Every Saturday, some hot topics surrounding the New England Patriots are touched upon in a mailbag:
@MikeReiss, same OL, so what's the problem this year?
Matthew, this is a good reminder of how one year doesn't transfer to the next. One NFL coach I spoke with noted that the team's tackles, Nate Solder (left) and Marcus Cannon (right), are not consistently playing as well as they have in the past, while also pointing out that teams have had some success directly over center David Andrews. Specific to Solder, it has been noted that he hasn't played with a consistently strong anchor point, and thus opponents have tested him often with speed-to-power rushes. Then when Solder might try to…
