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Footballguy
There's a lot of uncertainty around the Hernandez situation and there likely will be for some time. So BB is one of the brightest coaches in the league, so what does he do knowing that he has 1 NFL wr, one all pro TE coming off back surgery that may or may not be ready for the start of the season and the other half of that awesome two TE tandem that may possibly have played his last down in the NFL.
Training camp hasn't begun yet so does he change the offense? Move to a more conservative run based offense since that now may be where his best talent is? Does he keep the offense the same? Truly if Gronk isn't ready and Hernandez is dealing with off the field issues I can't see BB saying "we run a two TE offense and now Ballard is our Gronk and player X is our AH." It just won't work. It works due to the great talent and not the scheme and Ballard just isn't that good. So the Patriots have to win games and BB is sitting home tonight thinking about the ramifications of this situation. what does he do and hows does this play out?
Training camp hasn't begun yet so does he change the offense? Move to a more conservative run based offense since that now may be where his best talent is? Does he keep the offense the same? Truly if Gronk isn't ready and Hernandez is dealing with off the field issues I can't see BB saying "we run a two TE offense and now Ballard is our Gronk and player X is our AH." It just won't work. It works due to the great talent and not the scheme and Ballard just isn't that good. So the Patriots have to win games and BB is sitting home tonight thinking about the ramifications of this situation. what does he do and hows does this play out?