Who do you think starts at right guard?

[Gumby]

You pessimistic doom and gloomers realize how whiney you sound when you make statements like that, right?

"Season hasn't started yet" "OL is a mess"

How do you know it's a mess if they haven't even played yet. I'm not saying it will happen but what if the OL goes out there and competes and plays solid, not saying Pro-Bowl level but just well enough to say "hey they weren't bad".

But what am I saying you pessimists aren't wired to have that kind of outlook, it's always doom and gloom

The patriots themselves and Scar said they wanted to go away from last year's constantly flexing /rotating OL positions. To get back to a habitual 5 who gain experience with each other. . . . No one here can name with certitude either who the #1 RG is or even who is healthy among the choices and they didn't play anyone consistently in preseason, and one of the OL didn't even get on the plane. . . I would think "mess" is not undeserved (could not be argued) at this point. Or at least "looks like a mess".

Another way of stating 'I think we'll all be 'pleasantly surprised' if Scar is able to piece together a line that doesn't get JG killed and holds its own.'

 

[n1997y]

I expect Scar to put together a line that will protect the QB. That's his job. He wouldn't come out of retirement to not do his job.

Looks like it's either Mason or Karras at this point. It could be either, but I've got a hunch it'll be Karras. Mason had a chance to show his stuff last year, so he's got a body of work and perhaps a second year jump, but I think he's not distinguished himself enough to have a lock on the job so Scar is going to want to see how Karras does when he's thrown into the fire. Just my guess however. In Scar we trust.

 

[Wheelman]

Karras

 

[BlueThunder]

Pats need to draft an offensive lineman named Dixon...

The Mason-Dixon line would be a cool name