biggbrd Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 https://www.patspulpit.com/2018/11/5/18064596/new-england-patriots-report-sign-former-oakland-raiders-safety-obi-melifonwu-uconn Former second rounder of the Raiders', apparently didn't play much due to injuries. Big at 6'4", maybe someone to help out in that S/LB hybrid we all hopes would add speed at the deadline? I know nothing more about him than what is mentioned in the article, anybody have more to add? Despite the good showing against GB, nice to see more additions to the D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Oakland fans say he was hardly healthy and was only meh when he was on the field. There were some rumblings about his commitment to football. Hell of an athlete, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD696 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Maybe the change in scenery can help a bit, but as always with signings this time of the year, not much can be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Interesting these 2 new signings plus they also intend to bring back Burkhead and Duke from IR. So 4 players would need to be cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, SBLIII said: Interesting these 2 new signings plus they also intend to bring back Burkhead and Duke from IR. So 4 players would need to be cut. Burkhead coming back would mean Barner getting cut/put on the PS you have to assume. Can't see any other obvious candidates, Gordon coming in means they have a lot of WRs on the roster...but without an obvious cut. Maybe there's some injuries not reported yet. Maybe Gronk's going to IR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Maybe he can play wide receiver, tight end, outside linebacker as a pass rusher and special teams too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terbo559 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Hes a great athlete. Has great size at 6'4 225 and 4.4 speed. I can see this being another Belichick project. Probably start him off at special teams first then slowly develop him into a coverage safety that can play in the box and line up against big tight ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Not too worried about what the Raiders day about this guy, don’t trust they put this guy in the best situation. Injury concerns are definitely real. I do trust Bill will find his strengths and put him in a position to succeed but I won’t be expecting too much. All I’ve heard is he’s a heck of an athlete, but he hasn’t been able to stay on the field. He’s a pretty lengthy DB as well, something BB tends to like. It’d be interesting to read some pre-draft scouting reports on him to see what they list has his strengths/weaknesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I would expect him to play a moneybacker type role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.