Patriots Injury News Andrews may be done for the year

[PatsFan2]

I think the only guy making plays should be playing even if he made a few bad ones.

A few bad ones he fumbled in all Four games.

 

[Wozzy]

Just placed on the IR

 

[raduray]

Another nail in the coffin of a lost season. They're going to suck with or without him so he might as well get surgery now and be ready for next year.

 

[JohnJH]

The end of the road is near for David Andrews... Ten years in, he's played what, three full seasons?

I think he's a good center... Just think it's time to hang up the cleats...

Maybe Jake Andrews will be a viable replacement... But he's hurt too... Add another "need" to the draft list

I wouldn't place too much hope in Jake Andrews. Perhaps he'll be a surprise, but I'll wait and see. We need a stud at Center too.

 

[Jim Beankie]

Center is now a high draft priority, right up there with LT. Andrews has always been an adequate center, making up in smarts for being undersized. (The other Andrews was supposed to be the in case of fire, break glass standby. Turns out he is glass).

Who do you call when your windshield's busted?

 

[archstanton543]

Another nail in the coffin of a lost season. They're going to suck with or without him so he might as well get surgery now and be ready for next year.

retirement.

 

[JohnJH]

Put Strange at Center if/when he comes back (if he can do it at least as well as Leverett). He'll need work, but he's got a high football IQ by all reports and certainly the athleticism. He played it a bit in college and had a lot of people nodded when he did it at the Senior? Bowl (one of the all-star bowls), if I remember right.

They NEED to know what they have on the OL going into FA and the Draft. If they can field a core of ?-Sow-Strange-Onwenu-Wallace that's certainly fixable. I've seen too much of Onwenu at tackle - I don't care about his contract. He's a potential all-pro guard, not so much at tackle. Put Wallace where he belongs and see if he belongs.

Going into the off-season with that core group, four starters in place, doesn't mean you don't look for upgrades, but makes the transition and completing the OL a much easier task. PAY a good LT either in FA or in a trade with a team shedding CAP, or, if nothing is available, there's your 1st Round pick.

Strange shouldn't be counted on. Even if he becomes a solid starting Center, he'll be wanting the 5th Year of his rookie deal picked up (for which he's not done anything 3 years into his rookie contract as it is.

 

[Steve102]

 

[lancerman]

Another nail in the coffin of a lost season. They're going to suck with or without him so he might as well get surgery now and be ready for next year.

This season was never going to be a good season. Losing Andrews just means the line is destined to be more chaotic and he's another piece we should replace soon.

 

[Ring 6]

A few bad ones he fumbled in all Four games.

Hard to accept Brissett flat out sucking with the future of the franchise itching to play and then say 1 play a game means the only guy on offense playing decently should get benched.

 

[Urgent]

When do the draft magazines start coming out?

 

[signbabybrady]

This sucks. If he is done for the year, I don't expect him to ever play again. Rumors of him retiring have been floated for the last two years. My guess is he probably won't want to try to make a comeback at age 33.

Supposedly his decision on the surgery was about availability next year.

 

[Hyped]

Huge blow.....and I just bought his jersey for this season....

I think this may be the end of the line for Andrews...maybe....although he said he opted for surgery to be able to play next year...

Now we have to hope that Leverett's snapping issues don't pop up....

 

[oldrover]

C'mon, david! Man up! Rub some dirt on it and get back out there!



(jk this sucks for him)

 

[Ring 6]

Strange shouldn't be counted on. Even if he becomes a solid starting Center, he'll be wanting the 5th Year of his rookie deal picked up (for which he's not done anything 3 years into his rookie contract as it is.

Huh?
Strange has played 2 years. He is under contract next year and the 5th year option is 2026.
He started all season as a rookie and was playing very well, really our best OL when he was injured last year, and that was while playing all year with a bad knee.

 

[Ross12]

Well, the flip side of this is that it pushes the team into making Strange a center right now and probably have him start some games at the position this year. If he looks good, he can take over as the starting C next year and going forward. They needed to find an heir to Andrews anyway, so may as well find out right now if they can make Strange that guy.

In the interim, Leverett looked OK last week - his snapping wasn't nearly as bad as in preseason - and hopefully Hudson on the PS has been coming along.

 

[Triumph]

Get your Maye 2025 bumperstickers while theyre hot.

 

[festy1986]

He's one of the first cuts in the off-season. How they managed the OL given it was basically priority number 2 is a fireable offense.

 

[JohnJH]

Huh?
Strange has played 2 years. He is under contract next year and the 5th year option is 2026.
He started all season as a rookie and was playing very well, really our best OL when he was injured last year, and that was while playing all year with a bad knee.

I stand corrected. I knew it was no more than 3 years. But my premise is still applicable. He's been a failure just as an OG (especially for one taken in the 1st Round, although that's Bill's fault for over drafting him and not Strange's).

 

[Ring 6]

I stand corrected. I knew it was no more than 3 years. But my premise is still applicable. He's been a failure just as an OG (especially for one taken in the 1st Round, although that's Bill's fault for over drafting him and not Strange's).

He wasn’t a failure at all. He started every game his rookie season. In year 2 he injured his knee in camp and it was an issue all season but he was their best OL and playing really well when the knee finally went. That was pretty much the unanimous view at the time. This is year 3.