Heath Evans might see some playing time with the Patriots, though whether he'll touch the ball or not remains to be seen. Evans was an excellent runner from the fullback position at Auburn andeasily could have been converted to tailbackin the NFL, but we all know how it works. This is from boston.com:
"New fullback Heath Evans was welcomed to the team with a lot of one-on-one, hands-on coaching from running backs coach Ivan Fears; partly in an effort to get him up to speed for Monday's game against Indianapolis, but mostly because he was the only running back at practice.
"Neither Dillon nor Pass was on the field for the portion of practice viewed by the media.
"Evans, released by the Dolphins Oct. 24, was happy to be there.
'''This is the NFL and the team that's won three of the last four Super Bowls, so where would you rather be than here?" he said. ''I went from tied for last in the division to first in the division, so for me it was an upgrade."
"Evans (6 feet, 250 pounds) is a bruising blocker and according to Belichick is a better fit with the Patriots than Amos Zereoue (5-8, 205), who is more of a scat back.
'''We just felt like at this point he has a little bit different skills than Amos that we thought would be more useful to us," Belichick said. ''It's not really apples to apples. It's just a question of who gives us what we're looking for at this particular point in time."
"With Evans, the Patriots shouldn't have to resort to using defensive linemen Dan Klecko or Richard Seymour at fullback in short-yardage situations. Seymour was injured playing the position against San Diego and hasn't played since."
