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Old Cage · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:27 pm Post subject: Ihedigbo a Pat!!

@JamesIhedigboDIGGZ44:

"Thanks to #jetsfans for all the love an support greatly appreciate it's on to a new chapter.....I'm Officially a New England Patriot!!!!!!"
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Excellent!
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UmAstudent · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:

Glad to see him pick the Pats... better then rooting for him to do good on the jets. I wanna hear what Ryan says about this now... He loved Ihedigbo as a player. Another one to the good side(or dark side for Ryan).

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject:

WAHOOO!!
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BostonBert · Senior Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1229

This is great news and I think he has a real legit shot at making the final 53 too.

Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1973

Had a feeling this was coming after the news that he would be released. Just seemed like he would fit in well here.

69MG · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:06 am Post subject: James I

This was a perfect scenario for James. The Patriots are thin at safety and lost a safety to injury in their last pre-season game. They also look for players who can contribute on special teams in addition to their position respnsibilites. James fits in perfectly for this. Much easier to root for him now.

DrG · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2171 Location: MA

Plus Belichick is not enamored of Meriweather and would unload him in an instant for the right deal. James is a ferocious special teams player and I agree that he has a very good chance of making the active roster.

cox'n · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject:

http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/08/20/how-pro-football-player-james-ihedigbo-of-amherst-is-realizing-the

Jack · Hall of Fame Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 3029

what a shame. still will root for him though.

cox'n · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1360266&srvc=sports&position=3

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject:

Hometown boy with his hometown team. He spent 4 years in hell, now he is where he belongs. Welcome, James!
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BullmooseGEO · Junior Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Amherst

Someone who watched last night's game, can you report on how much time James got on the field and how he did?

I was driving from Maine and flipping my radio to Pats when Sox were in commercial. Heard that he made a special teams tackle, but that's it...
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Rory · Junior Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 542 Location: Boston, MA

James Sanders has been released. -- http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/6906534/new-england-patriots-plan-cut-safety-james-sanders

HUGE help for James...? I think so. Even though he will likely only be relegated to special teams, this can't hurt.
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69MG · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:51 pm Post subject: Ihedigbo

While I feel sorry for Sanders, who has always been a good, upstanding player for the Pats, this has to be great news for James. The Patriots were thin at safety anyway, and it could be that they chose to keep a player who could contribute both as a safety and on special teams. I don't recall Sanders being an impact player on special teams.

Old Cage · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject:

James played the whole game at safety as well as playing special teams. This is terrific.

He made some excellent hits, and in general seemed to be in the area a lot. On a Jets TD, the receiver lost our corner, and James arrived late. Not his man, but maybe he should have been on scene earlier.
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