Karney was a consummate fullback, tough, unselfish. I thought Evans would be a blocking upgrade, which softened the blow of unceremoniously booting a blue collar player like Mike, but my doubts are piling up. Haven’t read anything positive about his play in practice, and the first team failed to convert a 3rd and short in the Bengals game. Also, the Pats are excellent at shedding players at the right time. Ex-Pats get to float around the league, talking about how they bring the experience of being in a winning franchise to new teams like that means something, which it never does. And this “viable receiving option” stuff, give me a break. The only thing we have in spades are receiving options. We need a smashmouth run blocker. I’d like to go get Lorenzo Neal back off the Raiders. He’s probably old enough to be my dad, but he doesn’t care about anything but punishing linebackers. That’s all I want from a fullback.