The rookie's usage looked similar during the Patriots' postseason run.
Overall, he finished the regular season with 19 tackles – two of which for loss – while also adding one sack, one quarterback hit and seven hurries in the passing game. While seeing most of his action in run-first and goal line packages, Valentine also saw some select snaps in the passing game. Valentine also added 47 snaps as a rusher on field goal and extra point attempts (of 449 10.5%). He missed weeks five, six and seven due to a back injury but still managed to play a total 288 of a possible 1,044 defensive snaps (27.6%) – the third-most at the position. After releasing former first rounder Dominique Easley just two weeks earlier, Valentine became an important piece of the interior defensive line before even taking a snap for the team.Īs the number three defensive tackle behind Malcom Brown and Alan Branch, Valentine appeared in 13 of the Patriots' regular season games. In today's final installment of the series, we will take a look at the player with the highest jersey number issued.Ģ016 review: With their fourth pick in the 2016 NFL draft (round three, selection #96), the Patriots opted to invest in a highly athletic defensive tackle out of Nebraska: Vincent Valentine. Over the remainder of camp, the 90 players currently under contract with the team are now in the process of fighting for spots on either the 53-man roster or the 10-man practice squad.Īs we have done throughout the offseason, we continue to take a look at the men fighting for those few select spots on the 2017 Patriots – and to find out who will and might be asked to help the team defend its Super Bowl title. Whether the comparison to the 2007 team is fair or not, the 2017 Patriots will carry heavy expectations throughout the year.The New England Patriots are in the middle of their 2017 training camp, which has started in late July. And they managed to retain their star players like Malcolm Butler and Dont’a Hightower.
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While they lost cornerback Logan Ryan and tight end Martellus Bennett in free agency, they’ve found players who, at least on paper, are immediate substitutes. The Patriots also added star cornerback Stephon Gilmore along with tight end Dwayne Allen and defensive end Kony Ealy. Saturday rattled of names like receiver Brandin Cooks and running backs Mike Gillislee and Rex Burkhead. “This team is stacked and loaded and ready to repeat. “As much as I respect Teddy B being on that team, you talk about mental toughness - how about coming back from the greatest deficit in Super Bowl history to get it done? And now, you’ve added to this team,” Jeff Saturday said. He reminded Bruschi that the undefeated team didn’t win a Super Bowl. He sees a defending Super Bowl roster that’s gotten better over the offseason. And that’s what those guys had to go 16-0 to carry that burden.”įormer Colts center Jeff Saturday didn’t agree with Bruschi, however. You know what else was a talent? Mental toughness. A lot of the guys that they had on offense, especially. “That 2007 team - I’ll just go straight to the defensive line, having Wilfork, Warren and Seymour in front of me. “Are you kidding me?” Bruschi said with a laugh. On ESPN’s “NFL Insiders” during a segment called overreaction Monday, Bruschi said the undefeated 2007 team, which he played on, was a more talented roster than this 2017 team. Tedy Bruschi wants to pump the breaks on the hype train for the 2017 New England Patriots.
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