The Patriots today brought back linebacker Rosevelt Colvin to offer some assistance to a depleted linebacker unit, as reported by Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe. Colvin, if you'll recall, was a rather large free agent signing by the Patriots back in 2003, and collected 26.5 sacks in five seasons with New England. He hasn't played a down this season after being cut in training camp by the Houston Texans. He recorded four sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception a season ago with the Patriots. New England's linebacker corps has taken quite a hit recently, especially on the outside, as Adalius Thomas was lost to a broken arm a month ago, and on Sunday, Pierre Woods was lost when he was on the wrong end of a collision with Steelers tight end Heath Miller.
I'm not sure how much he'll help at this point, but the Patriots are in need of something, anything, terms of a pass rush from the outside. As a team, New England is 20th in the NFL with 23 sacks, and with Thomas out of the lineup, only has four sacks from its current outside linebackers (three for Vrabel, one for Woods-- Thomas has five, but he's out of the lineup for the foreseeable future).
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12-04-2008 @ 8:50AM
jsharpe0047 said...
I for one didn't understand why they let him go prior to this season anyway. Sure he's inconsistent but when he does produce, he is impressive. Besides I preferred A. Thomas as an inside linebacker rather than outside. Brushci and Mayo have been doing well, but I think the speed of both Mayo and Thomas inside covering the flat (and then some) would provide better support for the terrible secondary. Wish Thomas was still available this season cuz that would have been a good combo with Vrabel and Colvin on the outside and Mayo and Thomas inside. Sorry Bruschi, i love you and you deserve a statue, but when the National pundits complain that the defense is old, you're really the only one they're talking about.
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