Patriots: Christian Barmore, Rhamondre Stevenson spark excitement

Two newcomers to the New England Patriots practice last week were certainly very solid additions to the practicing squad.

As patspulpit.com reported, two top rookies, Christian Barmore and Rhamondre Stevenson made their practice debuts with the team in the voluntary sessions last week.

This is good news for Patriots fans and good decisions by the two highly important rookies. Bill Belichick likely has little patience with veteran players who skip voluntary practices, never mind rookies.

New England Patriots rookies adding some excitement

One might speculate whether Tom Brady’s uncharacteristic skipping of OTA’s late in his New England career impacted his standing with the team, but that’s another story. It certainly was a signal of his feelings towards the team without a doubt.

But two rookies like Barmore and Stevenson much is certainly expected. One might speculate that both as newcomers to their players’ association skipped the first batch of OTA’s as a symbol of solidarity to the totality. Not a bad thought at all.

Yet, their returning after that perhaps symbolic gesture to the association to get to work with their new team and teammates as soon as possible, was a very solid decision.

All new players and previous Patriots need work to get up to speed. For newly acquired veterans it’s with their new team, teammates, and systems. This necessity is even more important for rookies.

As former Patriots coach Bill Parcells once alluded, these players can be “in the tall grass” when they arrive on the NFL scene. By that, he meant searching around aimlessly trying to find out what to do, how to be a professional, and above all to make the team.