2 min read • July 16, 2022
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This season will help to decide the fates of New England Patriots’ offensive linemen Isaiah Wynn and Trent Brown. Both of whom are playing on short-term contracts. Here is what Patriot fans can expect from their starting left and right tackles:
Much of the chatter this off-season surrounding former left tackle, now right tackle Isiah Wynn was if New England was shopping the fifth-year Georgia product. Wynn dismissed the rumors and said he is ready for his new position.
“Do I like the change? It’s wherever they need me, playa,” Wynn told an NBCSports reporter at the Patriots mandatory minicamp. “I’m good man. Wherever they need me. If they put me at corner, I’m going to try to go play corner.”
Wynn enters the final year of his rookie contract with a 93 SIC score.
Since going No. 18 overall in the 2018 Draft, Wynn has only played in 35 of 70 games because of injury.
On Aug.17, before the start of his rookie season, Wynn ruptured his left Achilles tendon and was out for the entirety of the season.
He was activated for Week 1 the next season, but Wynn could not catch a break. In his second career game on Sept. 15, Wynn suffered a turf toe injury that kept him out for eight games. He did return for the final seven games where he played 100 percent of snaps.
The starting left tackle at the time also missed the final six games of the 2020 season after he hurt his right knee. Wynn dealt with hip and ankle injuries this past season but has now fully recovered.
Our team of Pro Football Docs do not anticipate the previous left Achilles injury impacting his play at right tackle.
Brown is back with the team where he became a star and a Super Bowl winner. After being traded to the Patriots from the Raiders in March of 2021, Brown aims to have an injury-free year.
The Docs give Brown a 91 SIC Score for his upcoming eighth season.
After two 16-game seasons in his first three years as a starter in the league, Brown has only played in 25 of 50 potential games in his last three seasons as a result of injuries.
He has had to deal with different knee and calf injuries, including a calf injury that lingered throughout his first season back with the Patriots.
Brown’s most serious absence came during the 2020 season when a pre-game IV mistake allowed air to enter his bloodstream. He ended up being hospitalized for three days although it took eight months for him to be fully recovered and nearly risked cardiac arrest. He later revealed he considered retirement.
He is now entering the first year of his two-year, incentive-laden $22 million contract. The incentives include weight targets for Brown to get to 365 pounds or less by the start of the season. Pro Football Focus rated the Brown re-signing was the best off-season move by the Patriots.
The 6-foot-8-inch, 380 pound starting left tackle aims to put the injuries behind him and prove he is a valuable asset to the Patriots organization that warrants longer than a two-year deal. He is going to be tasked with protecting the blindside of second-year quarterback Mac Jones.
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