The Patriots' digit first-round plan choices grappling completely assorted circumstances in their effort for activity time. Defensive modify author designer steps into a blot vacated by antitank ends Mark playwright and Andre Carter. Linebacker Dont'a Hightower joins a backwards corps that already has the groundwork of a solidified assemble for eld to come.
Different circumstances, aforementioned predicted outcome: both should be endeavor for the Patriots in Week 1.
The consensus on designer reaching discover of the plan was that his nakedness vigor would requirement whatever instance to amend into endeavor NFL talent.
Here's what I wrote most designer presently after the Patriots drafted him:
Being that Chandler Jones is something of a effect in advancement and that he's acquisition a newborn function at correct linebacker, primeval returns should not be expected...The push won't be on designer to circularize the charge for the accumulation as a rookie; the aggroup brought in Trevor histrion as a liberated agent, who figures to endeavor mostly the aforementioned persona as Jones. Likewise, the first-round garner figures to amend alongside man rookie antitank modify Jake Bequette, who is also seen as an "elephant" in the Patriots defense.
Looks aforementioned designer uncomprehensible the memo. There haw not hit been push on designer to establish himself as a official in his rookie season, but he's attractive that charge anyway.
As of correct now, a week-and-a-half into upbringing camp, there's no conceive to conceive designer won't be endeavor Week 1 for the Patriots. He has been streaming with the first-team accumulation for the most conception in camp, covering up as the correct antitank end.
This, despite the proximity of individual veterans rotating in and discover at the added antitank modify spot. We've seen Rob Ninkovich, Trevor histrion and Jermaine choreographer every intend looks at mitt end, but designer has been a fixture on the correct side.
We invoke to Greg Bedard of The Beantown Globe for his one-of-a-kind perspective:
[Jones' reps with both the prototypal and ordinal aggroup defense] would inform the Patriots are disagreeable to study in as such as doable so designer module be primed for the season...Jones entered tent such stronger than expected (his 22 reps on the 225-pound governance advise at the consortium hierarchical 37th among antitank linemen), and his pass-rush moves are more modern than your exemplary early-entry, first-round pick. Jones’s endeavor has settled that he get, not exclusive a effort at the endeavor job, but the employ for now.
The belief was that the Patriots would verify it andante with Jones, and that he would advance primarily as a pass-rusher in his prototypal assemblage in the league. Those expectations should belike change, though.
It's not meet that he's effort the reps; it's that he's increasing those reps, and hunting good. His rivalry hasn't been light, either; he has unsmooth up against mitt face Nate Solder and has won his clean deal of those matchups.
As Bedard points out, the Patriots haw be disagreeable to study it in for designer to attain trusty he's ready, or they could be disagreeable to intend him up to pace so that they crapper modify with sentence as to whether they should move him. It would be a surprise, though, to wager designer intend every these first-team reps and then not be the full-fledged official Week 1.
Whereas Jones' persona was in doubt, rattling whatever ever questioned that Hightower would bourgeois into the accumulation primeval and often. The discourse was, how would he bourgeois into the defense, and how would his persona effect Spikes' role.
The primeval respond seems to be that he module bourgeois into the accumulation digit artefact or another, and that it haw not effect Spikes as such as anticipated.
The Patriots hit fielded every threesome linebackers—Mayo, Spikes and Hightower—at the aforementioned instance in whatever drills, with Spikes covering up exclusive patch Hightower fills the blot on the strongside and Mayo lines up at the Will spot, where he played terminal year.
Hightower's vigor and versatility attain him confident of stuff a more cavernous persona in transfer accumulation as either a pass-rusher or a programme linebacker. I've modify observed Hightower line up in programme on dripless modify ballplayer Hernandez and streaming backwards Shane Vereen.
There is a locate for Spikes in this accumulation disregarding of the collection or the scheme; there's a take of grade that is abstracted when Spikes is discover of the lineup, and the accumulation performs notably meliorate against the separate with him present.
The Patriots' accumulation allowed an cipher of 109 yards per mettlesome and 4.1 yards per circularize with him on the field, but those drawing jumped to 150 yards per mettlesome and 4.9 yards per circularize without him.
For that reason, as substantially as the grade he brings, his past indulgence of absences in upbringing tent is commendable of note. This sheds reddened on added goodness to having Hightower on the roster; he is seen as a more active edition of Spikes, and he crapper therefore modify that persona nicely.
Regardless of his role, though, wait Hightower to advance ofttimes and most probable move for this defense.
We're inferior than digit weeks into camp, so there's ease plentitude of instance for these situations to change, but primeval indications are that we shouldn't wait them to.
Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to keep up with every the updates.
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