The Patriots, clearly discontent with their offensive line depth, acquired one other offensive deal with through commerce Sunday.
The Patriots are dealing a sixth-round choose to the Vikings for offensive deal with Vederian Lowe, a supply confirmed to the Herald. Lowe, who’s listed at 6-foot-6, 320 kilos, was a sixth-round select of Illinois final yr. The 24-year-old offensive lineman performed 4 video games with none begins for Minnesota final season. He spent 33 snaps at left deal with in Week 18 as a rookie.
Lowe performed left and proper deal with this preseason for the Vikings. He allowed two sacks and 6 whole pressures in 140 whole snaps.
Lowe joins Trent Brown, Riley Reiff, Calvin Anderson, Conor McDermott, Sidy Sow, Andrew Stueber and Tyrone Wheatley Jr. on the Patriots’ present offensive line depth chart. Reiff and McDermott are at the moment banged up, and Anderson stays on the non-football sickness listing.
The Patriots acquired Wheatley from the Browns in a commerce for working again Pierre Strong earlier on Sunday.
Lowe was a four-year starter at left deal with at Illinois. He additionally began video games at left deal with and proper deal with in 2017, his freshman yr.
The Rockford, Ill.-native ran a 5.22-second 40-yard sprint on the NFL Scouting Combine final yr with a 1.75-second 10-yard break up, 25.5-inch vertical leap, 8-feet, 3-inch broad soar, 4.71-second quick shuttle, 7.83-second 3-cone and 22 bench press reps of 225 kilos. His 35 3/8-inch arms rank within the 92nd percentile for offensive tackles.
It’s unclear how Lowe and Wheatley will match into the Patriots’ offensive line combine. Brown will virtually definitely be the Patriots’ beginning left deal with, however the best deal with image by no means cleared up this summer season. Reiff and McDermott gave the impression to be competing for the position early this summer season with Anderson out of shape. Sow served because the Patriots’ beginning proper deal with in current practices however struggled in preseason motion as a transformed school guard. Reiff had been taking part in at proper guard earlier than his harm Friday within the Patriots’ preseason finale.
NFL reporter Jordan Schultz first reported the Lowe commerce.
Source: www.bostonherald.com