Will Brian Waters Return to the Patriots?

[supafly]

I beg to differ.

Solder might be a better RT than LT;
Mankin$ is less than 7 months removed from knee surgery;
Connolly is a better Center than RG;
Vollmer is too feckin unreliable;
and it doesn't get any "less" than Ryan Wendell.

Ladies & Gentlemen, the starting Offensive Line for your New England Patriots.

Come to think of it, they have done better in the past; in fact, this may be the worst starting OL
in the Belichick/Brady era.

And in fact, it may be the best.

I'll take it over Light-Compton-Koppen-Andruzzi-Klemm
and thats not even close

That's pretty much where I was going with my comment, Captain.

In other words, it may not necessarily be considered an area of strength to you at the moment, but it isn't anywhere near as bad as it's been in the past; at least in my opinion anyway.

 

[Ring 6]

what kind of question is this?

A valid one?

 

[captain stone]

And in fact, it may be the best.

I'll take it over Light-Compton-Koppen-Andruzzi-Klemm
and thats not even close

I'll take Light-Compton-Koppen-Andruzzi
over an unproven (at LT) Solder,
a still-recovering Mankin$,
a life-threatening (for Brady), undertalented midget Wendell,
and a better-at-Center-than-RG Connolly.

Vollmer > Klemm; but on those days in which Vollmer won't play (and there will be plenty of those),
then Cannon = Klemm, in that they both suck out loud at Tackle.

 

[Ring 6]

I'll take Light-Compton-Koppen-Andruzzi
over an unproven (at LT) Solder,
a still-recovering Mankin$,
a life-threatening (for Brady), undertalented midget Wendell,
and a better-at-Center-than-RG Connolly.

Vollmer > Klemm; but on those days in which Vollmer won't play (and there will be plenty of those),
then Cannon = Klemm, in that they both suck out loud at Tackle.

Feel free to, I'll take this years in a heartbeat.

 

[captain stone]

That's pretty much where I was going with my comment, Captain.

In other words, it may not necessarily be considered an area of strength to you at the moment, but it isn't anywhere near as bad as it's been in the past; at least in my opinion anyway.

I suppose that we'll begin to see where this OL ranks starting Sunday.
Just in case, though, if any of us believe in prayer, then we should pray for the health of our QB.

 

[Ring 6]

I suppose that we'll begin to see where this OL ranks starting Sunday.
Just in case, though, if any of us believe in prayer, then we should pray for the health of our QB.

Frankly, if we have learned anything, we should know that we could have a crap OL and we would scheme to protect Brady.

 

[ATippett56]

Just in case, though, if any of us believe in prayer, then we should pray for the health of our QB.

Get your rosary beads out!

 

[Deus Irae]

That's pretty much where I was going with my comment, Captain.

In other words, it may not necessarily be considered an area of strength to you at the moment, but it isn't anywhere near as bad as it's been in the past; at least in my opinion anyway.

Without Mankins playing at a pretty high level, people could make a pretty strong argument that this is the worst O-line in the Brady era. Even with Mankins, we're looking at a 2001-2002 type line here. The center position will certainly be about as weak as it's been since BB took over.

 

[supafly]

I think that Andy makes a great point that the coach and QB will attempt to hide any weaknesses that may be showing too much.

That may mean anything from added running duties, additonal 3 TE sets (if 3 TE are active), chipping a TE to one side depending upon defender/Wimbley, and taking less longer step drops.

As Seymour once said, "there's more than one way to skin a cat." (one of my favorite quotes from 2008)

 

[ATippett56]

I'll take Light-Compton-Koppen-Andruzzi
over an unproven (at LT) Solder,
a still-recovering Mankin$,
a life-threatening (for Brady), undertalented midget Wendell,
and a better-at-Center-than-RG Connolly.

Vollmer > Klemm; but on those days in which Vollmer won't play (and there will be plenty of those),
then Cannon = Klemm, in that they both suck out loud at Tackle.

Yup!

Light > Solder
Mankins > Compton
Koppen > Wendell
Andruzzi > Connolly
Cannon = Klemm

Whether Vollmer's back will hold up for the entire season, let alone part of the season, is another concern.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I think that Andy makes a great point that the coach and QB will attempt to hide any weaknesses that may be showing too much.

That may mean anything from added running duties, additonal 3 TE sets (if 3 TE are active), chipping a TE to one side depending upon defender/Wimbley, and taking less longer step drops.

As Seymour once said, "there's more than one way to skin a cat." (one of my favorite quotes from 2008)

Line will not be great to being with..but with time i think they will improve especially by week 5-6 (hopefully)


Can you say...screen plays up the wazoo

 

[supafly]

Without Mankins playing at a pretty high level, people could make a pretty strong argument that this is the worst O-line in the Brady era. Even with Mankins, we're looking at a 2001-2002 type line here. The center position will certainly be about as weak as it's been since BB took over.

We'll have to see what they eventually relax/gel into, Deus.

We may see Connelly at center and Thomas at RG. I doubt it right off the bat, but I do think the weaknesses will be helped with some other measures.

I'm not quite as worried as some, although I am certainly concerned.

 

[Deus Irae]

We'll have to see what they eventually relax/gel into, Deus.

We may see Connelly at center and Thomas at RG. I doubt it right off the bat, but I do think the weaknesses will be helped with some other measures.

I'm not quite as worried as some, although I am certainly concerned.

They've lost with better lines. They've won with (arguably) lesser lines. I don't think that the line is a make/break thing, because Brady, Belichick and McDaniels can adapt. The line could be the difference between a good offense and a great offense, though, and that could be important against the better teams and in the playoffs.

 

[Claremonster]

this may be the worst starting OL
in the Belichick/Brady era.

2001 called...they want their waiver wire players back.

 

[captain stone]

Frankly, if we have learned anything, we should know that we could have a crap OL and we would scheme to protect Brady.

Like we did in SB 42?

 

[captain stone]

2001 called...they want their waiver wire players back.

As in Compton & Andruzzi?
I'd claim those 2 waiver-wire players any day of the week.