{"id":19712,"date":"2025-04-05T22:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T22:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19712"},"modified":"2025-04-05T22:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T22:50:53","slug":"breaking-former-patriots-first-rounder-in-danger-of-losing-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19712","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Former Patriots First-Rounder In Danger of Losing Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3770,h_2120,x_368,y_57\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/patriots_country\/01jr3p23njr08dx2evws.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 29, 2022; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots offensive lineman Cole Strange (50) walks onto the field before training camp at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_2ejpzlbzp\">The New England Patriots had high hopes for Cole Strange when they selected the offensive lineman in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but things have certainly changed.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_fuvfxy1xm\">Strange missed most of the 2024 campaign while recovering from a knee injury he suffered the year prior, playing in three games and making two starts.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_pml04v29z\">Now, the 26-year-old may find himself fighting for his job with the Patriots looking to overhaul their offensive line heading into the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_d8ux5o95n\">&#8220;Another player on the bubble is former 2022 first-round guard Cole Strange,&#8221; wrote Michael DeVito of Musket Fire. &#8220;When Strange is actually on the field, he&#8217;s not very good. Before getting injured, he was unceremoniously benched by Bill Belichick in 2023. You should almost never take a guard in the first round and certainly not significantly reach for one as the Pats did for Strange.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_drlkxtpmd\">Strange has played both guard and center for New England, but he hasn&#8217;t worked out particularly well at either spot. During his brief time on the field in 2024, he posted a 48.6 overall grade at Pro Football Focus, and he registered grades of 54.6 and 64.6, respectively, in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_9o84wot20\">The Pats had probably the worst offensive line in the NFL this past year, and all they&#8217;ve really done to repair it thus far is sign veteran tackle Morgan Moses in free agency.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_h80skthy3\">Surely, the Patriots will be making some additions in the draft later this month, and while Strange may not be in danger of getting cut, it&#8217;s within reason that he could begin 2025 on the bench depending on what New England decides to do in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_fb3yfquwh\">If that does end up being the case, it will represent just another example of poor decision-making on the part of the Pats in recent years.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_g4k7p8zh4\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots had high hopes for Cole Strange when they selected the offensive lineman in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but things have cert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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