Patriots LB Corps
October 12, 2014- The Pats were playing a very solid game coming off a whooping of the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bills were driving into Patriots territory. They tried to kill some time off the clock and run it. Jerod Mayo ran up to stop a Bills RB. He fell awkwardly and clutched his knee. Trainers rushed forward to treat what was inevitably a torn ACL. The injury that could make or break the Pats season. Things were leaning more toward breaking when the Jets ran all over the Patriots on Thursday Night Football. Then the Pats traded for Akeem Ayers, and signed Alan Branch for the injured Chandler Jones. Against Chicago Branch and Ayers made a few key plays with Ayers notching a sack on Jay Cutler. Ayers, an athletic LB from Tennessee, lost his job during the summer. Branch was cut from Buffalo after a run-in with the law. Ayers will be the hybrid cover-rush LB with many good attributes. Branch will be a bull rusher with speed and quickness to get to the edge. If these two become good role players for our team, then we could be set for a long playoff run. On a side note, I wrote a couple weeks ago that Ninkovich was a role player. That was before I found out he played 100% of the snaps against New York.
By TheHooFan47
October 12, 2014- The Pats were playing a very solid game coming off a whooping of the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bills were driving into Patriots territory. They tried to kill some time off the clock and run it. Jerod Mayo ran up to stop a Bills RB. He fell awkwardly and clutched his knee. Trainers rushed forward to treat what was inevitably a torn ACL. The injury that could make or break the Pats season. Things were leaning more toward breaking when the Jets ran all over the Patriots on Thursday Night Football. Then the Pats traded for Akeem Ayers, and signed Alan Branch for the injured Chandler Jones. Against Chicago Branch and Ayers made a few key plays with Ayers notching a sack on Jay Cutler. Ayers, an athletic LB from Tennessee, lost his job during the summer. Branch was cut from Buffalo after a run-in with the law. Ayers will be the hybrid cover-rush LB with many good attributes. Branch will be a bull rusher with speed and quickness to get to the edge. If these two become good role players for our team, then we could be set for a long playoff run. On a side note, I wrote a couple weeks ago that Ninkovich was a role player. That was before I found out he played 100% of the snaps against New York.
By TheHooFan47