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Boyce was the only reason I watched the game. Most have been dead wrong about the Pats this year. They bit on Sudfield and Tompkins. Vereen was in position to show he's more of a threat than Ridley. No one knows Josh Boyce. He has 4.3 speed, size, and good hands. Hes a Garcon/Harvin RB built type of weapon. Hopefully we'll be right eventually. I guess it's just a early call.
The original premise was great, but maybe including some of the players in the other later rounds like 3rd (Allen, Williams) and 5th (Stills) would have been good.
I don't think Patton's situation has anything to do with draft position. He fractured his foot when he got on the field in Week 4--after being named a starter. The injury ruined his chance to showcase his skills, and now his problem is going to be competing with Crabtree, Boldin, Davis, and possibly Manningham for targets. That's twice as many options as the 49ers had in Week 4.
Historically, the odds on 4th round picks aren't very good, so you're right from that perspective.
I'd take Patton ahead of Boyce today. He seemed to be making more waves early in the season and his quiet campaign is attributable to injuries as much as anything. Boldin is ANCIENT and Crabtree hasn't exactly been the most durable/consistent performer throughout his NFL career, so I think there's plenty of opportunity there. In fact, he seems like a good bet to snatch Boldin's role eventually. Of course that can be blown up if SF goes out and uses a 1st-2nd round pick on a WR in the next year or two, but for now there is a clear path to relevancy for him. If you can get him for a 3rd round rookie pick or maybe a late 2nd, I think he would be a reasonable gamble.
Knew he was behind coming into camp, but didn't realize that 4.38 was ran with a broken toe. Just how fast is this kid when healthy?
You may be right. He was borderline rosterable prior to the trade for Stevie. Own him in a couple leagues but doubt I will wait until 2015 to find out what I really have in him.
EBF,
Yeah, it's been the Boston political albatross that's been holding back a stud like Josh Boyce.
This is totally true, and I firmly believe most, if not all of us believe too strongly in our own abilities to scout players. However, just because Stevie Johnson was brought in by the 49ers, does not mean that Quinton Patton is dead man walking on the team. I got talked into dropping Julius Thomas a couple year ago (by some veteran posters on this board) for many of the same reasons. They brought in a couple veterans, and Thomas was never going to see the field was the consensus. Now, I'm still searching for a TE1 in that league. If Patton and Boyce are the goods, they'll force their way onto the field.
http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/patriots/content/20140611-patriots-journal-healthy-boyce-ready-to-make-an-impact.ece
i'm a little more leery of reports hyping Boyce or any other less-than-established player. boyce is taking advantage of Dobson's recovery, i guess, but then i also read glowing reports about thompkins - again! - this offseason. it's all very fluid, as situations go, right now and will be interested in what camp looks like when everyone is healthy.
I don't put any/much stock in what comes out of Foxboro this time of year. History says nothing will come of it, a lot of noise and nonsense come out of that place during the offseason. I base most of my Patriots eval's on what I thought of a guy coming out until he shows otherwise on Sunday.
it's hard to show what you can do with Ryan Mallet throwing you the ball. The same happened to him last season. I'm hoping he runs with Brady or Garopolo
Apparently the Patriots usually only keep 5 receivers. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/08/12/dobsons-return-puts-pressure-on-boyce-thompkins/ It coming down to him or Thompkins. I don't know if he has much appeal playing on some other team.
Mallet put a ball right on his numbers that would have been a first down last night, and it bounced off his hands like he was wearing oven mitts. He got bailed out by a D penalty. If a guy can't reliably catch he's not long for a career as a WR. Blaming Mallet won't change that.
So if a WR can't catch the ball he won't last long in the NFL? You have to be kidding me. I would have never thought of that. I've been watching the two play together since he was drafted, not just one throw. Mallet sucks. He was demoted since I made that comment btw.
Not watching so I can't say who is responsible but it wouldn't surprise me if it was Boyce.
