Meet your newest members of the New England Patriots

[Jay]

I've done this the past few years so with McCourty being shown off already, might as well get it started again. I will update further when mini-camp starts on Thursday.

I've done this the past few years so with McCourty being shown off already, might as well get it started again. I will update further when mini-camp starts on Thursday.

Jersey numbers (official):

Brandon Spikes #55
Zoltan Mesko #14
Rob Gronkowski #87
Devin McCourty #32
Aaron Hernandez #46
Taylor Price #17
Jermaine Cunningham #96
Dave King #5
Zac Robinson #7
Bryan Anderson #16
Pat Paschall #35
Sergio Brown #38
Ross Ventrone #41
Terrance Johnson #43
Dane Fletcher #45
Ted Larsen #62
Kade Weston #66
Brandon Deaderick #71
John Wise #71
Thomas Welch #74
Kyle Love #74



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[Jay]

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1 27 (27) Devin McCourty CB 5-11 185 Rutgers

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2 10 (42) Rob Gronkowski TE 6-6 265 Arizona

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2 21 (53) Jermaine Cunningham DE 6-3 252 Florida

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2 30 (62) Brandon Spikes LB 6-3 258 Florida

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3 26 (90) Taylor Price WR 6-1 212 Ohio

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4 15 (113) Aaron Hernandez TE 6-2 250 Florida

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5 19 (150) Zoltan Mesko P 6-5 238 Michigan

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6 36 (205) Ted Larsen C 6-2 296 North Carolina St.

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7 1 (208) Thomas Welch T 6-7 310 Vanderbilt

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7 40 (247) Brandon Deaderick DL 6-4 287 Alabama

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7 41 (248) Kade Weston DT 6-5 316 Georgia

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7 43 (250) Zac Robinson QB 6-3 218 Oklahoma St.

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UDFA John Wise, DT, Illinois

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UDFA Pat Paschall, RB, North Dakota State

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UDFA Dane Fletcher, DE, Montana State

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UDFA Bryan Anderson, WR, CMU

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UDFA Sergio Brown, S, Notre Dame

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UDFA Kyle Love, DL, Mississippi State

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UDFA Ross Ventrone, S, Villanova

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UDFA Buddy Farnham WR Brown

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[Jay]

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Day 2, practice 1:

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[Wootylicous]

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[Don Vito]

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Love the class, but I'm excited to see this guy. You remember how Neal worked out.

[Jay]

Updated some rookie jersey numbers:

Jersey numbers (official):

Brandon Spikes #55
Zoltan Mesko #6
Rob Gronkowski #87
Devin McCourty #32
Aaron Hernandez #46
Taylor Price #17

[Don Vito]

I can dig all of those. That Gronk jersey is mine, I am sold.

[nepg]

Wow. Gave out McGinnest's number AND Ben Coates's number. Says a lot, imo.

[Jay]

Yeah, that they are running out of numbers, lol.

[Bigburt63]

Wow. Gave out McGinnest's number AND Ben Coates's number. Says a lot, imo.

Junior Seau and Reche Caldwell.

[Don Vito]

Junior Seau and Reche Caldwell.

David Givens

[RealityCheck]

Look for me in a JC jersey soon. Doesn't matter the damn number.

[Bigburt63]

David Givens

Just don't give out #80, and I didn't want #11 out either.

I may have to invest in a 55 Spikes jersey, but if Mankins is gone, I may have to get an authentic Vollmer jersey to replace the authentic Mankins one.

[ElectricEye]

This Fletcher kid tested incredibly well.

03/21/2010 - PRO DAY RESULTS: One of the pre-draft season's intriguing aspects is how some small-school standouts can gain more national recognition, and make their way up the board. Montana State DE/LB Dane Fletcher is just such a player. One of the all-time sack leaders in the Big Sky conference will get a lot of attention between now and the draft, and a lot of teams are going to be looking at him as a possible outside linebacker in the 3-4 defensive scheme. At Montana State's pro day, he ran a 4.61 and 4.63 in the 40-yard dash, had a 36-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 3-inch broad jump, a 4.35-second short shuttle, a 6.93-second three-cone drill and did 29 bench press repetitions at 225 pounds. The Bobcats' pro day took place March 16 outdoors on FieldTurf with no wind at all in front of a Seahawks scout. - Gil Brandt, NFL.com
He's 6'2 250.
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[Jay]

Added Hernandez and Price #'s.

[Don Vito]

46, that's interesting for Hernandez. Hopefully Price is more than just speed like the last #17 WR we took.

[Jay]

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[Jay]

46, that's interesting for Hernandez. Hopefully Price is more than just speed like the last #17 WR we took.

They said they anticipate more number changes, so those two could be the ones.

[Don Vito]

96 for Cunningham I love it

[FlyingElvis]

96 is pretty funny. I will lmao if he keeps that into the season.


Gotta love a small school kid like Fletcher. He's obviously got the speed rush down. I wonder if he has anything else?

[ElectricEye]

lol@ 96.

Pretty good numbers. Kind of like 46 for Hernadez, he's probably going to be more of an H-Back for us anyway.

[Jay]

Added first two camp pics...

[ElectricEye]

Mini Camp articles;
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/columns/story?columnist=reiss_mike&id=5151931

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/columns/story?columnist=reiss_mike&id=5152890

Spikes really seems like the real deal as a football player/team guy.

Fletcher is moving to inside linebacker. If any of the UDFA make the team, I think he has the best shot with the poor depth we have at linebacker.

[Jvig43]

Cunningham practiced exclusively at OLB standing up yesterday.

[ElectricEye]

He should transition well. Dropped back at Florida, from what I've read.

[Jvig43]

He should transition well. Dropped back at Florida, from what I've read.

Yeah, in the article he said he dropped back about 50% of his time in Florida.

[RealityCheck]

I hope Paschall, Fletcher and Johnson make the final roster.

[Jay]

Added some day 2 pics...

[Don Vito]

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haha what?

[Jvig43]

HAHAHAHAHA why am I not surprised BB has to wear cut up shorts as opposed to a normal pair.

[Razor]

I almost feel bad for Pat Paschall since he's the only RB there and is getting all of Ivan Fears attention (love that name btw). What do you think about the rookies' performance this weekend? Personally, I don't pay much attention to their on-field action, since the work in the meeting room is much more important at this stage imo. But I just had to share this in case you haven't read it.
Elsewhere this afternoon, at one point in the session, the entire team gathered to take whacks at the one-man tackling sled. A lot of players are big and strong enough to lift that thing off the ground, but TE Rob Gronkowski nearly flipped the thing over on one of his reps. That caught everyone’s attention on and around the practice field. Quite an impressive display of power.


All the reports I've read says that the Gronk and Hernandez looked very good. I really hope they will make an impact next season.

[Jay]

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[descendency]

Oh God... that picture of Belichick's shorts is embarrassing.

Oh, and is anyone surprised that Brandon Spikes looks faster than his 5.0 40 time suggested? or that his aggressive play is causing him to whiff tackles? :/

[descendency]

Cunningham practiced exclusively at OLB standing up yesterday.

Yeah, he's only an OLB. He doesn't have the size for DE (5-technique). I doubt he has the agility to play ILB.

[FlyingElvis]

Now I now for sure there's nobody on staff with the balls required to stand up and tell Bill the things he may not like but absolutely needs to hear.

[Jay]

Pats signed WR Buddy Farnham Brown:

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[ElectricEye]

The funniest thing about the BB thing is that his hoodie says "BB" right on it. Looool.

[Razor]

Pats signed WR Buddy Farnham Brown:

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I just found this on youtube, there are some other videos from his games as well.
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He seems to be very good at changing direction, have good hands and good acceleration. His game tape (which I've only seen on youtube) looks pretty good as well, although it's not against very good competition. I have no idea if we have room for him on the roster, but he does have some pretty good return skills which might land him a roster spot.