follower @kearseofjevon was to list the Patriots' numerical roster for those watching tonight's preseason opener.

"Lot of turnover," he tweeted.

Great idea, so here it is:

3 -- K Stephen Gostkowski
5 -- QB Tim Tebow
6 -- P Ryan Allen
10 -- WR Michael Jenkins (inactive)
11 -- WR Julian Edelman
12 -- QB Tom Brady
13 -- WR Mark Harrison (inactive)
14 -- P Zoltan Mesko
15 -- QB Ryan Mallett
16 -- WR Kamar Aiken
17 -- WR Aaron Dobson
18 -- WR Matthew Slater
21 -- CB Ras-I Dowling (inactive)
22 -- RB Stevan Ridley
23 -- CB/S Marquice Cole
24 -- S Adrian Wilson
25 -- CB Kyle Arrington
26 -- CB Logan Ryan
27 -- S Tavon Wilson
28 -- S Steve Gregory
29 -- RB LeGarrette Blount
30 -- S Duron Harmon
31 -- CB Aqib Talib
32 -- C/CB Devin McCourty (non-contact jersey; likely inactive)
33 -- RB Leon Washington
34 -- RB Shane Vereen
35 -- RB George Winn
36 -- CB Brandon Jones
37 -- CB Alfonzo Dennard (likely inactive)
38 -- RB Brandon Bolden
39 -- FB Ben Bartholomew
41 -- CB Justin Green
43 -- S Nate Ebner (inactive)
44* -- S Kanorris Davis
44* -- TE Zach Sudfeld
45 -- LB Steve Beauharnais
46 -- FB James Develin
47 -- TE Michael Hoomanawanui
48 -- LS Danny Aiken
49* -- TE Brandon Ford (inactive)
49* -- LB A.J. Edds
50 -- DE Rob Ninkovich
51 -- LB Jerod Mayo
52 -- LB Dane Fletcher
53 -- LB Jeff Tarpinian
54 -- LB Dont'a Hightower
55 -- LB Brandon Spikes
58 -- DE Marcus Benard
59 -- LB Mike Rivera
60 -- OT Brice Schwab
61 -- G/T Marcus Cannon (inactive)
62 -- C Ryan Wendell
63 -- G Dan Connolly (inactive)
64* -- G Chris McDonald
64* -- DT Joe Vellano
65 -- C/G Luke Patterson
66 -- G/T Markus Zusevics (inactive)
67* -- C Josh Kline
67* -- DT Cory Grissom
68* -- G Tyronne Green (inactive)
68* -- DE Jason Vega
69 -- DT Anthony Rashad White
70 -- G Logan Mankins
71 -- OT R.J. Mattes
72 -- OT Kevin Haslam (inactive)
74 -- T/G Will Svitek
75 -- DT Vince Wilfork
76 -- OT Sebastian Vollmer
77 -- OT Nate Solder
80 -- WR Danny Amendola
82 -- WR Josh Boyce
83 -- WR Johnathan Haggerty
84 -- WR Quentin Sims
85 -- WR Kenbrell Thompkins
86 -- TE Daniel Fells
87 -- TE Rob Gronkowski (inactive)
88 -- TE Jake Ballard
90 -- LB Niko Koutouvides
91 -- LB Jamie Collins
92 -- DE Jake Bequette
93 -- DT Tommy Kelly
94 -- DE Justin Francis
95 -- DE Chandler Jones
96 -- DE Jermaine Cunningham (inactive)
97 -- DT Armond Armstead (inactive)
98 -- DT Marcus Forston
99 -- DE Michael Buchanan

* Players wear the same numbers because there are 90 players on the roster and thus not enough numbers available in certain cases.
 
Looks like the last two years, we score, then other teams makes our secondary look bad.
 
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