I had the same thought. The skill set is different with White. But I also see even more RB by committee with Bolden in the mix.Stitch01 said:I think Jonas Gray gets a shot before White given the role that is open.
Ed Hillel said:Poor kid just lost a ton of money.
Yeah, I mentioned this in the game thread. I think he had already lost a step, and now he presumably has a devastating knee injury. It may come down to him and Vince, since I think BB will want to keep one of the two for their captainocity.Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:If Mayo is done for the year, you have to wonder whether he has played his last down as a Patriot. We save $4M+ against the cap by cutting him next season (even if we have to eat about $6M) and it'll be tough to justify that cap number for an LB who has played 12 games total the previous two seasons and getting a little long in the tooth. I'd expect the team to ask him to restructure as a first option but who knows what happens from there.
Hmmm, torn achilles? I can't imagine that was a break.JerBear said:Early reports (link in game thread) are that Mayo injury isn't ACL.
Ed Hillel said:Concussion number 73.
The sideline ACL test is fairly definitive for full tears (if the test says yes the chance of false positive is low). If he was looking distraught the test was likely positive. And that means the ACL is almost certainly torn. Crap.soxhop411 said:@RyanHannable: According to @AlbertBreer, Stevan Ridley will have an MRI tomorrow, but fear is he tore his ACL.
Yeah, we almost always know the ACL diagnosis already - the MRI is confirmation and assessment of other injuries - meniscus, MCL, etccrystalline said:The sideline ACL test is fairly definitive for full tears (if the test says yes the chance of false positive is low). If he was looking distraught the test was likely positive. And that means the ACL is almost certainly torn. Crap.
Edit: Lachman test
He was waived with injury settlement. I'm not sure they can re-sign him per the rules.Harry Hooper said:Go get Beauharnais back?
Jonas Gray is an interesting replacement. Really liked him PSivanvamp said:This will test the theory that good RBs are pretty easy to find.
I hear Ray Rice is availableivanvamp said:This will test the theory that good RBs are pretty easy to find.
It's a fair question. But the linebacker depth is scary now.Van Everyman said:I wonder how the emergence of Jamie Collins mitigates the Mayo loss as compared to last year. When Mayo went down in Week 6, the only option was Hightower – who admittedly took a pretty big step back having to wear the mic. With Collins able to pick up the slack today, I wonder whether the team can endure long-term tho obviously they will need Hightower back ASAP.
( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) said:It's a fair question. But the linebacker depth is scary now.
at the rate we're going, it's going to be Chandler Ninkovich Wilson in the playoffs.McBride11 said:What are we looking at; Hightower-Collins-Skinner? Davis as the 4th? Does DH get the mic based upon experience and allows them to use JC more varied roles given his athleticism. Is White higher than Davis or Skinner? I'm basing this solely on what appeared to be Skinner's usage today. I think given the tenuousness of our D front 7, Mayo is a bigger hit than Ridley.
SeoulSoxFan said:Jonas Gray is an interesting replacement. Really liked him PS
McBride11 said:What are we looking at; Hightower-Collins-Skinner? Davis as the 4th? Does DH get the mic based upon experience and allows them to use JC more varied roles given his athleticism. Is White higher than Davis or Skinner? I'm basing this solely on what appeared to be Skinner's usage today. I think given the tenuousness of our D front 7, Mayo is a bigger hit than Ridley.
Tony C said:
Where's the binky love, SSF -- Finch out of sight out of mind?
They shift Jones, Hightower and Collins around so much, it will be tough to pin down. We can pull from the Vikings game when Collins was out in which they went with Skinner (weak) - Mayo - Hightower (strong) in their 4-3 fronts (with Jones and Ninkovich as the defensive ends). Presumably, they would replace Mayo with Collins. However, Skinner seems to lack the necessary speed of a weak side linebacker so maybe they swap Collins and Skinner.McBride11 said:What are we looking at; Hightower-Collins-Skinner? Davis as the 4th? Does DH get the mic based upon experience and allows them to use JC more varied roles given his athleticism. Is White higher than Davis or Skinner? I'm basing this solely on what appeared to be Skinner's usage today. I think given the tenuousness of our D front 7, Mayo is a bigger hit than Ridley.
Jeff Howe tweeted he can't be signed untilSuper Nomario said:He was waived with injury settlement. I'm not sure they can re-sign him per the rules.
jsinger121 said:Jeff Howe tweeted he can't be signed until
week 9 due to his injury settlement.
Tony C said:Yep, am I crazy or is this Ridley injury more damaging than Mayo's? Both at an area of minimal depth but I suspect Ridley's loss will hurt more. Still amazes me that some had him as a cut preseason...even if on just one of Reiss' mocks, but still...
I haven't checked the tape to see what they did yesterday, but the obvious thing to me is to run a base 3-4 with Chandler Jones and Ninkovich as OLB and Hightower and Collins inside. The problem is Easley's hurt, Vellano's cut, and Siliga's on IR-DTR, so there were only 3 healthy interior types yesterday to make up the "3" part of "3-4." They could easily add Vellano when they put Mayo on IR. In the nickel, Chandler and Ninkovich bump up to DE, one DL comes off, and they play a 4-2. Could see more dime, too, at least as Hightower returns from his knee injury.nazz45 said:They shift Jones, Hightower and Collins around so much, it will be tough to pin down. We can pull from the Vikings game when Collins was out in which they went with Skinner (weak) - Mayo - Hightower (strong) in their 4-3 fronts (with Jones and Ninkovich as the defensive ends). Presumably, they would replace Mayo with Collins. However, Skinner seems to lack the necessary speed of a weak side linebacker so maybe they swap Collins and Skinner.
And then in their 3-4 fronts, they used both Jones - Skinner - Mayo - Ninkovich and Hightower - Skinner - Mayo - Ninkovich (with Chandler playing end). Replace Mayo with Collins and that may give us an idea. Hightower can also kick inside in place of Skinner in the first front.
Post Mayo last year, Collins and Hightower were their primary linebackers in their primary sub package defense (4-2-5).
Hey, maybe Browner will convert to a hybrid safety-linebacker-corner!