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Brandon Meriweather admits: ‘I don’t know my situation’ 09.02.11 at 4:32 am ET
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FOXBORO — You could take the words of Brandon Meriweather after Thursday’s preseason finale against the Giants and interpret them several ways.

After not playing in the first half and starting the second half with mostly second and third-team back-ups around him, Meriweather was asked if he liked his current situation on the Patriots roster.

“I don’t know my situation,” Meriweather said, before clarifying. “I think our coaches do a great job of rotating all of us in and playing a lot of guys, getting a lot of guys a lot of playing time with other people to see how they play together. So you never know your situation until it’s time.

“There’s a lot of work to do. Just trying to get ready for Miami now.”

What’s interesting and ironic about that is that the 27-year-old fifth year safety out of the University of Miami may not even survive cut-down day on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Will the former first-round (24th overall) pick of the Patriots in 2007 be kept on? He is in the final year of a five-year, $8.75 million deal, with a cap hit of just over $2.8 million this season.

That sound familiar? Last Monday, veteran safety James Sanders was let go because he and the team couldn’t agree on how best to restructure his contract, set to pay him $2.8 million in 2011.

Meriweather’s base is $1.65 million this season but still the message wasn’t lost on Meriweather when he was asked Thursday about Sanders’ departure and whether he thinks that will extend his stay in New England.

“To be honest, I don’t even want to talk about it,” he replied.

Adding to the intrigue was an injury to cornerback Kyle Arrington on the opening kick-off Thursday. The Patriots have a great deal of flux in their secondary right now and keeping Meriweather would seem to provide some stability and familiarity for the Pats.

In his final tune-up before the season opener in South Florida, Meriweather had two solo tackles. Before reading too much into his starting the second half, recall that last week, he was on the field in the first half against Matthew Stafford and the Lions, along with fellow safeties Patrick Chung, Sanders and Sergio Brown.

“I’m excited, I’m super-excited,” Meriweather insisted. “It counts now. Everything counts now. Not like the last couple of weeks didn’t count but training camp is over and we can get down to playing football with the guys you’re going to be with for a long time.

“I think we still have a lot of work to do, we made some improvements in areas we wanted to but overall we still have a lot of work to do.”

The question remains, will that work be in New England after 4 p.m. Saturday?

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  • Jim

    No question. The Pats need to figure out a way to keep him.

  • Blacksheep

    I think everyone is on the Chopping Block this season… Brady included, I am so Over getting knocked out of the playoffs by lesser teams and watching them hoist the Super Bowl trophy. Been a NE fan for a long time and we need to seize the moment with the talent we have!

  • Tomb

    I know that Tom Brady is probably “untouchable” but there are reasons to be concerned. The number one reason is that he that he becomes very ordinary when he gets hit a couple of times. The Giants and Jets (and now the Lions) know that if they hit him, the Patriot offense is in trouble. The other reason is that this offense tends to lose its effectiveness as the game goes on. They usually look sharp on their first few drives then teams adjust and they struggle. Last year the offense was helped a great deal by turnovers (and to give Brady credit) no interceptions. That might not happen this year.

  • Branden

    Give me a break! Brady had the one of the top 5 seasons by a QB ALL-TIME last year!!! You sound like fools.

    As for Meriweather, I have never been a fan, but with how thin our secondary is, I’d really like to keep for the last year of his contract.

  • mike

    Tomb is absolutely right.

  • PVS53

    The Pats showed nothing on offense in preseason. When the season starts, you will see all the offensive weapons assembled and the offense will look a lot different than in preseason. Sorry Miami and the rest of the league.

  • Pete

    Yeah, Brady looks totally ordinary when all his receivers are covered and he has no time to throw the ball. Cut him! You people are nuts. Without Brady this team doesn’t make the playoffs. The guy was the NFL’s unanimous MVP last year. Do you think the Pats would do better with Hoyer? Mallett? If you answered yes to either of those questions, please ask the nurse to up the dosage on your Thorazine.

  • Dick

    Not to worry about Brady and the offense. I’m cautiously optimistic about the defense, and think they need to keep Merriweather. On a weird note, Peter King picks San Diego and Atlanta in the Super Bowl….really??? I think he’s stretching this year. I think it will be Green Bay again, as I’m still not sure about Philly. I think NE will make it from the AFC, although they need to focus better in the playoffs, no matter who they play.

  • daddyV

    are u guys serious right now?? only an idiot would even talk about cutting brady…trust me u take brady out n then u see how bad our offense really is. i agree its a concern that we have been crap in the playoffs but thats not all bradys fault n when you consider the weapons he has to work with as opposed to some other qbs out there i think hes done a pretty effing good job. i think our offense will easily get us a 12-4 this year, real challenge is to take it to another level in the playoffs n the defence stepping up when the offense isnt clicking.

  • Craig

    To me, the D back field doesn’t look improved at all. They make ordinary QBs look like SB MVPs. Sometimes when receivers catch the ball there are no pats on the screen. I will say if we can get any sort of pass rush at all it would help, but as I see it now it’s more of the same from last year. No more youth excuses. As for cutting Brady, you’ve got to be kidding. How about a little protection?

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