I am just salivating to think about what happens once Cannon gets in there, and we have a healthy Vollmer. You put in Solder as the 3rd TE, and we have a monster run-blocking unit.
That truly is something to salivate about PP, but I think you are under rate the Waters effect. I had a lot of questions when he signed about how much he had in his tank, his off season conditioning, and if he still wanted to play he game. ALL of those questions have now been answered, and they are, a lot, great, and yes.
I'm looking forward as much as the next guy to see how Marcus Cannon turns out. That being said, I can only HOPE that Cannon can even approach the kind of career Waters has had.....and is continuing to have here in NE.
I take real pleasure in watching the Jets OL regress, knowing that in the future, the Pats OL is only going to get better. I've mentioned before that when you add Solder as the 2nd TE when Volmer gets back, that is an AWESOME run blocking OL, What will make it special is that BOTH Solder and Gronk have the foot quickness to stay with OLBs. I can't tell you how impressed with how good a run blocker Gronk is.
Add 2 wide outs and Hernandez in motion to either block or get out into a pattern, and it would present a real problem to DCs who would have to defend a very strong run formation, while having 4 receivers of that quality who could quickly get down field. It would take a new thread just to go over some of the possible permutations. one of the best would be that the D couldn't play man, because the run threat
And what's better is that the OL is ONLY going to get better next year. How good would it be to have an OL of Volmer, Mankins, Connolly, Cannon, and Solder, and be able to have the likes of Light, Koppen, and Waters in reserve. And feel free to substitute any of the reserves for starters It would STILL be as strong.
Excuse me I need to get a tissue, I have to wipe my chin