OTAs 2015: We're on to Next Year.

[Ed Hillel]

Tim Wright go bye bye.

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[soxhop411]

Tim Wright go bye bye.


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Surprising

 

[Corsi]

A good sign for Fred Davis, no?

 

[Ed Hillel]

A good sign for Fred Davis, no?

And Jake Bequette, who has officially outlasted Tim Wright at TE.

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

Not as good a sign for the outcome of the Logan Mankins trade.

 

[RIrooter09]

Probably a good sign for Hooman more than anyone.

 

[Stitch01]

Not as good a sign for the outcome of the Logan Mankins trade.

if we are judging by results the Pats came out way ahead, and Tim Wright was the most minor component of that trade at the time, so completely disagree with this.

 

[ivanvamp]

if we are judging by results the Pats came out way ahead, and Tim Wright was the most minor component of that trade at the time, so completely disagree with this.

 
Yeah.  I mean, TB sucked, Mankins was bad, Wright was pretty useful, the Pats won a Super Bowl, and got a 4th round pick for their trouble.  

 

[TheoShmeo]

Aside from the Mankins trade angle, the Tim Wright thing is a little curious.  For a stretch there around the middle of the season, he was a staple of the goal line offense.  Six TDs is nothing to sneeze at.  It looked like his role was going to take off and expand.  Thereafter, Amendola's role increased, and Wright's went to almost zero.
 
How Wright's star in NE rapidly declined last season is one of the stories I look forward to reading one day.  Not that it's high on the list of open questions.  But it's there.
 
With Chandler, Davis and HooMan all behind Gronk, it's not at all surprising to see Wright gone.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Reiss reminds us what they got for Mankins:
 
1. 2015 fourth-round draft pick (DE Trey Flowers)
2. Salary-cap relief in 2014 ($6.25 million) and beyond
3. Wright
 
I actually thought they'd consider moving Wright to a more split-out receiver this year. Such, apparently, was not to be

 

[Corsi]

Dianna Marie Russini ‏@diannaESPN  5m5 minutes agoBethesda, MD
Sources close to Matt Flynn tell me the Patriots worked him out yesterday. No contract yet

 

[joe dokes]

 
 
How Wright's star in NE rapidly declined last season is one of the stories I look forward to reading one day.  Not that it's high on the list of open questions.  But it's there.
 
With Chandler, Davis and HooMan all behind Gronk, it's not at all surprising to see Wright gone.

 
Logic suggests that Wright was unable to grow into something more than "great goal-line receiving option." 

 

[Super Nomario]

Reiss reminds us what they got for Mankins:
 
1. 2015 fourth-round draft pick (DE Trey Flowers)
2. Salary-cap relief in 2014 ($6.25 million) and beyond
3. Wright
 
I actually thought they'd consider moving Wright to a more split-out receiver this year. Such, apparently, was not to be

I don't think he could beat man-to-man coverage - a lot of his production was finding soft spots in zones (often rotated over to worry about more dangerous receiving weapons). He had just four games with more than one catch and just three games with more than 20 receiving yards. That's likely why he moved inside in the first place, but he can't block enough to be a real TE.

 

[ivanvamp]

Aside from the Mankins trade angle, the Tim Wright thing is a little curious.  For a stretch there around the middle of the season, he was a staple of the goal line offense.  Six TDs is nothing to sneeze at.  It looked like his role was going to take off and expand.  Thereafter, Amendola's role increased, and Wright's went to almost zero.
 
How Wright's star in NE rapidly declined last season is one of the stories I look forward to reading one day.  Not that it's high on the list of open questions.  But it's there.
 
With Chandler, Davis and HooMan all behind Gronk, it's not at all surprising to see Wright gone.

 
Well, there's only one ball and so many passes to go around.  As Amendola proved to be more and more productive, someone's targets were going to go down.  Sure as heck wasn't going to be Gronk or Edelman or even LaFell.

 

[soxhop411]

“@JasonLaCanfora: There will be ample interest in Evan Mathis. His price-point will scare some teams off if it gets to high. MIA, NE, SEA all make sense”

 

[quint]

Not as good a sign for the outcome of the Logan Mankins trade.

Ummmm. Whu?

 

[Super Nomario]

“@JasonLaCanfora: There will be ample interest in Evan Mathis. His price-point will scare some teams off if it gets to high. MIA, NE, SEA all make sense”

I don't get it. If they wanted to pay $10 MM / year to a 33-year-old guard, they could have just hung on to Mankins.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

I don't get it. If they wanted to pay $10 MM / year to a 33-year-old guard, they could have just hung on to Mankins.

 
Yeah, not sure if they'd be willing to spring for an expensive older guard dude  (although one could argue Mathis offers more at this stage than Mankins). 
 
Signing Brian Waters was an exception as he was a late cut. 

 

[Valek123]

There are some teams with serious cap space out there right now...   I thought he might have to sign a prove it deal for a year this late in the process but I think several teams can make a significant play for him but I doubt he hits the $10mil/yr, I thin he signs for damn near what the eagles were paying him with a bit more guaranteed in the first few years.  7 mil is my guess.

 

[dcmissle]

http://nesn.com/2015/06/josh-mcdaniels-patriots-excited-to-see-jake-bequette-play-offense/
 
 
Bequette is like broccoli.  Papa Bill has decided it's good, and by God we're eating some -- if not with the steak, then as an appetizer.
 
 
I know it's not a massive BB troll job; it's fun to pretend otherwise.

 

[Old Fart Tree]

Surprised about Wright. Oh well, whatever.

 

[Corsi]

Adam Caplan ‏@caplannfl  4s4 seconds ago
#Buccaneers claimed TE Tim Wright off waivers from #Patriots.

 

[Ed Hillel]

I don't get it. If they wanted to pay $10 MM / year to a 33-year-old guard, they could have just hung on to Mankins.

 
 
Yeah, and I think he's got Denver written all over him. A team that has money, once all the fat is cut, and that has just a huge need immediately at the position. His agent must be licking his chops thinking of a meeting with Elway.  

 

[RedOctober3829]

OTAs are over with as Belichick cancelled the final session scheduled for tomorrow.
 
Set your calendars for July 29th, folks.  It's not 6 more weeks of winter but 6 weeks until football season!!!
 
 

Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe  23s24 seconds ago
The Patriots are expected to open training camp July 29, which is six weeks from today.
 

 

[Ed Hillel]

Butler apparently looked great, which is a bit comforting. Gronk also threw a TD pass to Brady, who peeled the football like a banana as celebration.

 

[dynomite]

Butler apparently looked great, which is a bit comforting. Gronk also threw a TD pass to Brady, who peeled the football like a banana as celebration.

1) just FYI, the PFW guys were questioning both how good Butler looked (they said he looked fine, but not particularly special) and how media members were able to identify Butler without any jersey numbers from a few hundred yards.

2) I'm surprised the Brady thing was reported. People kept the Edelman pass play under wraps for years.

 

[Just a bit outside]

1) just FYI, the PFW guys were questioning both how good Butler looked (they said he looked fine, but not particularly special) and how media members were able to identify Butler without any jersey numbers from a few hundred yards.

2) I'm surprised the Brady thing was reported. People kept the Edelman pass play under wraps for years.

They are not actually going to run that play so they allowed the media to see it.

 

[BigJimEd]

They are not actually going to run that play so they allowed the media to see it.

Or is that just what they want you to think??

 

[tims4wins]

Fred Davis cut

 

[RIrooter09]

Hooman still holding on.