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Is New England Patriots’ offensive line among league’s best?

By Lou Scataglia

PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 19: Mike Onwenu #71 of the New England Patriots walks off the field after the preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on August 19, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Patriots defeated the Eagles 35-0. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 19: Mike Onwenu #71 of the New England Patriots walks off the field after the preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on August 19, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Patriots defeated the Eagles 35-0. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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The offensive line hasn’t been great in training camp, but outside outlets seem to still be very high on the unit for 2022

Earlier this morning, Justin Boone, writing for thescore.com unveiled some offensive line rankings ahead of the 2022 season, and he put the New England Patriots’ offensive line at 10th overall.

I think when the dust settles and the season opens up, we’ll again be talking about the Patriots’ offensive line as being one of the tops in the league.

Sure, there’s been some inconsistency with the line, perhaps adjusting to a bit of a different scheme, and guys like Mike Onwenu settling into the right guard position.

There’s also a rookie on the offensive line in Cole Strange who hasn’t been great.

However, the Patriots do have a very good unit up from, in fact, on both sides of the ball.

Trent Brown and Isaiah Wynn essentially switched positions this offseason, and it’s seemed to have gone mostly well.  Brown has been solid in camp and Wynn seems to excel no matter where he’s placed.

When the season starts, you can expect the offensive line to look like this, going from left to right; Trent Brown, Cole Strange, David Andrews, Mike Onwenu, Isaiah Wynn.

Many teams across the NFL are dealing with exponentially worse situations.

In fact, many teams can’t say they have even three solid players.

I think it’s an objective fact that all of Brown, Andrews, Onwenu, and Wynn are solid players.

All four rank in the top half of their respective positions.

The drafting of Cole Strange was a bit of a reach, and it was sad to see the Patriots practically give away Shaq Mason to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

If Shaq Mason was still in town, the Patriots’ offensive line would arguably be the league’s best.

I get that Mason is very good, but it seems as if people are seriously beginning to worry about the line, but why?

The team is returning four starters from last year, and all four of those starters are good or very good.

Trent Brown and David Andrews are likely going to be able to cover up the mistakes that Cole Strange makes.

The Patriots also have historically had very good offensive lines, so isn’t it reasonable to think that maybe by year two or year three, Strange ends up as a very good guard in the NFL?

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