Dante Scarnecchia says Patriots have to get Trent Brown ‘on board’ with the intention to repair offensive line

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“I believe he’s an incredible expertise.”

The Patriots’ offensive line was porous for prolonged stretches in the course of the 2022 season, due largely to lackluster play on the deal with place.

If New England plans on righting the ship in a key space of its offense, it wants a rebound season from returning starter Trent Brown.

To this point, the 6-foot-8 deal with’s bounce-back marketing campaign has just about been grounded.

After not participating in voluntary organized crew actions (OTAs) in Foxboro, Brown was not current throughout Monday’s obligatory minicamp as a consequence of reported journey points. When he was on the sector Tuesday, he labored totally on conditioning drills and didn’t take part in any 7-on-7s or 11-on-11s.

Provided that the rest of New England’s depth chart at deal with consists of Calvin Anderson, Conor McDermott, Riley Reiff, and rookie Sidy Sow, Brown must ship as an anchor at left deal with in 2023.

Given Brown’s excessive upside, former Patriots offensive-line coach Dante Scarnecchia agrees.

“I like the child,” Scarnecchia mentioned throughout an look on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Present” on Thursday. “I believe he’s an incredible expertise, and I’d like to see him be there and all in and have the ability to do the issues that he can do to assist the crew.   

“As a result of if he’s the participant that he may be, then you definately don’t have to fret a lot about that facet of the road of scrimmage, particularly in opposition to go rushers, and you’ll dedicate possibly no matter consideration that must be dedicated to the opposite facet in the event that they want it. In order that’s the place they’re with him. They’ve received to get him on board or do one thing with him to get him to play the best way that they want him to play.”

Scarnecchia, who spent 34 seasons within the Patriots group and was on New England’s teaching employees for 5 of the crew’s six Tremendous Bowl titles, coached Brown in 2018.

Beneath Scarnecchia’s tutelage, Brown developed right into a dominant left deal with throughout his first stint in Foxboro, solidifying a stout offensive line that helped raise New England to a championship in opposition to the Rams in Tremendous Bowl LIII.

Brown was regular at proper deal with upon his return to New England in 2021, however his play dipped significantly final 12 months. Together with getting whistled for a team-high 13 penalties, Brown was tagged for eight sacks allowed, per Professional Soccer Focus.

Given the state of New England’s O-line, Scarnecchia pressured that the Patriots have to do no matter they’ll to get Brown to reply in his fourth full season with the group.

“I believe the most important factor for him was getting him to evolve to the tradition and the room and the requirements that the gamers within the room had set for themselves over an extended time frame,” Scarnecchia mentioned of Brown. “As soon as he realized that it was both fall in line or fall on his sword — it was going to be both one of many two — I believe he discovered the choice of falling consistent with everybody else. I believe that the fellows within the room had rather a lot to do with it, too, from a standpoint of when he wasn’t all in.

“And you may inform. There have been days the place he would come out to apply and [you’d] say, ‘Aw, man, he’s not all in at this time.’ You’ve received two decisions as a coach: you let him find out about it, and also you say, ‘You ain’t practising this fashion at this time. I can let you know proper now.’ After which the gamers take over and say, ‘Hey, look, that is how it’s. That is what you’ve received to do.’ And I believe as soon as he realized that — and there have been instances the place, truthfully, periodically you needed to remind him — however as soon as he did, he was advantageous. And I believe that’s what it’s all about with him.”