Player Signing Patriots acquire OT Vederian Lowe from Vikings

[long distance]

Well I think it’s safe to say the way we went about fixing our OT issues this offseason was a disaster.

Are you sure? Safe?

Its not only this season though. Its a cluster**** ever since Dante left. And unlike then they have a ton of Cap..

 

[long distance]

Lowe was the next pick after Kevin Harris. Ugh.

Jamaree Salyer was taken 11 spots later than Lowe. Salyer had 14 starts at LT last year for Chargers. Ugh.

He was begging to be picked by NE. Plays all 5 positions well enough..

 

[long distance]

With this move NE has 8 OTs on the roster.
Only one is NFL starter. And hes hardly of the most dependable kind..

 

[Froob]

Cannot be a good sign to trade for two OTs at cut downs. Homers will waive it off, but Pats clearly are concerned about these tackles. Pray Hassan Reddick misses week one.

 

[Triumph]

Dante Klemmechia

I suppose we find out if he was worthy of all the hype.

 

[Triumph]

Cannot be a good sign to trade for two OTs at cut downs. Homers will waive it off, but Pats clearly are concerned about these tackles. Pray Hassan Reddick misses week one.

The Pats OTs were nothing to write home about last season.

How does it come to this 2 weeks away from the season?

 

[Love The Drake]

This is poor talent evaluating on the of the o line.
Didn’t Scar give his blessing on our o line draft picks the last few seasons?

 

[mike_usagisan]

Cannot be a good sign to trade for two OTs at cut downs. Homers will waive it off, but Pats clearly are concerned about these tackles. Pray Hassan Reddick misses week one.

The entire board has seemed to be concerned about the line and especially the OTs all through camp and especially after the first preseason game. As a homer, I'm glad they're making moves and hope something sticks.

 

[WinstonSmith]

The entire board has seemed to be concerned about the line and especially the OTs all through camp and especially after the first preseason game. As a homer, I'm glad they're making moves and hope something sticks.

Anderson is sick. Reiff is hurt. McDermott is hurt. Sow is a rookie. Building a roster is often a messy business in the violent sport of football. Teams accross the league are/will be/should be fortifying weak spots by adding players at cut downs. If they fix the issue why is it an indictment that it was fixed at cut downs, it's all part of the team building process.

 

[moosekill]

Is it better to draft low round players, or trade low round picks and players you are going to cut for linemen with at least some history, either in preseason or in preseason and last year?

 

[State]

All this 20/20 draft hindsight

No, it’s not. You just don’t spend time in the draft forum. Where some of us were beating the drum last winter and spring for OT, specifically LT, esp since Trent Brown ideally should be moved to RT.

 

[State]

Agree with you 100% about difficulty of swapping sides on the OLine.

Which is why drafting a LG and moving him to RT was never likely a quick fix. Drafting Sidy Sow in no way “fixed” our crappy OTs. It was a longer term solution. The bandaids were supposed to be Reiff and Anderson.

Things happen. That’s why you don’t needlessly throw away draft capital on kickers.

 

[festy1986]

And they drive some of us crazy doing it every year just to take shots at BB for not drafting a team that goes undefeated and wins the Lombardi every year.

Ignore the noise.

When do we stop ignoring the results? Just wondering when I should be worried about the lack of Superbowls and playoff wins.

 

[Triumph]

BB the GM has failed BB the HC once again.

No QB replacement ready after Brady. Same type of panic acquiring Cam late in the preseason.
No TE ready to go after Gronk left. Old Ben Watson and a couple of JAGs.
An OL in shambles after a dismal group last season. The Center and Guards will be OK, but the edges weak as cat 5hit.

Defenses will come from the OTs and get to the NE QBs early in the game. Then its a cat and mouse game not knowing when the defense is coming again and when they are backing off. The Pats have never missed the post season 2 seasons in succession under BB, but that was with Brady.

 

[Ross12]

Good to see reinforcements added, but not sure how fast they’ll reasonably be able to get up to speed…

 

[RobertWeathers]

Good to see reinforcements added, but not sure how fast they’ll reasonably be able to get up to speed…

The line will be a turnstile the 1st month of the season.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

The line will be a turnstile the 1st month of the season.

Hopefully Brown and Sow can add stability.

Sow is inexperienced, so maybe Wheatly who has marginally more time in the league? Lowe seems like a long term backup but better than McDermott. I never thought much of McDermott with virtually no upside. Anderson appears at some point?

Definitely a turnstile. Maybe all year.

 

[Toofy]

The line will be a turnstile the 1st month of the season.

I hope Mac weather's the early part of the season or we go full on mode with screens and runs.

 

[Pape]

I like that we are adding tackle depth... and it seems like they are going for younger guys that could possibly stick long term ... what I don't like is that it's so late in the training camp cycle...

With that said, I like both moves made to solidify the ot position... both players are a bit raw, but have the size and (potential) ability to be more than swing players, given time... all depends on coaching... which leads us to Adrian klemm...

Klemm has yet to show he can put together a solid line that communicates well with each other... that criticism might be unfair considering that the "starters" haven't really played... but injuries happen and you gotta deal... I expected a bit more from the line play after the opposing teams 1s had gotten their reps in the preseason games... but the ol play was just plain bad...

We should have made a full court press to bring back Cole popovich this year... he seemed to get "it" ... maybe we did, but I hadn't heard a whisper of such a move this off-season...

 

[RobertWeathers]

Hopefully Brown and Sow can add stability.

Sow is inexperienced, so maybe Wheatly who has marginally more time in the league? Lowe seems like a long term backup but better than McDermott. I never thought much of McDermott with virtually no upside. Anderson appears at some point?

Definitely a turnstile. Maybe all year.

If it is heads will roll.