Kaczur on guard

By Paul Perillo, Patriots Football Weekly

With Logan Mankins still out of the picture, former right tackle Nick Kaczur is making the move inside to left guard.

For five NFL and four before that in college Nick Kaczur has lined up at tackle. Now for the first time he's being asked to do something different.

Logan Mankins ' contract situation isn't any closer to a resolution today than it was in June when he sounded off against the team and refused to sign his restricted free agent tender. The absence of the All-Pro has left a gaping hole at left guard, and at least initially