Opening day is coming…
Markell Carter the first Patriot to sign. Patriots Pass Rush Nation turn their lonely eyes to you, realistically it should be Special Teams nation…
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/markell-carter-the-first-patriot-to-sign-patriots/
Make no mistake, the Patriots have a plan. Bill Belichick always does.
At the same time, the Patriots go to great lengths to ensure their plans aren’t leaked publicly until finalized because they believe it puts them at a competitive disadvantage. Because of this, they request that no information is shared publicly, and many agents oblige figuring they will be doing business with the team again in the future.
Mike Reiss
https://www.patspropaganda.com/make-no-mistake-the-patriots-have-a-plan-bill/
Woodhead running the conditioning test. Something tells me he didn’t have a problem.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/woodhead-running-the-conditioning-test-something/
Jets pursuing everyone, Patriots quiet
With news that the Jets are “serious” about Nnamdi Asomugha many Patriots fans are worried that when combined with Revis the Patriots won’t be able to complete another pass against them. Personally I’m enjoying the ride with the Jets, they continue to prove to be the Ying to the Patriots Yang, and I like that symmetry in the rivalry.
This is how the Tannenbaum-Ryan Jets do business. They build their team through free agency. They are aggressive on the field and off it and right now they are trying to cash in on the capital Rex Ryan as accrued with two successful and loud seasons. They’re hoping stars will take less money and think that they’ll be the missing link to get the Jets over the hump.
However the maneuvering has been surprising as it’s been well documented that the Jets are over the salary cap. Even with the loose cap-allowed $3million dollars to work with, they’ll need to either cut people or get multiple guys to restructure their contracts to open up the kind of space they’d need.
It’s also been well documented how many free agents the Jets have. They need a starting cornerback. They need a starting safety. And they either need a starting defensive end or hope Muhhamad Wilkerson can step in and start.
So yes, on the surface the thought of Revis and Asomugha together is daunting. But when you look at the potential holes or stop gaps that might occur elsewhere in their defense if the Jets have to dedicate another huge chunk of money to another cornerback, it’s not like there won’t be weaknesses to exploit. Especially when you look at the Patriots tight ends and back field.
From a pure football sense the effect of second awesome outside corner could have in Rex Ryan’s defense is intriguing. It would allow them to get away with even more exotic blitz packages.
As for the Patriots, even with Asomugha the Jets will have to figure out how to stop Gronk and Hernando. They are the ones who are going to make the Patriots offense go for the next four years and will be a huge factor to deal with. At some point the Jets will have to find defensive personnel that can match up with those guys.
Who knows how it will all play out, I’m sure we’ll know more in a couple hours.
We’re up and running here at the Ministry of Pats Propaganda. With training camp opening tomorrow I’m officially excited. The Pats will be doing their conditioning test today and it should be interesting to see who doesn’t pass and who ends up on PUP.
The PUP list is always the ultimate buzz kill to the start of training camp. Suddenly you find out certain guys that you had no idea were even injured won’t be ready to go at the start of camp.
For a detailed first hand account of what the conditioning run is like check out Mike Reiss’ interview with Tedy Bruschi here.
The conditioning test is a series of sprints, and depending on what position you play, it could be 40, 50 or 60 yards. The quarterbacks had to do 50-yard sprints and he’d talk about how Bernie Kosar was one of the slowest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, but every year he passed the test. He’d tell us if Bernie Kosar could pass that test, anyone in the room could pass it. You could train specifically to pass the conditioning test by running the test two to three times a week in the last few weeks before training camp.
My test was three sets of ten 50-yard sprints. You had to complete each sprint in seven seconds, and you had 30 seconds in between each sprint. In between the three sets of ten 50-yard sprints, you got a break of three minutes.
Thoughts on the Jets and Asomugha coming shortly…
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/were-up-and-running-here-at-the-ministry-of-pats/
