Post by nesince92 on Aug 16, 2006 16:45:41 GMT -5
The Patriots are weighing their options of running different defensive alignments based upon the personnel available to them. With the loss of Tedy Bruschi for at least a month, a number of role-players have stepped in to fill the void. Veterans Barry Gardner and Tully-Banta Cain bring knowledge and experience, but the concern in Foxboro is to avoid a repeat from last season's poor start.
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So, even though we got Rodney Harrison back at safety, we now have to fill in a hole where Tedy Bruschi left with a broken wrist at ILB. Our options are limited after watching Willie McGinest sign with the Browns in the off season. We're hoping Tedy will be back by the end of preseason, but that's really just hope right now. And even if he does, it still brings up the depth issue at LB. What if during our home-stretch run at the playoffs we lose Mike Vrabel, or Tedy, or Rosevelt Colvin? There's nobody of merit that can fill the role!
We need to do something about this before the end of the preseason, or else we'll be sigining the best available free agent in week 8 and throwing him into a complicated system.
