Eliot Wolf tries to alter Patriots’ offensive line reality originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots’ offensive line remains an area of concern with the team’s regular-season opener less than three weeks away.
The unit struggled throughout training camp, and that factored into head coach Jerod Mayo’s decision to limit rookie quarterback Drake Maye to just one series in the preseason opener vs. the Carolina Panthers. Mayo acknowledged the importance of protecting the third overall draft pick.
On Sunday, Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard asked Pats vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf directly about the offensive line. Bedard asked whether having to limit Maye because of the state of the o-line was an indictment of his offseason moves, resulting in the following exchange:
Bedard: “You went in saying (Chukwuma) Okorafor was going to be your left tackle, (Mike) Onwenu was the best tackle in free agency, (Caedan) Wallace could play left tackle. Not a lot of that stuff has happened.”
Wolf: “Which one of those hasn’t happened?” “
Bedard: “I mean, we didn’t see Mike Onwenu at right tackle until yesterday.”
Wolf: “So, yeah, Okorafor’s taken reps on both sides, Onwenu took some reps at tackle yesterday. Again, I think we’re just trying to find the right combination.”
Those comments from Wolf didn’t sit well with our Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry. The duo discussed them, as well as their thoughts on the offensive line heading into the season, on the latest episode of the Patriots Talk Podcast.
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“I found that to be a knee-buckling disappointing answer from Eliot Wolf,” Curran said. “I mean, either he’s naive, or he thinks we’re naive, or he’s being disingenuous, or he thinks we’re stupid or he’s stupid. So I’m gonna go with disingenuous.
“But to me, to counter Greg’s contention that Okorafor’s playing left tackle and Mike…
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