jesus christ man...its official....I´m pumped for the season !!! thanks god there is a world cup in between to make the wait easier
He was very likely to be the second string tight end based on how last year and the off season unfolded. Today was confirmation of that. I don't take it as significant because he was essentially already the second tight end, and we still have no idea what that will mean for him as far as playing time or pass catching opportunities. Additionally, it's too early to determine if they secretly hope Arthur Lynch supplants him so that he can help in edge support on run plays.
so you think sims is a goner ? it will be a really tough to let one these guys go..clay as a lock but then there is lynch, sims, egnew and the dark horse hoskins...how many TE´s did we keep last year 4 ?
I have no idea what is going to happen to Dion Sims. I don't think he had strong backing from the coaching staff when he was drafted and the people in the front office that could've had his back are likely gone (Ireland, Gaine). I don't think we should overthink the fact that drafting Arthur Lynch looks like a pretty direct indictment on what they think of Dion Sims, relative to the role he was supposed to play when drafted. But that doesn't mean Lynch will beat Sims any more than Sims being drafted meant that Sims was going to ultimately beat Egnew (which he hasn't, thus far). The players will ultimately play it out.
Best line of Joe Phibin's presser: "He's getting extra jugs on his own." - Speaking about Mike Wallace. I know he actually means reps on the Jugs machine, but I couldn't pass up a Philbin-boobs reference.
People are making a tremendous mountain out of a molehill about wide receivers in motion. It isn't a tremendous, baffling embarrassment that the Dolphins didn't use that much motion last year, and there are examples of excellent offenses that use even less than they did. Part of what Bruce Arians did to get the best work out of Wallace was motion-related, but it was a bit more of a concession than most everyone makes in that regard. I don't expect Lazor to go that far.
Please tell me he saw that wrong. And jesus, can Omar at least try to be an objective journalist? His tweets are dripping with bias and favoritism.
Keep *****ing about Omar and unfollow him, I never followed him in the first place because I make it a general rule to not follow tools.
I am getting the impression the more someone may talk to Pouncey about media and twitter and showing restraint the more likely he will continue to do what he wants. I believe he is smart and maybe that is an assumption based on his position. But he is simply asking for a suspension from the league office.
You all have pretty much written off Dion at T.E. I think he will have an awesome year! That over the head, one handed catch can't be taught! SENT FROM MY LG G-FLEX ON SPRINT...LIFE IS GOOD
I don't know if Jason Taylor is really cut out for coaching, but I'd really love to see him teach Dion Jordan the long arm move.
Didn't love that at all, actually. Don't mistake instability for enthusiasm. I just see it a different way. It's part of his personality. HE is the one who said he was ready to quit. Now HE is the one practically calling out whoever suggested he was going to quit (i.e. himself) as an idiot. And it's not the first time he's shown thin skin and overall volatility in his emotions to that extent. This is a guy whose personality I'm wary of.
And the whole thing with Mike Wallace staying after practice to catch balls from the JUGS machine is such a farse. He's been quietly criticized all off season for not sticking around and running routes and catching balls with his quarterback, to the point he had to answer questions about it to the press and come up with his excuse of how the only practice between he and Tannehill that will help them is game speed pratice, etc. So now he shows up and stays after the first day of practice to catch balls launched by a machine and it's like "See! I work hard!"
Its possible that when he said it got so bad he felt like quitting that he was just saying it as a figure of speech and was surprised people took him so literally.
If I were to guess I say that Sims is the #2 TE this season ahead of Egnew. I just have more faith in Sims improving than I do in Egnew. I'm not a fan of Lynch and obviously Gator is a long shot.
Right....so how is Daunte Culpepper working out for us still? According to you he was the answer at QB right? I'm sorry you see fleeting moments of self doubt as some sinister emotional problem. Get off your high horse.
Ain't that the truth Pate, I used to think he might not be that type either but after seeing his personality more and more maybe so, I'd like to see him teach dion how to play the screen game, man he was smart..his anticipation of things was his biggest asset I think.
Actually would love to see Dion Jordan study JT film and learn and practice on his own. JT will be there what, a few hours unless he comes on. Ideally Dion would have already studied it, and JT would critique him and give a few pointers.
I don't understand why a player isn't entitled to a few months off. It's not like he showed up out of shape. Do you have some info to indicate he wasn't working on anything while spending time with his daughter?
Injuries and incompletions were the theme of the day on Tuesday on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium as the Patriots held another OTA session that was open to the media. Under sunny skies and warm but breezy temps the offense struggled with a ton of dropped passes and other balls that simply fell incomplete as the passing game struggled to get any consistency going almost regardless of the personal doing the work. http://www.patriots.com/news/blog/article-1/Tuesdays-New-England-Patriots-OTA-observations/4e44c4d3-2189-40e4-8118-8c920abd102a
lol O lord. Guess it'd be better if he didn't show up to practice so you could complain about that instead.
I just think when you're the $60 mil man and there were issues with your performance, you can put in some work with the QB. Case in point, Tannehill OVERTHREW Wallace today. Tannehill did what all the Wallace apologists wanted him to do....what did Wallace do?
Excited hearing about Jordan and Landry maybe Dallas Thomas too. It sounds like Finnegan is coming on strong as well. Only 100 more days!!!!
Running 9 routes at full speed repeatedly isn't practical. It's incredibly exhausting and hard on your central nervous system. I'm not a great believer in QB's needing to work all off-season with WR's to develop rhythm and chemistry. That's what they're doing now and they have all summer to get it right. And if by the end of this season, Tannehill still can't hit WR's in stride during the 9's, it's still his fault.
Looks like Matthews is in the dog house for undisclosed reasons and it's probably why they got Landry. I don't expect him to stick with the team. Tannehill's struggles seems to be a bit overblown. He just needs to get the ball out quicker and throw in front of receivers. He has to trust that his teammates will catch up to the ball. Sounds like early struggles with a new offense and the fact that the defense is in its 3rd year in the same defense and playing faster.
Yes. We were told all Tannehill had to do was throw it and Wallace would run under it. In fact we were told that its impossible to overthrow him.
My take: -Linebacker corps shake up is real, Misi will be our MLB, suspect they would love someone to step up to replace Ellerbe -Dion Jordan is a DE in their minds, not an OLB, they spoke about not interrupting his practice time at DE to perfect dropping back into coverages (a mistake I think, as we have to deal with Gronk and now Vick) -Garner is the swing OL again, Brenner is on the bubble, pity Will Yeatman got injured -Matt Moore, doing what Matt Moore does well -I have a hard time seeing Fede knocking Shelby out of the Dline rotation -Will be fun to see the young Cb's try to perform after missing large portions of this last season, IIRC Jimmy Wilson was quietly effective at the nickel/slot Cb role last yr (per PFF) -Returner job is wiide open, think they like Egnew more than we realize atm
I like DJ better as an end than a LB. As someone mentioned, as an end he's constantly attacking the guy with the ball. That's the right thing to do with a guy like Jordan. Pressure up front helps everyone. And I'm sure DJ will get work elsewhere as he settles in his role and is fully acclimated. As for as Gronk goes, I'd rather do what NE did against Jimmy Graham, and stick a big, physical corner in his face. Maybe someone like Walt Aikens.
They're not saying Jordan won't drop into coverage, they're not moving him to "linebacker". I don't think the distinction means much, it's essentially the same deal as last year. He was a defensive end then and still did still that most of the guys in his background don't do and most linebackers can't do as well. I don't understand why people think this. The zone blitz and allied concepts are pretty much fundamental defensive football at this point. Dion Jordan has the potential to be the ultimate zone blitz guy. It might mean he produces less sacks, but consider guys like James Harrison or Joey Porter who spend their careers in Pittsburgh only rushing 50-60% of their passing down snaps and being very productive, why does it matter?
