On Friday’s final injury report, New England ruled out starting left guard Sidy Sow (ankle) for the second consecutive week. Sow injured his ankle in the team’s preseason finale last month and will now be inactive for Week 2. The Patriots also listed four players as questionable for Sunday’s game vs. Seattle: S Kyle Dugger (ankle), RB JaMycal Hasty (knee), G Layden Robinson (shoulder), and DE Deatrich Wise Jr. (shoulder).
Speaking on Friday morning, Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo was uncertain about the three mid-week additions to the injury report statuses. However, after being added to the injury report on Thursday, it was a positive sign that Robinson, Dugger, and Hasty participated in the team’s final session, with Robinson as a full participant. That would signal that Robinson should be good to go on Sunday, while it would take a lot to keep Dugger out of this game as well.
Along the offensive line, the Patriots settled on a five-man unit that got the job done in Cincinnati. After benching starter Chuks Okorafor, OT Vederian Lowe played the final three-plus quarters at left tackle. The Pats also elevated practice-squad G Michael Jordan to play left guard. New England’s expected offensive line against the Seahawks is LT Vederian Lowe, LG Michael Jordan, C David Andrews, RG Layden Robinson, and RT Mike Onwenu.
Although it was far from perfect, that group performed well enough to win against the Bengals. This week, the offensive line will deal with Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald’s exotic pressure system. Macdonald’s defense generated the second-highest pressure rate in the NFL’s opening week, disrupting Broncos QB Box Nix on 43.1% of his drop-backs. The only team who allowed a higher pressure rate in Week 1? The Patriots at 48.3%.
The biggest thing the Patriots offensive line needs to clean up is eliminating unblocked or free runners to the quarterback, which Macdonald specializes in creating. New England allowed the third-highest…
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