FOXBORO - With Danny Amendola supposedly out until the playoffs, the Patriots were in urgent requirement for another recipient with a comparative aptitude set. That implies finding a space beneficiary, who can likewise return punts.
On paper, it shows up the Patriots discovered one by marking Griff Whalen to a one-year contract on Thursday night. With regards to whether Whalen will be a solid match, the Patriots should keep a watch out, as Bill Belichick said on Friday.
"We'll perceive how it goes. We'll perceive how it functions into our beneficiary circumstance. I don't have the foggiest idea. We'll see," Belichick said. "He's been a greater amount of an inside recipient. He's done some returning. We'll see."
Whalen's most profitable season was his 2013 tenderfoot crusade in Indianapolis, where he got 24 goes for 259 yards and two touchdowns - all are vocation highs. He's likewise returned 46 profession punts, averaging 8.2 yards for each arrival. He's likewise found the middle value of 24.2 yards for each kickoff return in three seasons with the Colts and eight recreations this season in San Diego.
At the point when Amendola left Sunday's amusement with a lower leg damage, the Patriots were left with Julian Edelman, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Hogan - the main different players on the profundity graph. Amendola is regularly in the opening so when he exited, the Patriots moved Hogan, who has had more generation outside the numbers this season, within. By adding Whalen to the program, the instructing staff will have one more choice.
The Patriots had different alternatives, including Devin Lucien and DeAndrew White on the practice squad, however both recipients are better on the outside and don't have much punt return understanding.
"Folks that aren't on your list that you acquire, you need to sit back and watch how that goes," Belichick said. "We've been in that circumstance before as of now of year. Austin Collie a few years back, folks like that. Simply need to perceive how it works out. We'll see with Griff how it goes. We haven't had him some time recently. Haven't had him in camp. Haven't had him in our framework, so we'll see."
On paper, it shows up the Patriots discovered one by marking Griff Whalen to a one-year contract on Thursday night. With regards to whether Whalen will be a solid match, the Patriots should keep a watch out, as Bill Belichick said on Friday.
"We'll perceive how it goes. We'll perceive how it functions into our beneficiary circumstance. I don't have the foggiest idea. We'll see," Belichick said. "He's been a greater amount of an inside recipient. He's done some returning. We'll see."
Whalen's most profitable season was his 2013 tenderfoot crusade in Indianapolis, where he got 24 goes for 259 yards and two touchdowns - all are vocation highs. He's likewise returned 46 profession punts, averaging 8.2 yards for each arrival. He's likewise found the middle value of 24.2 yards for each kickoff return in three seasons with the Colts and eight recreations this season in San Diego.
At the point when Amendola left Sunday's amusement with a lower leg damage, the Patriots were left with Julian Edelman, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Hogan - the main different players on the profundity graph. Amendola is regularly in the opening so when he exited, the Patriots moved Hogan, who has had more generation outside the numbers this season, within. By adding Whalen to the program, the instructing staff will have one more choice.
The Patriots had different alternatives, including Devin Lucien and DeAndrew White on the practice squad, however both recipients are better on the outside and don't have much punt return understanding.
"Folks that aren't on your list that you acquire, you need to sit back and watch how that goes," Belichick said. "We've been in that circumstance before as of now of year. Austin Collie a few years back, folks like that. Simply need to perceive how it works out. We'll see with Griff how it goes. We haven't had him some time recently. Haven't had him in camp. Haven't had him in our framework, so we'll see."
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