Panther72

September 28th, 2020 at 8:48 PM ^

Seeing him stretch into the Miami D lineman and leverage him off the line of scrimmage and drive his opponent into the end zone made a believer of me. The guy has gone beast mode. Great seeing him excel.

blueinbeantown

September 29th, 2020 at 9:21 AM ^

If Big Mike continues to develop he'll be another example of how Belichick does business.  Resigning current LG, Joe Thuney, who's a stud and a starter since he walked into Patriot Place, will cost $14M+ next year coming off franchise tag.  Big Mike will be around $700k on the cap for the next 3 years.  Belichick will save the $$ and take the comp pick rather than committing the $$, freeing that up for other areas.  

Big Mike has been by far the Pats best rookie this year after 3 games.  Following Chase from last year and who's becoming a stud.  Odds on next M guy being a Patriot, I'm betting on BIG Ben Mason, who is the definition of a Patriot player. 

dragonchild

September 29th, 2020 at 10:07 AM ^

It's hard to tell how far an athlete will go in the NFL, but I had an inkling Onwenu would excel.  He's the sort where the laws of mortality just don't seem to apply.  You shouldn't be able to max out a scale and move like he does.

At the same time the BPONE in me can't think back to his time here and not get filled with rage at how badly Patterson misused his O-line.  I don't mean the losses per se, but the insult.  The replays look like repeated slaps to the face.  Devin Gardner would've wept on his knees for the sort of interior protection Patterson enjoyed behind Ruiz and Onwenu yet Patterson was all, "Nah, not good enough, Imma Leeeroy Jenkins again."

tspoon

September 29th, 2020 at 11:38 AM ^

LMAO at the LeRoy Jenkins reference

It’s even more striking when you consider Bredeson was the LG as well.  That’s a mighty group of NFL starter-level talent on the interior OL.  (I know Bredeson isn’t a legit NFL starter yet, but if anyone wants to tell me he isn’t that kind of player, I will fight you.)