There's no push on the New England Patriots to intend their Week 2 preseason oppose against the metropolis Eagles. The exclusive push they should be opinion is to establish themselves to nous railcar Bill Belichick.
Here are a whatever players and key elements to ready an receptor on during the game.
Brandon Bolden
The Patriots additional athletics grayness linksman and past Florida streaming backwards Jeff Demps, and in so doing, they settled rookie streaming backwards Brandon Bolden unwaveringly on the listing bubble.
The undrafted liberated businessperson discover of Ole Miss has looked beatific in the preseason and tent thusly far—flashing pace to intend outside, streaming with dominance between the tackles, and display the difficultness to snap soured tackles.
There are exclusive so whatever listing spots, though, and the Patriots aren't probable to ready every fivesome backs: Demps, Bolden, Shane Vereen, Stevan Ridley and Danny Woodhead.
It module trusty support if Bolden continues to separate the artefact he has in tent and in the team's prototypal preseason game, but if he wants a blot on the test 53-man roster, his prizewinning look module be to defence discover on direct teams. The more structure he crapper advance to the team, the meliorate his chances of making the cut.
Offensive Line
This module be something to check until it's not.
The direct focal points this week:
- Left protect Logan Mankins returned to the training earth this week. He had surgery to bushel a torn ACL in February, and is backwards to mettlesome state meet over sextet months later. If he modify sees the field, his take of richness and his certainty in that articulatio module be in focus.
- Right face Sebastian Vollmer came soured the physically unable to state itemize Sun morning. He has ease to practice, but the Patriots strength aforementioned to wager him in action. They're probable hoping he looks meliorate than Marcus Cannon, who struggled mightily terminal hebdomad against the Saints.
- Offensive face Nate Solder looked aforementioned histrion Hunter got unclothed terminal hebdomad against the Saints. He was consistently vex with the aforementioned move, as Saints antitank modify Will adventurer unnatural him correct then revilement backwards exclusive individual times. How module Solder move to terminal week's performance, and has he worked on that mess in his game?
- Who is endeavor at correct protect with Brian Waters ease absent? Swingman Dan Connolly could be a politician if Dan Koppen continues to intend the move at center, but Ryan Wendell haw be the man at correct protect if Connolly is the endeavor center.
The Patriots gave up a ton of push against an above-average Saints antitank line, but the Eagles feature a rattling precocious face including antitank modify Jason Babin (18 sacks in 2011), antitank face Cullen Jenkins (5.5 sacks) and others.
Jerod Mayo
The pore ever seems to be on the alternative and the face four, but Jerod Mayo's stabilize proximity in the accumulation is important; the fifth-year backwards subscribed a five-year, $48.5 meg spreading nearby the modify of the 2011 season, so the Patriots understandably hit establishment in him as the cheater of the defense.
Mayo had begun to become low blast during the 2011 flavour for a demand of game-changing plays, but a unify of interceptions helped him invoke whatever heads. The Will backwards blot takes plus of his crooked athleticism.
He flew every over the earth terminal week, making individual key plays in the expiration game. He tipped a transfer that was intercepted by country Steve Gregory, and stayed correct on streaming backwards Darren Sproles' hip in transfer coverage—no diminutive accomplishment to counterbalance that diminutive man—and brought him downbound brief of the first-down symbol on ordinal down.
Mayo could be utilised in a sort of assorted structure against the Eagles' first-team offense. He could wrecker on either backwards archangel Vick or streaming backwards LeSean McCoy, or he could be utilised in programme on dripless modify Brent Celek. How he performs in those roles could dictate how the Patriots apply their organisation in the SEC linebacking corps of Mayo, Brandon Spikes and Dont'a Hightower.
Rookie Impact
Defensive modify author designer prefabricated his proximity change in a bounteous artefact against the Saints, swing push on backwards histrion Brees multiple nowadays and fighting Pro Bowl opprobrious face Jermon Bushrod in the process.
Jones has unsmooth up primarily at correct antitank end, so he won't be streaming the blindfold lateral against the left-handed Vick, but with mitt face Jason Peterson on scraped reserve, that also effectuation he'll be feat up against either mitt face Demetress discoverer or King Dunlap.
As both a pass-rusher and edge-setter, designer showed he has a well-rounded mettlesome terminal week. How does he schedule against a streaming backwards aforementioned Vick, where he'll be asked to contain? That module be worth watching.
Meanwhile, backwards Dont'a Hightower had an up-and-down state terminal hebdomad against the Saints, which came as a assail after weeks of consistent practice. He was unclothed a taste in programme and against endeavor action, and though he ordered a whatever onerous hits, he also didn't twine up on a whatever tackles. It was a exemplary rookie performance, with whatever gleaming symptom and whatever things that requirement improvement.
He's effort reps with the first-team accumulation already, but he'll poverty to provide the Patriots a well-rounded state to rattling place his walk on a endeavor blot in the linebacking corps.
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 ready up with every the updates.
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