Who Is Our Best Offensive Lineman? - New England Patriots Forums

Pats_2007 · 12-30-2007, 07:20 PM

Dan Koppen, Logan Mankins, or Matt Light??

I personally think Mankins is our best O-Line. What a great year he had.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4xL95zVarE

unoriginal · 12-30-2007, 07:21 PM

To be fair, of the three positions, the guard usually has the easiest job.

***maverick4*** · 12-30-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by unoriginal

To be fair, of the three positions, the guard usually has the easiest job.

Not true. If you read a Belichick interview from a few months ago, he talks about how the guard must be the most versatile offensive lineman.

On one play he might take a huge nose tackle, another play he'll take a quick DE. Also, guards have to pull a lot and have speed, or sometimes get to the second level. It requires a lot of talent.

Mankins is our best, then Light, then Koppen.

Pats_2007 · 12-30-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by unoriginal

To be fair, of the three positions, the guard usually has the easiest job.

Yeah, good point.

pheenix11 · 12-30-2007, 07:25 PM

Mankins is the best. Personally I think Light is overrated. We need a real left tackle and to move him over to right tackle.

dtbrks · 12-30-2007, 07:31 PM

form me:
Mankins, Koppen (underated througout the league) and neal (who has made himself into a good player)

Italian Patriot · 12-30-2007, 07:33 PM

Mankins is the best.

BoTown · 12-30-2007, 07:45 PM

Mankins was the first name that came to mind for me when I read the title of this thread. Here is how I rank them:

Logan Mankins
Dan Koppen
Matt Light
Stephen Neal
Russ Hochstein
Nick Kaczur
Ryan O'Callaghan
Billy Yates
Wesley Britt

Boston Jay · 12-30-2007, 07:45 PM

Mankins, period.

unoriginal · 12-30-2007, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick4

Not true. If you read a Belichick interview from a few months ago, he talks about how the guard must be the most versatile offensive lineman.

On one play he might take a huge nose tackle, another play he'll take a quick DE. Also, guards have to pull a lot and have speed, or sometimes get to the second level. It requires a lot of talent.

Mankins is our best, then Light, then Koppen.

Belichick has also been of the philosophy that guards are the easiest offensive personnel to find, and should be paid the cheapest. Maybe versatility is more common to guards than specialty?

Irrespective of what Belichick and Scar ask the lineman to do, details no-one here is privy to, I am merely commenting in general on their situation. They are on the interior of the line, so their space responsibilities are reduced over those of tackles. They also do not need to make the line calls of the center.