Official Vollmer thread

[b72s]

First - he is a physical specimen who according to Belicheck coul dstill add thirty pounds on his 6"8" frame.

Second - he is a rookie and playing Left Tackle in a complex offense so he has the grey matter

Third - give us flexibility on the line when Light does come back

Fourth - what a draft value in the second round

Fifth- I hope his stellar play does not mean the end of Mankins because these two could be our future O-Line stars for a while.

Oh Yea he also shut up Joey Porter

[DarrylS]

Very impressed with him, as much as I really like Light, Vollmer may be stepping into his shoes.. the Freeney matchup will be interesting, did not see much of Jason Taylor yesterday..

[patchick]

Originally Posted by b72s

Fifth- I hope his stellar play does not mean the end of Mankins because these two could be our future O-Line stars for a while.

Vollmer is looking like a terrific pick, all the more so when you factor in how little football experience he had coming in. Absolute prototype size and athleticism, very smart, and still learning = incredible long-term potential.

But...why would the success of a rookie tackle in any way signal the end of the Pats' Pro-Bowl guard?

[unoriginal]

He missed a few blitzes yesterday, so the grey matter's not completely there yet.

[mayoclinic]

Does anyone feel that Nick Kaczur would be a good future fit at RG?

Kaczur has improved considerably at RT, but there is still some room for growth at the position. There are 2 potentially really good RTs coming out in the 2010 draft in Iowa RT Kyle Calloway (6'7" 315#) and Wisconsin junior OT Gabe Carmini (6'8" 320# mauler). Both would make very nice complements to Vollmer as bookend tackles. With a lot of good tackles likely coming out in this draft (Russell Okung, Trent Williams, Brian Bulaga (junior, Bruce Campbel (junior)l, Charles Brown, Jason Fox, Ciron Black, Selvish Capers, Adam Ulatowski and Jeff Linkenbach) I could see a pure RT falling to the late 2nd/3rd round.

If Kaczur could play RG, a 2011 line of Vollmer-Mankins-Koppen-Kaczur-Carimi/Calloway sounds fairly attractive right now.

[PatsWickedPissah]

Ich glaube Herr Vollmer ist ein gross LT und er ist sehr gute! Yah!

[unoriginal]

The last time the Pats drafted a highly-rated college RT was Ryan O'Callaghan. Didn't go so well.

[BelichickFan]

Originally Posted by mayoclinic

Does anyone feel that Nick Kaczur would be a good future fit at RG?

I'd be surprised (not that I haven't been surprised before). I think if Belichick thinks he has a good value at RT he'd prefer to keep it that way rather than move him to a lesser position and have a decent value. I expect Mankins to leave if he wants top dollar and for Vollmer and Kaczer to be the Tackles for a number of years.

[vuudu]

Originally Posted by unoriginal

He missed a few blitzes yesterday, so the grey matter's not completely there yet.

Please use smilies so that we know you are joking.

[Holy Diver]

the dude is a BEAST!