Patriots Hall of Famer Cole Strange signing with the Chargers

h0c2000 · Mar 10, 2026

Mcvay is probably laughing at this signing

40yrpatsfan · Mar 10, 2026

Injuries derailed his time here, but he's a good guard when healthy.

Wozzy · Mar 10, 2026

We probably should have just kept him.

sb1 · Mar 10, 2026

Was a good (not great) guard but wasn't the same after his injuries. Good luck to him out west.

Stu Pidassle · Mar 10, 2026

40yrpatsfan said:
Injuries derailed his time here, but he's a good guard when healthy.

His time here was tainted by the laughing draft and becoming exhibit A in the unraveling of BB. At the end of the day he started as a rookie and was durable until that devastating knee injury that he had not completely recovered from when competing for a job under Vrabel. I wish him luck with the Chargers.

VrabelJr · Mar 10, 2026

I never understood the hate he got. McVay and Snead look like arrogant idiots in that clip and then went on to have one of the worst OL for several seasons. Strange eventually was grading out as a top 15 Guard before the injury. He even rejoined the team while still injured to play even though he could have just sat out. I have no issues with him.

mgteich · Mar 10, 2026

Wozzy said:
We probably should have just kept him.

We chose to keep Wallace instead.

Wozzy · Mar 10, 2026

mgteich said:
We chose to keep Wallace instead.

He was under contract and didn’t care if he started because he wasn’t a former starter. Strange is a starter. Wallace isn’t.

40yrpatsfan · Mar 10, 2026

VrabelJr said:
I never understood the hate he got. McVay and Snead look like arrogant idiots in that clip and then went on to have one of the worst OL for several seasons. Strange eventually was grading out as a top 15 Guard before the injury. He even rejoined the team while still injured to play even though he could have just sat out. I have no issues with him.

McVay & Snead were laughing at THEMSELVES for thinking Strange might slip to a mid-round. They knew he was good and hoped the word hadn't gotten out. McVay has too much class anyway in that situation to laugh at another team on tv.

BennyBledsoe · Mar 11, 2026

Strange was a decent player for the team, but he bore the brunt of frustration with Belichick's odd draft decisions over the years. He would have had to be Mankins level good to overcome that. Just being average was never going to do it.

TheRainMaker · Mar 11, 2026

Most bizarre draft pick of the BB era. He tried to create the Logan Mankins magic, but didn't happen. He was met with unrealistic expectations from fans and media.

Devin Lloyd was the obvious pick.

mgteich · Mar 11, 2026

Wozzy said:
He was under contract and didn’t care if he started because he wasn’t a former starter. Strange is a starter. Wallace isn’t.

Both were under contract.

The team chose one.

Strange was cut.

Wallace made the 53.

Wozzy · Mar 11, 2026

mgteich said:
Both were under contract.

The team chose one.

Strange was cut.

Wallace made the 53.

Strange had one year left on his rookie contract and the team was clearly focused on starting Wilson.

Wilson and Wallace are under contract for years to come and Wallace hasn’t played well. Strange meanwhile went to Miami, played great and was rewarded with a contract from the Chargers.

I think the disconnect here is you finding it more important to hate on Strange because the collaboration used a late round first on him rather than live in reality.

Come back to reality, everything makes more sense here.

mgteich · Mar 11, 2026

Wozzy said:
Strange had one year left on his rookie contract and the team was clearly focused on starting Wilson.

Wilson and Wallace are under contract for years to come and Wallace hasn’t played well. Strange meanwhile went to Miami, played great and was rewarded with a contract from the Chargers.

I think the disconnect here is you finding it more important to hate on Strange because the collaboration used a late round first on him rather than live in reality.

Come back to reality, everything makes more sense here.

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I don't hate on Strange at all. I think that he should have been our starter at LG or at least a backup to Wilson.
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There were games when Wilson was injured and Wallace wasn't even good enough to be active.
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Wozzy · Mar 11, 2026

mgteich said:
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I don't hate on Strange at all. I think that he should have been our starter at LG or at least a backup to Wilson.
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There were games when Wilson was injured and Wallace wasn't even good enough to be active.
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It’s odd to argue with me then shift to say you agree with me.

mgteich · Mar 11, 2026

Wozzy said:
It’s odd to argue with me then shift to say you agree with me.

I apologize for any misunderstanding.

I believe that I have consistently supported keeping Strange.
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I'm glad this has been cleared up.

I guess the "bonus" is that we have Wallace in camp and that Wilson got some NFL experience as a starter.

VJCPatriot · Mar 11, 2026

Let's be real here. Strange was just a bad pick in the 1st. If the Patriots had taken him in the 4th round like everybody else in the league had slotted him, there would be zero complaints about the pick. He just never lived up to the draft slotting. Strange is still another of a long string of BB draft brain farts. He liked to zig when other teams zagged and it ended up costing us value.

Strange signed a 2 year deal for 13 million to be a backup player. No big deal. Maybe he will work out for the Chargers but the Patriots decided to cut ties with Strange for a reason. Time to move on. No more need to make excuses for the draft brainfarts of a past regime.

mgteich · Mar 11, 2026

VJCPatriot said:
Let's be real here. Strange was just a bad pick in the 1st. If the Patriots had taken him in the 4th round like everybody else in the league had slotted him, there would be zero complaints about the pick. He just never lived up to the draft slotting. Strange is still another of a long string of BB draft brain farts. He liked to zig when other teams zagged and it ended up costing us value.

Strange signed a 2 year deal for 13 million to be a backup player. No big deal. Maybe he will work out for the Chargers but the Patriots decided to cut ties with Strange for a reason. Time to move on. No more need to make excuses for the draft brainfarts of a past regime.

The patriots decided to move on from a 4th round level experienced LG in favor of Wallace.

I defer to those who think that Wallace was a better addition to the 53 than Strange.

Of course, it was time to move on, after the season (same as Bradbury). It is NOT wrong to keep an inexpensive veteran when your choice is Wallace.

VJCPatriot · Mar 11, 2026

mgteich said:
The patriots decided to move on from a 4th round level experienced LG in favor of Wallace.

I defer to those who think that Wallace was a better addition to the 53 than Strange.

Of course, it was time to move on, after the season (same as Bradbury). It is NOT wrong to keep an inexpensive veteran when your choice is Wallace.

Strange would have cost the Patriots 16.7 million dollars to pick up his 5th year option.

I don't know if Wallace is better because outside of Maye that 2024 draft class looks pretty sus but I'm pretty he was a significantly cheaper option than Strange.

Wozzy · Mar 11, 2026

VJCPatriot said:
Let's be real here. Strange was just a bad pick in the 1st. If the Patriots had taken him in the 4th round like everybody else in the league had slotted him, there would be zero complaints about the pick. He just never lived up to the draft slotting. Strange is still another of a long string of BB draft brain farts. He liked to zig when other teams zagged and it ended up costing us value.

Strange signed a 2 year deal for 13 million to be a backup player. No big deal. Maybe he will work out for the Chargers but the Patriots decided to cut ties with Strange for a reason. Time to move on. No more need to make excuses for the draft brainfarts of a past regime.

If he didn’t suffer a knee injury he was a ln instant starter, not sure how that’s “bad.” Unless you’re saying the team should be able to predict injuries.

Patriots fans can be emotional and irrational… that’s why Strange was a “bad” pick in their minds. Many of the same people whining about the pick were saying the Pats should take a guard with basically the same exact pick this draft. Absurd….

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