S Brandon Meriweather benched in NE (1 Viewer)

[Fighting Noles]

With all the attention on Chung this year in N.E., I hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere here (if it was, sorry I missed it).

Rotoworld is reporting that James Sanders started yesterday (& played a lot Week 1) over Meriweather due to what Meriweather himself called "poor practices".

Does he get the job back? If so, does it impact Chung at all?

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

meriweather should get that job back, but it impacts chung if it pushes him to fs.

here are the week one snaps -- don't think week 2 are up yet.

S Patrick Chung – 74 of 78

S James Sanders – 62 of 78

S Brandon Meriweather – 61 of 78

 

[Adebisi]

Scroll down to September 20, 12:35 ET...

Meriweather explains his reduced time

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Six players were recognized for their contributions in helping the Patriots prepare for their season-opening victory over the Bengals.

As has been the norm in past years, the Patriots give black jerseys to the "practice players of the week" -- those who the coaching staff feel best prepared the team leading up to a win. The following players wore the jerseys today:

CB Tony Carter (practice squad)

S Patrick Chung

OLB Shawn Crable (practice squad)

C/G Rich Ohrnberger (practice squad)

G Stephen Neal

C/G Ryan Wendell

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

By Mike Reiss

A look at the snaps played by Patriots defenders in Sunday’s loss to the Jets, while analyzing what it means:



S Patrick Chung – 69 of 69

ILB Jerod Mayo – 69 of 69

CB Devin McCourty – 69 of 69

OLB Tully Banta-Cain – 60 of 69

CB Darius Butler – 60 of 69

DL Vince Wilfork – 59 of 69

S James Sanders – 56 of 69

DE Ron Brace -- 46 of 69

DE Gerard Warren – 43 of 69

OLB Rob Ninkovich – 42 of 69

ILB Brandon Spikes – 40 of 69

S Brandon Meriweather – 27 of 69

DL Myron Pryor – 27 of 69

OLB Jermaine Cunningham – 23 of 69

CB Jonathan Wilhite – 22 of 69

DL Mike Wright – 16 of 69

LB Gary Guyton – 15 of 69

CB Kyle Arrington – 8 of 69

DL Kyle Love – 6 of 69

S Jarrad Page – 2 of 69

(Includes penalties and successful two-point conversion attempt.)

ANALYSIS: CB Darius Butler, who struggled in the game, was pulled for the final series in favor of Kyle Arrington. … While S Brandon Meriweather rotated in to the base 3-4 alignment for one series, he mostly played in sub packages as his playing time was reduced for the second week in a row. …