Patriots Daily News Thread Patriots Tuesday 12/19/23

[DaBruinz]

STARTING LT- a first round draft choice
RT - Onwenu or top-paid replacement

Yes, I think that we also need a backup LT.

Onwenu is nothing but a JAG at RT. I love him as a player, but he belongs at RG. This has been plainly obvious for weeks now. Only those unwilling to admit to being wrong about him at RT say otherwise.

There is no "Top-Paid" replacement available for RT in the upcoming free agency. That boat sailed this past year.

There is a dearth of competent O-linemen. particularly tackles. . This has been talked about amongst the Teams prior to the start of the season.

According to BCG, we can get the bookends in the 2nd and 3rd round.

The Pats don't know what they have in Wheatley.
Lowe is almost strictly a LT. I don't understand why Klemm/B'OB thought it would be a good idea to put him there when he hadn't played there since 2017... All his snaps with Minny were at LT, not RT.

McDermott is a JAG.
Anderson's playing days might be done depending on the illness.

I don't see Trent Brown being brought back.

2 OTs in the draft, one of whom can be a swing tackle, would be good. If Lowe can learn to play LG as well, then he'd be more useful.

 

[Vindicate]

Onwenu is nothing but a JAG at RT. I love him as a player, but he belongs at RG. This has been plainly obvious for weeks now. Only those unwilling to admit to being wrong about him at RT say otherwise.

There is no "Top-Paid" replacement available for RT in the upcoming free agency. That boat sailed this past year.

There is a dearth of competent O-linemen. particularly tackles. . This has been talked about amongst the Teams prior to the start of the season.

According to BCG, we can get the bookends in the 2nd and 3rd round.

The Pats don't know what they have in Wheatley.
Lowe is almost strictly a LT. I don't understand why Klemm/B'OB thought it would be a good idea to put him there when he hadn't played there since 2017... All his snaps with Minny were at LT, not RT.

McDermott is a JAG.
Anderson's playing days might be done depending on the illness.

I don't see Trent Brown being brought back.

2 OTs in the draft, one of whom can be a swing tackle, would be good. If Lowe can learn to play LG as well, then he'd be more useful.

A little OT, but I have had this ongoing discussion with friends (as has everyone else for the past 5/6 years), talking about lack of competent OL players.

What the hell is up with the coaches? Scar left this team briefly, the O-line kinda looked rough. He came back and it looked a lot better. Sometimes I feel like 2014 was holdover from Scar more that it was Guglielmo. Coaching seems to be pretty goddamn important to the OL.

I remember a small few quotes from a Dallas OL player and it sounded like their coach was HARD at work making sure they held up well.

Where tf are all the good OL coaches? Do they exist?

 

[SlowGettingUp]

OL play overall has been hurt because College OL play no longer carries-over well to the NFL, and the lack of padded practice time for rookies and second year players really hurts. The OL needs to work as a team and that needs practice as a group in pads.
Only real way to fix this is with a developmental league.

 

[DaBruinz]

OL play overall has been hurt because College OL play no longer carries-over well to the NFL, and the lack of padded practice time for rookies and second year players really hurts. The OL needs to work as a team and that needs practice as a group in pads.
Only real way to fix this is with a developmental league.

The NFL swears that injuries have gone DOWN since they reduced the number of padded practices. I don't believe them for a second. I'm 100% certain that more players are injured now in pre-season than prior to the changes and more players get injured because of the lack of physicality in Camp.

The fact that the Pats had the 5th most injuries in that 15 year time span and STILL won 3 SBs (should have been 5 of 6) is still mind-boggling.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

The NFL swears that injuries have gone DOWN since they reduced the number of padded practices.

That reduction was pushed by the Player's Union, not the NFL. It's good for the vets, but bad for most of the younger players, and particularly bad for the OL.

Didn't our OL all wear knee braces at one point? Do they still?