If the Patriots have Trent Brown active and on his game, their offensive line should be in decent shape.
But he was neither of those things during spring practice — a worrisome development for New England’s offensive tackle group.
Brown skipped voluntary organized team activities, missed Day 1 of minicamp due to a reported storm-related flight cancelation, then didn’t do much of anything in Tuesday’s second and final minicamp practice. He was present for warmups but spent nearly all of practice doing conditioning work on a side field.
In his absence, tackles Calvin Anderson, Conor McDermott and Riley Reiff looked overmatched at times against New England’s pass rush.