NE Patriots Rumors and Rumors of Rumors 2022

[BigKen]

Bill looking to bolster secondary??

NFL Rumors: Patriots host safety Jabrill Peppers for free-agent visit

The Patriots reportedly are kicking the tires on free-agent safety Jabrill Peppers, who most recently played for Joe Judge on the New York Giants.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Southieinnc]

Bill looking to bolster secondary??

NFL Rumors: Patriots host safety Jabrill Peppers for free-agent visit

The Patriots reportedly are kicking the tires on free-agent safety Jabrill Peppers, who most recently played for Joe Judge on the New York Giants.

sports.yahoo.com

A former #1 pick that Joe Judge knows comes along? At least worth a look.
26 YO coming off an ACL, might be looking at future need?

 

[YankeeRebel]

A former #1 pick that Joe Judge knows comes along? At least worth a look.
26 YO coming off an ACL, might be looking at future need?

If this happens I really think BB does what he can in the draft to address the offense. BB cannot afford to be the polar opposite of Jerry Jones, Jones tends to build heavy on offense while he defense goes mostly unchanged. He did change his toon last year I guess he woke up, so maybe BB needs to wake up and pay attention to the offense. He signed Judon last year, has McGrone and Perkins in the wings, Duggar does well IMO signing Peppers may shore things up some of D. Hunter Henry came on last year and Smith is still a talent may have struggled catching on. We all love cutsie little saying like Defense wins championships, and in BB we trust but he needs to get speed at WR he needs to draft an X IMO. I would not be surprised to see him take the best X available then OT then WR again, he likes to double down. He cant avoid the glaring weakness at WR.

 

[Southieinnc]

If this happens I really think BB does what he can in the draft to address the offense. BB cannot afford to be the polar opposite of Jerry Jones, Jones tends to build heavy on offense while he defense goes mostly unchanged. He did change his toon last year I guess he woke up, so maybe BB needs to wake up and pay attention to the offense. He signed Judon last year, has McGrone and Perkins in the wings, Duggar does well IMO signing Peppers may shore things up some of D. Hunter Henry came on last year and Smith is still a talent may have struggled catching on. We all love cutsie little saying like Defense wins championships, and in BB we trust but he needs to get speed at WR he needs to draft an X IMO. I would not be surprised to see him take the best X available then OT then WR again, he likes to double down. He cant avoid the glaring weakness at WR.

Agreed. WR definitely a need if /when a good player comes available.
Looking at a Safety does not change that. McCourty isn't getting any younger and neither is Phillips.
Peppers is strong in the box. Could help with the quicker defense needed in second level.
Not just linebackers missing tackles, Our Safety's sometimes arrived late to the party last season.

I would like Bill to concentrate on every single position!

 

[ohiopatsfan]

Hope BB signs Peppers. Also would like to see a Wilfork type NT to plug up the middle.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Agreed. WR definitely a need if /when a good player comes available.
Looking at a Safety does not change that. McCourty isn't getting any younger and neither is Phillips.
Peppers is strong in the box. Could help with the quicker defense needed in second level.
Not just linebackers missing tackles, Our Safety's sometimes arrived late to the party last season.

I would like Bill to concentrate on every single position!

An infusion of speed...

 

[BigKen]

This has been everywhere for the past week. It such a far reach that it appears to be near impossible. Which makes it very possible in this crazy NFL environment this year. Considering the fire sales that have been going on...............................

So, could a Metcalf-Patriots trade even happen?

While nothing can be ruled out this NFL offseason, people around the league reportedly believe New England would be unwilling to pay the inevitably high price to land Metcalf. Additionally, Seattle head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider recently insisted they intend to sign Metcalf to a contract extension.

Of course, they made similar claims about Russell Wilson before trading him to the Denver Broncos.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

This has been everywhere for the past week. It such a far reach that it appears to be near impossible. Which makes it very possible in this crazy NFL environment this year. Considering the fire sales that have been going on...............................

So, could a Metcalf-Patriots trade even happen?

While nothing can be ruled out this NFL offseason, people around the league reportedly believe New England would be unwilling to pay the inevitably high price to land Metcalf. Additionally, Seattle head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider recently insisted they intend to sign Metcalf to a contract extension.

Of course, they made similar claims about Russell Wilson before trading him to the Denver Broncos.

I could be wrong, but I don't see it happening.

 

[BigKen]

I don't tweet or twat or whatever it's called. Some guy just stopped at the house because he saw the For Sale sign but didn't see the part of it that said "Sale Pending". I'm wearing a Patriots Training Camp 2007 tee shirt and he says, "Did you hear that the Patriots and OBJ are closing in on a contract?" I laugh and tell him that April Fools was yesterday and he shows me his twitter whatever you call it. About ten tweets about OBJ and the Patriots. The contract that the Patriots are offering is $1m WITH $7.1M in incentives for 2022 according to one tweeter.

 

[nefansince75]

I don't tweet or twat or whatever it's called. Some guy just stopped at the house because he saw the For Sale sign but didn't see the part of it that said "Sale Pending". I'm wearing a Patriots Training Camp 2007 tee shirt and he says, "Did you hear that the Patriots and OBJ are closing in on a contract?" I laugh and tell him that April Fools was yesterday and he shows me his twitter whatever you call it. About ten tweets about OBJ and the Patriots. The contract that the Patriots are offering is $1m WITH $7.1M in incentives for 2022 according to one tweeter.

You know full well what Twitter is and tweets. Miss referencing tweets as twits or anything else stopped be funny in 2012.

 

[Southieinnc]

I don't tweet or twat or whatever it's called. Some guy just stopped at the house because he saw the For Sale sign but didn't see the part of it that said "Sale Pending". I'm wearing a Patriots Training Camp 2007 tee shirt and he says, "Did you hear that the Patriots and OBJ are closing in on a contract?" I laugh and tell him that April Fools was yesterday and he shows me his twitter whatever you call it. About ten tweets about OBJ and the Patriots. The contract that the Patriots are offering is $1m WITH $7.1M in incentives for 2022 according to one tweeter.

What a hilarious offer. The rumors are correct. We are talking with him.
Is it just that time of year?
Bill is playing GM to the hilt signing players to cheap contracts that have big incentives.
It is part of his plan for buying big with no money!
As you mentioned earlier, players are getting antsy.....

 

[BigKen]

You know full well what Twitter is and tweets. Miss referencing tweets as twits or anything else stopped be funny in 2012.

And as usual, you're a fucking twat.

 

[Southieinnc]

And as usual, you're a fucking twat.

That's beside the point!

 

[nefansince75]

And as usual, you're a fucking twat.

You constantly post made up narratives and I'm the twat? Look in the mirror.

 

[Southieinnc]

You constantly post made up narratives and I'm the twat? Look in the mirror.

Dude, You know you are a twat! You are one intentionally, so don't claim innocent in this!

 

[nefansince75]

Dude, You know you are a twat! You are one intentionally, so don't claim innocent in this!

You need to explain that logic. For the record I know no such thing.

I think it's hilarious you are "backing BK" over such a benign comment.

 

[Southieinnc]

You need to explain that logic. For the record I know no such thing.

I think it's hilarious you are "backing BK" over such a benign comment.

Not backing Ken.
You like to instigate. Sometimes it's fun banter, sometimes it is boring.
Never is it innocent! LOL

 

[nefansince75]

Not backing Ken.
You like to instigate. Sometimes it's fun banter, sometimes it is boring.
Never is it innocent! LOL

I called out a fraudulent post. Of course that's not an innocent comment. You may not have seen it as such, but I did. ...and it was benign.

 

[Southieinnc]

I called out a fraudulent post. Of course that's not an innocent comment. You may not have seen it as such, but I did. ...and it was benign.

Ok. You winn.

 

[Southieinnc]

"Did you hear that the Patriots and OBJ are closing in on a contract?" I laugh and tell him that April Fools was yesterday and he shows me his twitter whatever you call it. About ten tweets about OBJ and the Patriots. The contract that the Patriots are offering is $1m WITH $7.1M in incentives for 2022 according to one tweeter.

Patriots have been talking to OBJ, he will not recover from 2nd ACL surgery until November at the earliest - if he ever does recover!
It was his 2nd ACL repair on same knee

“If I reconstruct the ACL in your knee, and you go back to sports, and three years later you pivot on a basketball court and tear it again, that subsequent surgery often does not have results equal to the original surgery,” says Rick W. Wright, MD, the MARS study’s principal investigator. “In a previous study, we found that the strongest predictor for a bad outcome after ACL surgery was whether that surgery was the initial reconstruction or a subsequent procedure.”

Study looks at why second ACL surgeries often fail - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

Sports medicine specialists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, including Rick Wright, MD, and Corey Gill, MD, are leading a national study analyzing why a second surgery to reconstruct a tear in the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) carries a high risk of bad...

source.wustl.edu