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He will never be the center for this team, they are 2 deep at C. What your not looking at is the Pats became a pass happy team and they put all their linemen in a 2-point stance for the entire game. Where Mason and Jackson are at their best is pulling and getting down field and hitting LB's. BB and Josh had glowing things to say about Mason, and I only see upside.
Go back and watch his youtube highlights.
It's true that both are better at pulling than blocking however everyone knew that at the latest after TC. And even when everyone was healthy we were a pass happy team.
I honestly think that BB & co. had different projections (maybe thanks to Scar's workout opinion) for how fast Mason and Jackson could develop into solid pass blockers and Googe could not deliver. This is why we didn't up the depth at guard when Connolly retired and Wendell ended up on IR and this is also what ultimately cost Googe his job. The final piece in the puzzle is that at the very end the unit could not even run block properly which except for a few tough Brady completions made us dead in the water on offense against a stout defense.
That being said, I trust BB & Scar and will stay cautiously optimistic about our OL for next year. I think especially Mason could develop into a very good guard. There will be a lot of pressure on the new OL coach.