The Patriots worked out safety Su’a Cravens on Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The former second-round pick most recently played for the Broncos, who released him late last month.
Cravens entered the league as a second-round choice of the Redskins. He had tons of hype, particularly due to his ability to handle multiple positions in the secondary as well as linebacker. However, injuries, and general weirdness, sidetracked his career.
The versatility and potential is still there, so he would be a very interesting pickup for the Patriots, or any other potentially interested team. A motivated and healthy Cravens could be a difference-maker, as evidenced by flashes during his rookie season.
Here are the other players that New England has worked out today, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com (via Twitter):
- CB Chris Campbell,
- CB Tevaughn Campbell
- CB Lenzy Pipkins
- CB KeiVarae Russell
- CB Arrion Springs
- TE Jason Vander Laan
What was the general weirdness
I’m sure it was just a way to update there emergency list in case there in need of a CB
This guy has no passion for football. Thus he looks like a football player, but it is a mirage.
He just randomly wanted to retire and took some time off. Not sure what totally happened there.
Patriots manage to pick up everyone else’s dross and turn it into gold. Quite a trick.