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Rotational Player and Threatening Starter's Job
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Which means you either have a guy like Wendell who is flawed but has chemistry with Brady for a couple million, or he gets beat out by a rookie in which case you lose nothing. As much as we don't like Wendell, you're not going to get a better C for under 3m outside the draft, and if a good one doesn't fall to you there, you'd have nothing.
Hell, this doesn't even prevent the Pats from drafting a GUARD and having Connelly win the C job. Too much doom and gloom around these parts over a pretty reasonable signing IMO.
Agreed. Can never have too much depth on the OL. The Pats OL has a definite injury history - Solder (concussions), Vollmer(dislocated ankle), Connolly (concussions) so they need all the depth they can get. The versatility that Connolly (C/G), Cannon (G/T), Wendell (C/G) give the Pats some insurance. In no way do I think this stops them from drafting an OL this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see them take a Guard in the first 3 rounds. It won't be long until they start thinking about life after Mankins.