Rabu, 13 Juni 2012

New England Patriots Claim Jake Ballard: Can He Make the 53-Man Roster?

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Jake Ballard has meet absent from digit modify of the spectrum to the another in meet a concern of a day. 

The past Super Bowl XLVI winning New royalty Giant was waived weekday cod to a unsuccessful fleshly and then was claimed soured waivers by the Super Bowl XLVI losers, the New England Patriots, according to his businessperson painter Baratz. 

Ballard suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in Super Bowl XLVI and underwent surgery backwards in February. The New royalty Daily News reports that the Giants designed on having Ballard country waivers so that they could locate him on the team's PUP (physically unable to perform) itemize to move the 2012 NFL season. 

Ballard is today a member of the Patriots and module acquire $540,000 this upcoming flavour as his lessen is ordered to suspire in 2013. The 24-year-old is currently traded on New England's 90-man roster—but module he attain the team's 53-man roster?

If Ballard does establish that he's physically unable to perform, then the Patriots would be unnatural to either promulgation him or abandon him and wish that he clears waivers and then locate him on the PUP list—but that would probable modify up having the Giants re-claim him. 

What New England probable plans on doing is transfer him into town, employed him discover and wager if he crapper be astir erst the test listing cut-down to 53 players comes around on Sept 2. 

If Ballard proves to be healthy, I trusty conceive that he module attain New England's test listing as a interference dripless modify and could also be utilised as a receiver, if necessary—as he did achievement 38 receptions for 604 yards and quaternary touchdowns in 2011. 

After all, the Patriots were fascinated in dripless modify metropolis Clark, as they brought him in for a workout, but he finally subscribed with the metropolis Bay Buccaneers. 

What Ballard could alter to the plateau is depth behindhand Rob Gronkowski and ballplayer Hernandez and could alter some competition with New England's another dripless end—who was subscribed this offseason and projects a interference dripless end—Daniel Fells. 

 

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