I think the OL is a combination of many things.
1. Stork hasn't been the same. He looks confused. Having two vet guards beside him last year helped him a lot. Honestly, I prefer him at guard/tackle and Andrews at Center, from my layman's eye.
2. Rookie wall. Don't discount it. These guys across the line have worked harder and more this year than ever before, with the one exception of Stork. That's amazing. Hoping the week off helps - it had better.
3. I really believe that the Pats were trying a lot of different things last week with the OL - like it was a preseason game and they were trying to determine strengths/weaknesses of that group.
4. Cannon is playing with a toe injury, which plays right against his weakness at tackle (footwork).
5. The team was flat, flat, flat. And they have been for a couple of games now. They weren't flat in Denver; they just got screwed against a tough team on a tough field...and were shorthanded. They had the Eagles game in hand and some inexplicable muffs/coaching decisions/bounces took it away.
They played well against Washington (who are a legitimate playoff team) and Tennessee.
As shorthanded as they were, I expected them to lose in NJ. The Jets always play them tough, buttfumble game aside.
They never play well in Miami for some reason. Brady seems out of it down there, but they were atrocious in that game.
I don't think we'll recognize the team that takes the field in a week. The trenches are won on emotion.
