What a bunch of whiners on this post.  You have no idea what the Pats are doing, so stop complaining.  Go an the Jets post.  Do you not think they know what they are doing, and if Crable is hurt or not what they want, they will get rid of him.  Get a life!
Posted by boomerst3

In Response to Re: crable back home! : Not according to the media reports today.  I'm not saying BB is definitely doing that, only that it's a possibility.  No matter what the scenario or reason, it doesn't look good for Crable.
Posted by carawaydj

The Active PUP is for players that have some form of injury that will prevent them from starting training camp.

If placed on Active PUP, a player can rehab and participate in team meetings but cannot practice.

A player has to be placed on Active PUP before he begins training camp, so that's why you're seeing the stories popping up now.

A player on Active PUP can be removed from the list at any time during camp.

A player on Active PUP counts against the league mandated roster limit (currently 80).

And one of the most important rules, a player must be on Active PUP in order to be considered for Reserve PUP. 

At the end of preseason, if an Active PUP player is still several weeks away from being able to play, the team may place him on Reserve PUP.

" active pup players count against the 80-man roster limit. so bb isn't doing this to evaluate other players ."     ~bbobbo   bbobbo and ALL : See bb~ what you and others are failing to see Is that Belichick certainly COULD be doing this for Shawn Crable's and the team's overall benefit... HERE'S WHY: The ACTIVE PUP :  ~ You ARE correct, In that when placed on the Active PUP, These players still DO count against the roster limit...But see, THAT Roster Limit IS 80 freakin' guys, and NOT The 53 Man Roster Limit that each NFL Team has as the maximum when the actual Regular Season begins...So sheez, WHO cares about Crable actually counting when it's 80 PLAYERS total? ~ BUT now, There ARE benefits to placing Shawn Crable on The ACTIVE PUP right now: #1- Can still go to ALL team meetings & team functions, He JUST CANNOT Practice himself...In otherwords, Possiibly saving Crable from a pointless injury occuring at a practice...  I.E. Crable getting ALL the benefits of knowing WHAT's happening in schemes, filmwork, functions, and meetings, JUST not getting the potential to get hurt on some ridiculous freak random play in a practice. #2- By placing Shawn Crable ON the PUP, Crable CAN get activated at ANY time whatsoever, UP until Week #6 of The Regular Season...  So theoretically say Crable IS fine, But Belichick doesn't like the look and play of his other Outside Linebackers, OR 1 or more of those OTHER Outside Linebackers get injured themselves, OR IF and when Bill Belichick says, "Alright, we got through this training camp thing AND these pointless (and numerous) Preseason Games," Belichick can NOW "hedge his bets" on Crable NOT getting hurt, BY activating him at ANY time- Up until AND through Week #6 and/or at ANY time during the Preseason. #3-   ANY and ALL players NEED to be on the Active PUP, In order to IF/When be placed on the Reserve PUP (IF the coach so chooses to do so)...AND It IS the case with the Reserve PUP, That the players on here (reserve pup), Do NOT count against the 53 man roster limit when the season begins...  Now, THIS means that: For instance once more, Belichick DOES want to see IF his other OLBs get injured and/or play sub-par...NOW Bill Belichick up until Week #6, Has an extra guy, a Fresh & Uninjured OLB in Shawn Crable, Which he stashed away.  Because, ya put Crable on the Practice Squad=Potentially Gone to another team; Because ya allow Crable to play in a d#mb preseason game/practice=Potential Injury, IN which case, Crable can THEN no longer be on the Reserve PUP, I.E. In a place where until again, Week #6, Crable can beactivated ANY time, AND in a place where, Upon the beginning of the regular season, Crable would NOT count against the 53 man team limit. ~ Yes, I KNOW this is ridiculously complicated...but IF Crable Is NOT injured (and we've gotten not 1 single news report that he IS), Then this IS a smart move by BB hedging his bets so to say, and keeping Crable healthy...  
Posted by LazarusintheSanatorium

"Go an the Jets post." Huh? "Do you not think they know what they are doing..." Are you Albert Breer? I recognize your writing style anywhere. In Response to Re: crable back home! :
Posted by Rockdog1293000

" There's no need to put Crable on any list to keep him healthy. BB keeps veterans who actually have heart and work ethic (unlike Crable) off the practice field when he wants to. In many instances players like Brady, Faulk, and Moss are given days off to rest their body. Again, no need to put Crable on a list.  Using your assumption, BB loves Crable. Then why put him on a list that BB knows will lead to widespread criticism of Crable instead of just letting him take it easy during camp? I think it's more likely that BB thinks Crable is a turd and wants to embarrass him. Furthermore, it makes no sense to protect Crable since the guy hasn't put on pads in almost over a year. If anything, he needs to prove himself. This assumption that BB is protecting him because he's so valuable is just delusional. Send back some mental gymnastics that actually make your point, or, even better, an example where this has happened in the NFL before ."           ~ Rockdog I'll do even BETTER than offering you an NFL example rockdog, I'll give ya a REAL-WORLD example which applies here, towards your very own mental hurdle, that I shall help you leap over in regards to my points on Crable...        See RD~ My teaching qualifications are surely unsurpassed by ANYone, For it was yours trully, Who once brought a little girl child, From the very brink of a veritable alien incommunicable state, Towards the wide open gates of Total Understanding.  So to begin, I'll ask of you to struggle through my posts on this thread, yet again.  THEN, I'll do for you, what EXACTLY I did for her:   "Water Rockdog; WATER rockdog! You will UN derstand, You WILL !...Because THIS is WA-ter!"
Posted by LazarusintheSanatorium

Simply because some of us seem to think that BB might, just might mind you, know what he's doing doesn't mean opposing views shouldn't post. There does seem to be a tendency in this forum to react in the extreme, but I digress.  I'd like someone to explain in terms I can understand how giving Crable another shot hurts the Pats.  If he gets hurt again, then he gets hurt again and someone else takes the roster spot.  If he does stay healthy and manages to make a contribution then holy jumped up Hart Lee Dykes - it's a bonus.  Please, how does giving Crable another shot hurt the Pats? 
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