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Found December 24, 2011 on The Rap Sheet:
PLAYERS: Cameron Wake,  Matt Light,  Logan Mankins
TEAMS: Miami Dolphins,  New England Patriots
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The tackles, suddenly, are in focus. Matt Light is surprisingly out, and rookies Nate Solder and Logan Mankins are going to be the bookends. Yes, really. Mankins warmed up at his old college position. As for Solder, it was against the Dolphins that Solder made his debut. He handled pass-rusher Cameron Wake extremely well, giving up one sack but holding his own otherwise. Earlier in the week, he looked back on that performance. “I think preseason kind of had me prepared in that aspect,” Solder told me this week. “Where I was like, OK, this is the NFL, this is what it takes. I don’t think that was ‘my moment,’ but I certainly learned a lot. I was extremely impressed by how well (Wake) can play.” (more…)
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