PatsFanCT said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
PatsFanCT said:
I'd like to know how a player without a position is going to make a 53 man roster. It just ain't happening.
Here's one theory - if the Pats keep nine RBs/FBs/TEs, they could cut Fells. And how many special teamers do people really pay attention to? He can be on the roster as a QB but he can literally line up at any spot on ST or even as FB/TE on offense no matter what his roster position or number says.
The year the Pats signed Woodhead, there were question marks about that too, the Pats had Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, and Kevin Faulk as backup RBs. But eventually it became clear.
Why not just let Fells play those positions? He would be better at it then Tebow. Besides, the Pats have seven TE's on the roster, I doubt either Tebow or Fells makes the team.
You can only have like 49 active players per game. I don't see any reason BB would waste one of those spots on Tebow.
This makes sense.
But teams bring in 3rd string QB developmental fodder all the time. If the team keeps 2 QB's they get cut by the end of preseason. Yet McDaniel thought enough of him to invest a 1st round draft pick, and reportedly BB was willing to invest a 2nd to 3rd, but now they're not even willing to slot the 49th spot on the team to him?
If he's a 3rd string QB and that's all he is then fine. No one wants him? Fine. Then cutting him should not be a problem, because no one else will want him supposedly (though developmental 3rd-4th stringers still seem to somehow hang around on practice fields and rosters for 2-3 years). But if BB & McDaniel really feel otherwise, that he has value now or later, they are going to have to find a place for him, either as an inactive QB on game days or as a U-back/FB-TE/ST-player.
I am sure not going to say that Tebow is or will be this year as good of a blocker or receiver as Fells or Hoomanawanui, but then again BB still found reason to plug Vrabel into his backfield (8 catches, 8 TDs) and someone always came out for that. Granted, Vrabel was a LB and an excellent one, but the point is if BB & McDaniel want someone on the team and want to find any number of snaps for them they can find a way to do that.