MAN STABBED IN SEAPORT
A man was stabbed in the neck at an upscale bowling alley in the Seaport Friday night.
Boston police responded to Kings Dining & Entertainment, 60 Seaport Blvd., at around 8:20 p.m. and found an adult male with “a small laceration” to his neck.
The alleged suspect, Dorian Jenkins, 20, of Boston — who the victim told police was known to him — had fled on foot before officers arrived.
The victim told police that Jenkins came up from behind and slashed at his neck in the hallway by the restrooms and that the attack was “completely unprovoked.”
Jenkins is an employee at the establishment — which is a bowling alley, restaurant, bar and arcade — according to coverage of the incident from LiveBoston617.org.
The Herald was unable to independently verify this assertion from the short and heavily redacted police report.
Jenkins was located on level P2 of the building’s parking garage and taken into custody without incident, according to the report.
Police recovered a foldable box-cutter as the knife allegedly used in the stabbing.
Jenkins is charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (knife) and is scheduled to be arraigned in municipal court in South Boston.
Kings appeared to be operating normally Saturday morning when the Herald reached out by phone. A manager said the business has no comment on the matter.
The normal operation is in contrast to the night of March 19, when all the bars in a strip along Union Street were shut down for
the night following a stabbing outside the Sons of Boston bar there.
Bouncer Alvaro Larrama, 39, of East Boston, stands accused of stabbing Daniel Martinez, 23, a U.S.
Marine who was visiting Boston for the St. Patrick’s day weekend from his home south of Chicago, at around 7 p.m. after an alleged altercation between the two outside the bar.
Martinez was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital about eight hours later.
In the SOB case, the bar had its entertainment license swiftly revoked, and
no one at the bar was picking up the phone when the Herald called the Thursday following the stabbing.
By April 7, Boston’s licensing board indefinitely suspended its license to operate
as a bar.
There was no information available Saturday about if Kings would face similar or any repercussions from Friday night’s stabbing.
And having Dugger, Phillips and Peppers, along with Devin McCourty, allows the Patriots the flexibility to not need as many off-the-ball linebackers on the field — in theory, at least.
Speaking with the media on Tuesday, Wilson was appreciative of how the Patriots have handled their linebacker room to this point.
“Obviously, the front office and coach Belichick seem very confident in the guys we have in the room now,” Wilson said. “Obviously, I feel confident, as well. We have some great guys in there. We’ve just got to continue to build this thing, continue to put everything together.”
So the hope is the Patriots will be better at defending in space given how it appears they’ll deploy their linebackers and safeties. The problem? While getting faster and more athletic is the right approach, it won’t do much good if the Patriots can’t stop the run up front.
The Pats were gashed up the middle, and along the edges at different points of the season. It’s so much harder to defend if you can’t make teams one dimensional, and shut down the run.
Wilcots, however, has faith Belichick will figure it out, playing with a smaller, lighter group at the second level.
“He was the first guy that won a Super Bowl letting Thurman Thomas run the ball,” said Wilcots. “What I’ll say is, the run game ain’t going to beat you, unless you allow them to run in the red zone.”
Wilcots believes if a defense can keep the explosive plays to a minimum, and holds the other team under 30 points, that team will have a chance to win every game.
“Defenses are now built from back to front. You can’t stop ‘em all. But you’ll be able to keep the score down,” Wilcots said. “Create some turnovers, and that’s enough to win in this league. Don’t give them 30. Don’t give up explosive plays, turn them over twice, and that goes a long way toward winning.”
It remains to be seen if this group can pull it off.
King of the hill
Spoke with Eric Galko, the director of football operations and player personnel for the East-West Shrine
Bowl.
Several Patriots draft picks (Tyquan Thornton, Pierre Strong, Jack Jones, Sam Roberts), as well as a few of their undrafted signees (D’Eriq King, LaBryan Ray), attended.
Given the Patriots success with undrafted players (Malcolm Butler, J.C. Jackson, David Andrews, Jakobi Meyers), King, who played quarterback at Miami, is an intriguing possibility.
“I think he has the ability to be a running back, a receiver, a return specialist, and certainly a quarterback,” Galko said..
According to Pro Football Network’s Aaron Wilson, who spoke with the Miami quarterback, the Patriots told King they planned to utilize him in multiple ways, be it receiver, running back, and quarterback.
Naturally, thoughts of Julian Edelman, a converted quarterback, come to mind in terms of how King might be flipped to a wide receiver.
King actually began his college career as a receiver before transferring to Miami in 2020 and moving over to quarterback.
As a wideout, King caught 58 passes for 492 yards over his first two collegiate
seasons at Houston. He passed for 2,686 yards and 26 touchdowns as the Hurricanes’ starting QB in 2020, while adding 538 rushing yards and 16 receiving yards.
“I think best case-scenario, I think he can be your third quarterback, your fourth running back, your fourth receiver, and a backup kick returner,” said Galko. “That’s four roster spots you take up in one player.”
Galko also provided perspective
on some of the Patriots actual draft picks.
He described 6-5, 295 pound defensive tackle Sam Roberts, the team’s sixthround pick, as a “very wide human being.”
That wide human being had five field goal blocks at Northwest Missouri State.
“I think it’s because he wins off the snap, and plays wide with great length, and he’s got a great football IQ,” said Galko. “I think he’ll help on special teams as a rookie, but his ability as a 3-tech, 5-tech run defender will be impactful for him in his NFL career.”
Jimmy G Chronicles
Jimmy Garoppolo remains in limbo. He has one foot out the door with the Niners, but also still has one foot in.
Niners GM John Lynch says he’s still getting calls on Jimmy G. But the right situation hasn’t materialized, especially with the quarterback in the process of rehabbing after shoulder surgery.
The Niners will likely do something before Week 1, when his $24 million salary becomes guaranteed. One possibility raised was having him restructure his deal, and then battling with Trey Lance for the starting job.
“We either want Jimmy playing for us, which we’re alright with, or we want him to get the value,” Lynch said, via the San Jose Mercury News. “As for inflection points, once he starts throwing, people will feel more comfortable. Now that we’ve had the draft, teams reevaluate rosters, and throughout the offseason and training camp, injuries can happen.”
Lynch said they’d “find the right situation for everyone” and that it wouldn’t be the worst situation for the 49ers or Garoppolo if he returns.
Scar remembers Weishuhn
Legendary offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia paid tribute to former Patriots linebacker Clayton Weishuhn, who died April 22 in a motor vehicle accident.
Weishuhn, who was 62, played for the Patriots from 1982-1986.
Scarnecchia recalled Weishuhn, a third-round pick, being part of Ron Meyer’s first draft class, and added to a linebacking corps that featured Steve Nelson on the inside, with Andre Tippett and Donnie Blackmon out on the flanks.
“He was everything we thought he was going to be,” Scarnecchia said of Weishuhn. “He could run fast, he was instinctive, tackled everybody. He still holds the (franchise) record for total tackles in a season (229 in 1983).
“This guy was really special. His career was shortened due to injury, but when you were on the field with this guy, you just knew his presence, and his ability to run and make plays. And he was just such a wonderful kid.”