Can Chad Brown and Montey Beisel Fill the Void of Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson?
Honestly, in watching every preseason game, I saw almost zero productivity out of both Brown and Beisel. Of course filling the void of a Bruschi and Johnson is no easy task; all they can hope to do is perform like Chad Brown and Monty Beisel, not Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson. You obviously can even begin to compare Bruschi and Johnson with these two, it would be unfair; however, “we” as Pats fans seem to be doing that very thing because we set all our linebackers at such a high standard due to their performances over the past four years. All we can do it sit back, wait and see, hopefully this was just a case of the “preseason rust” and once Thursday night hits, all the Patriots linebackers (mostly Brown and Beisel) are on the same page. Without a strong linebacking corps, it’ll be a long season. The 35-year old veteran (Brown) brings a career 78 sacks to the table, most of any current linebacker. Beisel played for the Kansas City Chiefs last season and compiled 64 tackles, 2.5 sacks, a
