Nate Solder

And yet they kind of continually gave him opportunities and opportunities because, at least from my perspective on things, every NFL coach is stubborn, is seemingly stubborn about one or two players on the roster.

You know, we've brought up the examples before, starting Nate Solder over Matt Peart.

The John Feliciano love in 2022, even though there were better options on the roster.

You know, Nick Gates and Ben Bredesen, I think, was involved in there a little bit, too.

One of them is rookie, just the clips of Andrew Thomas bitching out Chase Young.

I remember 2021, Nate Solder was bitching him out, where it's like, why doesn't this guy use power against a guy who's physically not supposed to be playing in the NFL right now? And every single one of our tackles just handled him easily.

I don't understand this idea that Chase Young is some thorn in our side, even if he gets a one-yard sack, you know, cleanup duty.

But I'll say this.

Patriots athletic offensive lines.

Yeah, they've, they've l- they've usually had shorter guys on the interior, meaning the guards and the center, and the, they always had big anchors at, on the outside, whether it was Trent Brown, Nate Solder, Sebastian Vollmer.

You know, Marcus Cannon was a big dude, but he could play any position Cam Fleming was a tackle.

They'd bring him in on, uh, three tight situations.

Now, we'll see if he's back next week, the week after, and we don't know how long Will Campbell will be out, if he is going to be out at all.

But much like Nate Solder, who got thrust into early duty his rookie year when he wasn't expecting it, it happened with Caleb Lomu.

And again, he wasn't perfect, but he held up really well.

And the very first snap he came in, they put Max Crosby on him.