Dante Scarnecchia almost scared David Andrews away from the Patriots

Hall of Fame offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia was a force to be reckoned with during his illustrious career with the Patriots. Center David Andrews was one of many offensive linemen who thrived under his tutelage.

But as Andrews tells it, seeing Scarnecchia’s intense methods almost made him cross the Patriots off his list of future NFL destinations.

The Pats captain and veteran offensive lineman told The Quick Snap podcast the story of his very first impression of Scarnecchia during Georgia Pro Day in 2012, when Andrews was still a rookie with the Bulldogs – with Scarnecchia as his guest Page in the show.

Scarnecchia, he says, coached senior offensive players Cordy Glenn, selected by the Bills in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft, and Ben Jones, a center who went to the Texans in the fourth round of the same draft.

“I want to see what it’s like, I want to see what they do,” Andrews recalled Scarnecchia saying. “So they have the Pro Day, and next thing I know, I look, and – at Georgia we have an upper field and a lower field. And Dante takes the O-linemen with him. You have already trained with him for about 30 minutes.

“You beat them on the downfield – I don’t think anyone else was watching, but you kept those Jokers going for another 30 (minutes).” As I walked into the locker room, I looked at Ben and down there he had Ben has a heart attack. I was like, man, I can’t go to New England with this guy.”