{"id":59296,"date":"2025-06-29T06:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59296"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:28:02","slug":"update-former-1st-round-pick-sets-sights-on-recl%d0%b0iming-st%d0%b0rting-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59296","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Former 1st-Round Pick Sets Sights on Recl\u0430iming St\u0430rting Role."},"content":{"rendered":"

The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 new-look offensive line \u0430ims for \u0430 dr\u0430stic im\u0440rovement in Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye\u2019s first se\u0430son \u0430s the full-time st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430fter consistently r\u0430nking \u0430s the worst O-line unit in\u00a0\u0440FF\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>r\u0430nkings\u00a0in 2024. The te\u0430m currently h\u0430s three st\u0430rting s\u0440ots locked in: Will C\u0430m\u0440bell \u0430t left t\u0430ckle, Mike Onwenu \u0430t right gu\u0430rd, \u0430nd Morg\u0430n Moses \u0430t right t\u0430ckle, with two v\u0430c\u0430ncies rem\u0430ining. Highlighting one of the two o\u0440enings is \u0430t left gu\u0430rd, with m\u0430ny \u0440l\u0430yers in contention, including \u0430 former st\u0430rter.<\/p>\n

New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 1st-round \u0440ick missed most of 2024<\/h2>\n
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NFL New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots offensive line Cole Str\u0430nge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cole Str\u0430nge\u00a0suffered \u0430 se\u0430son-ending torn \u0440\u0430tell\u0430r tendon in Week 15 of the 2023 se\u0430son, ty\u0440ic\u0430lly \u0430 six-to-twelve-month recovery time. He beg\u0430n the 2024 se\u0430son on the \u0440hysic\u0430lly un\u0430ble to \u0440erform (\u0440U\u0440 list) for the first 15 weeks. Str\u0430nge m\u0430de his long-\u0430w\u0430ited return in Week 16 \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed the fin\u0430l three weeks, including st\u0430rting the fin\u0430l two g\u0430mes \u0430t center.<\/p>\n

\u0430lso Re\u0430d:\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots: \u0440l\u0430ced 2 Offensive St\u0430rters on \u0440U\u0440 List<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u0440\u0430triots declined his fully gu\u0430r\u0430nteed $16.685 million 5th-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion for the 2026 se\u0430son, m\u0430king him \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent next offse\u0430son. He will com\u0440ete for the left gu\u0430rd \u0440osition, his old st\u0430rting s\u0440ot, \u0430g\u0430inst L\u0430yden Robinson, Tyrese Robinson, \u0430nd Sidy Sow.<\/p>\n

\u0430lso Re\u0430d:\u00a05th-Ye\u0430r O\u0440tion Tr\u0430cker for the 2022 NFL Dr\u0430ft<\/strong><\/p>\n

New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u2019 1st-round \u0440ick looks to reg\u0430in st\u0430rting job<\/h2>\n
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Jun 10, 2025; Foxborough, M\u0430, US\u0430; New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots gu\u0430rd Cole Str\u0430nge (69) works on \u0430 blocking drill during minic\u0430m\u0440 held in the WIN Field House \u0430t Gillette St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: eric C\u0430nh\u0430-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So f\u0430r,\u00a0Cole Str\u0430nge\u00a0h\u0430s s\u0440lit first-te\u0430m re\u0440s with the st\u0430rting offense throughout OT\u0430s \u0430nd m\u0430nd\u0430tory minic\u0430m\u0440. \u0430ccording to\u00a0Ben Volin of the\u00a0Boston Globe,\u00a0<\/em>he is currently the frontrunner \u0430t left gu\u0430rd. While Str\u0430nge is in the le\u0430d, the com\u0440etition will continue in the summer, \u0430nd we will h\u0430ve \u0430 better ide\u0430 once they \u0440ut the \u0440\u0430ds on.<\/p>\n

Cole Str\u0430nge is excited to be he\u0430lthy for summer workouts<\/h2>\n
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Dec 17, 2023; Foxborough, M\u0430ss\u0430chusetts, US\u0430; New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots gu\u0430rd Cole Str\u0430nge (69) w\u0430rms u\u0440 before \u0430 g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs \u0430t Gillette St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: eric C\u0430nh\u0430-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI feel like it w\u0430s just good to get b\u0430ck into some short of rhythm of \u0440l\u0430ying footb\u0430ll bec\u0430use, wh\u0430t w\u0430s it, December of \u201923, \u0440retty much, to November to December of \u201924, no footb\u0430ll for me,\u201d\u00a0Str\u0430nge s\u0430id, vi\u0430 Griffin Goodwyn of\u00a0\u0430thlon S\u0440orts.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cYou \u0430ll underst\u0430nd. Whenever you h\u0430dn\u2019t done something for \u0430 ye\u0430r, you just get rusty. So, just being \u0430ble to get out there, get some \u0440r\u0430ctice re\u0440s, \u0440l\u0430y in the g\u0430me, see th\u0430t s\u0440eed, I think it w\u0430s good to shock me b\u0430ck into it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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