He’s not gonna be cut. His sizable per game salaries are fully guaranteed because he’s playing under the fifth year option, and who is replacing him? It can actually be worse than what Wynn has showed, as there are basically no legitimate OL you can pick off the street, and none of them would offer the upside Wynn does. I also don’t see anyone taking him in a trade because of the contract.
Who cares what his salary is if he's providing 0 value? The cost is there whether he's on the team or not - so if he's not adding value, there's little difference.
I disagree if we are talking about how teams operate. They’re gonna cut Wynn at no savings to sign a JAG? I don’t see it.
Agreed. Early on I was super impressed with Wynn's balance, footwork, and hand placement. Seemed like a real technician, despite his relative lack of length.
You'd think NE is seeing the same issues on film that the twitterverse is. Why try to teach Wynn how to play RT for the first time in his career when this is virtually certain to be his last season in NE. I agree he was fine when healthy at LT last season. Seems like trying to fix something that wasn't broken has indeed broke it.
This. Sometimes one really has to wonder what they were thinking. I suppose an optimistic read would be that Wynn can figure this out in time for it to matter. The line as a whole has been good despite his problems.
I mean, they see it and they stick with it. Who knows what kind of conversations they've had as a coaching group or with the players, in house. There could be any number of reasons why they're staying with this setup. I doubt any of it is due to incompetence on the Patriots' part or that they don't see what we are seeing.
I think the importance difference is overblown. When you're playing the Browns, the most important position is whichever one is assigned to block Myles Garrett on that particular play. Defenses are smart enough to line up their guys against the weak link. Half the really good pass rushers rush against RTs nowadays.
That's a good point, but the difference is still meaningful even if overblown.
I agree it's a bit overblown but the difference comes from the left being the "blind" side rather than who's on the other side.
yeah, I think they wanted the Brown/Strange combo together. The strongest road grader they have with the more athletic guard, then the bigger guard on the right with the less powerful tackle.
I think this is also overblown. More than half the snaps are from shotgun nowadays and the difference in visibility there is going to be minor on those plays.
The Pats are only about 2.5M under the cap, and the Pats would have to find space to absorb 5.2M (the prorated portion of Conklin’s 8M base salary) plus potentially 4M in playing time incentives. Unless they’re also trading Agholor - and a Browns team dumping key players isn’t gonna take Agholor back unless you staple a pick(s) to him - I don’t see it.
I wondered whether the move reinvigorated Brown somehow. There were questions about his effort/focus (seemingly perpetually) and Phil indicated even a benching, but he’s been fully engaged a couple weeks now and he’s pulverized people in running plays. I think he always wanted to be LT.
