Poor Offensive Tackle Play

 The one negative (aside from Pat Chung) last night that really stood out was the incredibly poor offensive tackle play. Nate Solder had at least two holding penalties, along with getting beat a bit and getting Brady hurried and hit. He had been playing well in practice from what we heard, and hopefully he just had the jitters out there and steps his play up. However, the one thing that worries me here is that the Saints really do not have any top flight pass-rushers that he was getting burned by, they are all just average players. How does he do against premier players such as Mario Williams? That is a story line to monitor. On the other side, Cannon just looked overwhelmed. He is not an NFL tackle. I have said it many times, and when he got burned and Brady took that hit I almost threw my TV across the room in anger. Everyone keeps saying, oh don't worry, we are getting Mankins and Waters back, the offensive line will be fine. Oh really? Because last time I checked both of those players were interior lineman, and the interior was fine, it was the tackles with the issues. Some are saying they expect Vollmer back, but honestly, as a dude with chronic back injuries, if he is still hurting now (he apparantly has looked like he was laboring on the sidelines rehabbing) the chances of him not hurting in a month are very very slim. I would not be surprised if Belichick is on the lookout for a veteran right tackle now, and if he's not, well that sucks.