Light Taking Media Boot Camp Not Good News
This past Tuesday New England Patriots left tackle Matt Light participated in the National Football League’s Media Boot Camp, which ran through Friday. With Light participating in it the Patriots should be starting to look for a replacement.
Light just turned 31 on June 23, which means Light has only a couple more years in his prime by most standards.
However, Light is an exception as he has played in 15 post season games, which means Light’s body is really more likely going to start to declining some time soon.
That is a big problem in the AFC East as each of the Patriots opponents have formidable defenses with young players.
Also, the lowest ranked AFC East opponent’s defense was the New York Jets at 16th.
To make matters worst the Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is returning in 2009 from knee surgery, which means he is most likely not going to be as fast and that is going to lead to more sacks.
With Light’s contract expiring after the 2010 season the Patriots need to start thinking of how they are going to replace him as the market at that time will be not worth it as his asking price will be around the $10 million a year range.
If they do not find a replacement for Light then Brady will age soon and that means the Patriots glory days are over.