The New England Patriots may be without their offensive lineman this Sunday.
Your candidate to upgrade it has yet to throw a ball in an NFL game.
The starting half,” David Andrews, missed patriot practice this week due to a hand injury, and wondered about his for Sunday’s game with the Las Vegas Raiders.
If Andrews can’t go, New England can simply assign rest tasks to sophomore Hjalte Froholdt, who lately is making plans as his main internal replacement for the O-Line.
The Patriots selected Froholdt in the fourth circular last year, but spent his entire rookie year in the injured reserve after suffering an injury that ended the season in the New England preseason final. in all the trainings from the beginning of the education campus, seeing representatives in the middle and the doorman.
“Hjalte had a smart off-season,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said Friday in a video conference. “He had the opportunity to get a lot of repetitions last year at education camp, but that was it for him. It was rehabilitated early,” and I was in a position in January, February to have a smart full off-season in terms of education and so on, even though we couldn’t do it here.
“But he’s a kid who paints hard and has done a lot of himself, so he’s had a smart off-season in terms of education and health, and he’s been in the box every day and he paints hard and stays. “improving every day since we had the opportunity to start practicing.
Froholdt’s 215 preseason shots last summer reached base (147 on the left side, 68 in the right), however, he started three games in the middle in his senior year in Arkansas. played only in special groups (nine shots).
Although largely untested at the NFL level, Belichick said Froholdt had shown significant improvement since returning from injury.
(It’s) way ahead of last year on several levels, the technician said, and he’s still a young player who still has a lot of room to evolve and works hard, has taken a step forward to be close to the game, and I hope he can compete to save time here while continuing to improve. “
If the Patriots don’t, Froholdt is in a position to upgrade Andrews, some other option would be to remove veteran James Ferentz from his practice squad for Sunday’s game, who started one game downtown and another on the right guard last season. Guard Joe Thuney can also bump into himself internally for rigor.
Andrews, a team captain, has played each and every shot this season after missing the entire 2019 crusade due to blood clots in his lungs.
“He is the piece that has everything in combination as a center,” Isaiah Wynn’s left shot said this week. “It’s the captain. With all his knowledge, he’s very trustworthy. When we don’t know something, he knows the answer. ” The mere fact that it is the key detail has been useful and formidable.
Quarterback Cam Newton, who has congratulated Andrews on several events this season, called the QB-center industry “the ultimate transaction” for an offensive.
“I hope we can get Dave back, being a warrior, ” said Newton.