Rookie O-Lineman - Page 4 - New England Patriots Forums

***DaBruinz*** · 08-16-2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Box_O_Rocks

If they keep Elgin I'd see them going with 10 OL, Scarnecchia seems to have a lot of faith in Billy Yates.

That's only if Yates doesn't end up on the IR.

I think that they might try to stash Elgin on the PS with the temptation of giving him his full salary.

***mgteich*** · 08-16-2007, 08:56 AM

Please check the last couple of years. I'm pretty sure that you will find only three OT's suited up each game. While there may be exceptions, seven has been the norm. I believe that in most games we have had two OL's and two DL's inactive.

The backups can be rotated if we want to make sure that they get garbage time game experience.

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Originally Posted by DaBruinz

MG - I am pretty sure that with 9, the Pats only put 1 inactive. Otherwise, you could easily run into a situation of having to play someone on the O-line who has never played before.

I am pretty sure that the Pats have gone into every game with 4 OTs and 4 Interior linemen on their game roster.