The Pats haven't made many good decisions lately in picking up other team's castoffs. They did once upon a time but not now.
Hmm where are all those "experts" now that said McKnight was gonna challenge for a RB spot? You know you're out there As I said many times here before, McKnight isn't an NFL RB. He's a good special teamer, nothing more. Later Joe.
I agree. He was a 4th round pick who played no better than a 4th round pick and like most of them his time was up after a few years.
This training camp was a total gut check for Joe McKnight. And he showed a complete lack of heart. He'll never make anything behind KO returner. A perfect example of diminishing roster talent under Tanny & Rex. You have an undrafted Danny Woodhead fall in your hands for a free & could've used that McKnight 4th rounder on some other position like S/OG. Instead, you let Woodhead go elsewhere, you keep McKnight -- only to dump him a couple of years later & are left with nothing.
and as good as he is returning kicks he's a fumble waiting to happen. we had visions of a younger Leon when we got him but we should have kept the older one and we would have been MUCH better off.
it'll be good times when jet fans stop being so frightened about everything the new england patriots do.
Joe McKnight was looking very healthy when he was jumping and damn near did a back flip when Geno threw that TD Best I've seen him move all preseason.
I HATED that move but was hopeful McKnight could turn into a Leon type. It never really happened, he had some good returns but fumbled too much and never did much on offense.
Hole at LG is not good. Hopefully we're better than that. Crossing fingers that Ducasse has a lot more growth in him.
I was going to TC back then (during Leon's rookie year) and watching him live from the fence at Hofstra. And I could tell back then that no one... NO ONE... I had ever seen, could juke and cut the way Leon could... no one. He was really special. Then his girlfriend talking him into holding out for more money and then the injury and the rest is history. Ridiculous end.
He deserved more money, unfortunately for him he got hurt and it cost him a lot of it but that is why guys hold out. he just didn't stick w/ the holdout.
I wouldn't go back to 2007, because you can find more. In the Rex Ryan era though - I can't name a single offensive skill player that I can say- Wow they really developed, improved, and got the most out of him. I don't even think I would say that about Kerley. McKnight had his own problems, but a good offensive Head Coach and offensive system wouldn't gotten more out of him than Rex did.
