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[Deus Irae]

#Patriots O-line coach Dante Scarnecchia is very optimistic about Isaiah Wynn. "What we're seeing is a guy who's really completely healthy, stronger than he's been. And we thought he was a good player when we went into the season, and we think even that much more of him now."

 

[Deus Irae]

Scar told me Wynn has been 100% since he returned from IR, and it didn't take him long to get his timing back, which Belichick made light of this morning.
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[Kid~Brady]

OMG

We need to find the video of Scarnecchia talking about his tackles today. Here's part of his answer regarding Newhouse:

"Came off the streets and started. What do you want me to do?"

yeah - Just heard this on WEEI, I'm over here cracking up!

 

[Sicilian]

I love Belichick, so no one should take this in a derogatory way, but Dante is a prime example that BB's super secret, close to the chest style of addressing the media is not the only way to be a good coach. Dante is a straight shooter, and he's one of the best at what he does of all time (maybe THE best). I believe that Belichick's way is the best way for Bill to do it (best to be true 100% to yourself than to be 80% of someone else's style), but Dante is refreshing in his openness and confidence.

 

[Deus Irae]

Scar is very high on Wynn. If there was any doubt about that, this article should dispel that.

The Patriots' run game has been below average all season and Tom Brady hasn't had that much time to throw. The hope is Wynn will be able to help the unit improve and therefore make those two aspects of the offense better.

“I am really confident (in him)," offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia said Friday.

He added: “Isaiah, I really like Isaiah. I like the person. I like the player. We all like the person and we like the player. We just have to keep him out there. That’s really important. We’ll see how it all goes.”...

Dante Scarnecchia: I am really confident in Isaiah Wynn

 

[Deus Irae]

Dante Scarnecchia on Marshall Newhouse: "I think Marshall has done everything we could ask for him to do. ... He came off the streets and started. What do you want me to do? I think the guy has done as good as he could possibly do and given us everything he's got."

 

[Betterthanmost]

You all are ****ting on my guy Oldhouse.

 

[203Pat]

Lol brutal. Basically gave him a pat on the head and said "He sucked but suckiness is his ceiling".

 

[Deus Irae]

You all are ****ting on my guy Oldhouse.

I'm pretty sure that Dante just put a bullet into the head of the "But he's not that bad!" theory.

 

[Username]

Damned with faint praise...

 

[primetime]

I honestly can't recall Scar ever being as effusive about a player as he is about Isaiah Wynn.

 

[TheAdultintheRoom]

As soon as Wynn makes it through a single NFL game without injury, my opinion of him will improve dramatically.

 

[Oswlek]

As soon as Wynn makes it through a single NFL game without injury, my opinion of him will improve dramatically.

Well you're in luck! It happened two short months ago.

 

[TheAdultintheRoom]

Well you're in luck! It happened two short months ago.

He's played one game in 2 seasons. Calling him fragile as glass is a disservice to glass.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I'm pretty sure that Dante just put a bullet into the head of the "But he's not that bad!" theory.

thanks to Dante for calling it like it is,

 

[Oswlek]

He's played one game in 2 seasons. Calling him fragile as glass is a disservice to glass.

He's missed a lot of time, there's no denying that. The question is whether he's more likely to miss time moving forward than your average player. Despite only playing 1.5 games career-to-date, I don't think we can reach that conclusion just yet.

 

[TheAdultintheRoom]

He's missed a lot of time, there's no denying that. The question is whether he's more likely to miss time moving forward than your average player. Despite only playing 1.5 games career-to-date, I don't think we can reach that conclusion just yet.

Every opinion is incomplete; it can always change with new information. That's why I said if he survives a game my opinion will change. Right now my opinion is based on the available evidence, which says he can't.

 

[Betterthanmost]

Wrong thread.

 

[Oswlek]

Every opinion is incomplete; it can always change with new information

Agreed.

Right now my opinion is based on the available evidence, which says he can't

Hmmmm.... Which of these best describes your position?

A) Wynn's track record is trending in the wrong direction.

B) Spending time on IR your first two seasons is more in line with guys who could never stay healthy than just two bad breaks.

C) We can say with confidence that Wynn is prone to injuries and will continue to get injured from here on out.

Two of these are supportable, one is not.

 

[TheAdultintheRoom]

C. is not supportable. I don't make predictions. I have no idea what will happen. But I do know that Wynn has played 1 game in 2 seasons. So before I start relying on him to be the savior of this offense, I'd like to see him survive an NFL game. That's not predicting he won't. But it's not predicting he will either, which is equally unsupportable.

That's not even getting into the fact that his level of play even when theoretically healthy is also completely unproven.