What is the best OL for the Patriots, come Jan. 10th?

[zipster9]

There has been so many combinations, I am dizzy.

At the minimum, an extra lineman is needed?

Who are the 1st stringer? Will it change depending on who we play?

 

[ausbacker]

Solder - Connolly - Stork - Wendell - Vollmer with Fleming playing as the 6th lineman on the edge.

 

[shmessy]

Fingers crossed:

Solder-Connolly-Stork-Wendell-Vollmer

With Fleming serving as the 6th lineman in the power run game and Canon spelling the Tackles.

[Post edit: Holy crap, Ausbacker beat me by one minute with almost the same word-for-word - except for the canon part].

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Solder, Connolly, stork, Wendell, vollmer are the best we have. Hopefully Fleming can stay healthy

 

[zipster9]

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Cannon, even though he got a contract extension recently and BillB praised him...

 

[meatface]

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Cannon, even though he got a contract extension recently and BillB praised him...

but he wont play over Solder or Vollmer.

 

[zipster9]

but he wont play over Solder or Vollmer.

So Wendell is better than Cannon?

I miss Brian Waters...

 

[Oswlek]

There has been so many combinations, I am dizzy.

At the minimum, an extra lineman is needed?

Who are the 1st stringer? Will it change depending on who we play?

All the combinations appear to be injury related. The top unit seems pretty clear with some trivial discrepancy as to who the best extra tackle is.

 

[meatface]

So Wendell is better than Cannon?

I miss Brian Waters...

Ive always wanted Cannon to move to guard but so far this season Wendell has played better at guard than Cannon has

 

[Rob0729]

So Wendell is better than Cannon?

I miss Brian Waters...

Wendell has been mostly solid this year. And yes, he is better than Cannon at guard. Cannon reacts too slow to be a guard. He is a tackle who can play guard in an emergency.

 

[zipster9]

I think we can all agree to never see Josh Kline in the lineup...

 

[JMC00]

If you've been watching since the Cincinnati game or just looked at one of the various depth charts you would know when all are healthy what the starting OL is.

 

[mayoclinic]

Solder - Connolly - Stork - Wendell - Vollmer with Fleming playing as the 6th lineman on the edge.

That's been our best line all year, by far. The big question market is Connolly, who hasn't been the same since dinging his ankle and dealing with a concussion.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

There isn't a big mystery surrounding this one. When the starting line up has been Connolly, Solder, Stork, Wendell, Vollmer the Patriots have seen their best OL performances. Unfortunately when the starting line up hasn't been these five? The OL performances have been inconsistent.
Pray for health of these 5 guys.....

 

[Schmo]

That's been our best line all year, by far. The big question market is Connolly, who hasn't been the same since dinging his ankle and dealing with a concussion.

I'm full of cautious optimism.... He's getting quite a bit of time to heal up.

 

[Joker]

I've been a top three Wendell hater on this board for three years at least. This year has opened my eyes though. He is a very tenacious, solid technique guard and has meshed with Stork and Connolly extremely well inside. I believe his problem at center was the fact that having his head down left him extremely vulnerable to DT's of size and girth who were able to deliver the first shot.

 

[shmessy]

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Cannon, even though he got a contract extension recently and BillB praised him...

I did in post #3.

 

[strngplyr]

There has been so many combinations, I am dizzy.

At the minimum, an extra lineman is needed?

Who are the 1st stringer? Will it change depending on who we play?

Why would it be any different from the OL we settled on in week 5 all the way through week 17 barring health changes?

Solder - Connolly - Stork - Wendell - Vollmer.

The only question is if they are all healthy enough to start and play. Otherwise its not a debate in the slightest.

 

[ausbacker]

Fingers crossed:

Solder-Connolly-Stork-Wendell-Vollmer

With Fleming serving as the 6th lineman in the power run game and Canon spelling the Tackles.

[Post edit: Holy crap, Ausbacker beat me by one minute with almost the same word-for-word - except for the canon part].

I'm often accused of going too early @shmessy.

 

[mihap]

Solder - Connolly - Stork - Wendell - Vollmer, hope that they ll be healthy.
Connolly and wendell have good tehnique but some heavy dline can abuse them and they can have problems with making run game fluid. Only Ravens Dline can cause them probs, but luckily they have no secondary.
I am very surpised about Stork. He had poor combine numbers, if i compare him to Corey Linsley and Russell Bodine. I am not in anyway draft specialst and i am curious why were those guys drafted later and do u think if they ll be playing at the same lvl as Stork.
Trai Turner, Linsley and John Urschel last year dreams