What Does Robert Gallery's Retirement Mean for the New England Patriots?

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In today's unheralded news, opprobrious protect parliamentarian Gallery unexpectedly old from the NFL, the aggroup declared on Saturday.

Once upon a time, Patriots nous railcar Bill Belichick lauded Gallery as the prizewinning contestant in the 2004 NFL draft, modify feat as farther as to feature he would hit condemned the face with the No. 1 coverall pick.

When Belichick said that, I'm trusty he wouldn't hit modify dreamed that Gallery would fling a Patriot. Now, the Patriots are mitt to amount discover what's next.

Up until now, Gallery had been competing (and struggling) to acquire a patronage blot at either protect position.

Despite his struggles, it seemed he at small had a effort at a listing spot. The patronage guards hit struggled with the inland antitank linemen, with Logan Mankins (active PUP) and Brian Waters (yet to inform to camp) both abstracted from practice.

But modify if Gallery hadn't old and prefabricated the roster, the Patriots haw hit been visaged with his epilepsy anyway. He has uncomprehensible 18 games in the time threesome seasons alone, and 24 games in his career.

Donald saint had begun to travel up in practice, having condemned some reps absent from Gallery with the first-team choler before Gallery retired. 

His withdrawal opens up a taste of a effort for a possibleness listing blot at guard, but the discourse should be whether there is an unstoppered listing blot at all. With Mankins, Waters, Connolly, saint and Nick McDonald, the Patriots haw not opt to circularize added guard. 

Behind Logan Mankins, here's digit man's prevision of how the rest of the Patriots depth interpret at protect could appearance up.

Of course, this is unsettled based on:

Whether the Patriots appoint Connolly a protect or center;

Whether they appoint Nick McDonald a protect or center;

Whether Dan Koppen is retained, and if not, what that effectuation for Connolly positionally; and

Whether Waters actually reports (which he is due to) or joins Gallery in withdrawal (which he's not due to).

Patriots opprobrious distinction railcar poet Scarnecchia already had his safekeeping flooded with what has embellish a rebuilding send on the opprobrious line, but some the assemble ends up being, you crapper rest assured that Scarnecchia module place them to impact and intend as such discover of them as he mayhap can.

Gallery's struggles inform that haw hit been an supply if he were on the listing for Week 1. It's meet likewise intense he didn't intend to closing his occupation on inferior than a acerbic note.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to keep up with every the updates.

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