my thoughts as wellVery possible that all the listed heights for those guys are a bit higher than reality.
my thoughts as wellVery possible that all the listed heights for those guys are a bit higher than reality.
Very possible that all the listed heights for those guys are a bit higher than reality.
The guy is a championship level wrestler. You can not be that without knowing how to bend at the knees. According to literally every expert that watched the game. they saw it differently. Other than one or two situations. He did a pretty good job against the absolute best guys in the country. He literally was going against the best player in the country. So that is like saying the TX OL was terrible because they could not stop Suh.On the height issue, Benhart did seem to have a few struggles in the AA game, maybe it was due to him playing at only 280? I do think once you get to 6'8, 6'9, you are bordering on being too tall and the key is: Can they bend at the knees, not the waist. I was watching the Alabama Clemson game and Alabama's linemen just looked different than anything I've ever seen. It was like they had the perfect body types. I think we can get there, but it will be through development as they are obviously getting ready made players when they are high 4 star and 5 star players.
Nice first post. Welcome!I'm a South Dakota kid living in North Dakota now, so I've been inundated with NDSU football games on free TV for the past decade. The last couple of years, the Bison have had a kid named Tanner Volson playing center: 6'4" and 306 lbs. He is extremely athletic and they would constantly use him as a pulling center in their blocking schemes. During the playoffs against a 4-3 defensive line, the Bison went with a tight end beside the left tackle. The guards matched up with the two defensive tackles, the tight end blocked the defensive end, and they pulled the center and left tackle. I'm an admitted novice about blocking schemes, but long post short, I've come to the conclusion that athletic linemen who can all move/pull on any given play really poses a difficult read for defenses and can create perimeter mismatches that allows skill position speed to dominate in the running and screen passing game.
Welcome! And a great post to kickoff with!I'm a South Dakota kid living in North Dakota now, so I've been inundated with NDSU football games on free TV for the past decade. The last couple of years, the Bison have had a kid named Tanner Volson playing center: 6'4" and 306 lbs. He is extremely athletic and they would constantly use him as a pulling center in their blocking schemes. During the playoffs against a 4-3 defensive line, the Bison went with a tight end beside the left tackle. The guards matched up with the two defensive tackles, the tight end blocked the defensive end, and they pulled the center and left tackle. I'm an admitted novice about blocking schemes, but long post short, I've come to the conclusion that athletic linemen who can all move/pull on any given play really poses a difficult read for defenses and can create perimeter mismatches that allows skill position speed to dominate in the running and screen passing game.
Great post but just curious. South Dakota wasn't cold enough? You had to move more north? JK welcome aboard.I'm a South Dakota kid living in North Dakota now, so I've been inundated with NDSU football games on free TV for the past decade. The last couple of years, the Bison have had a kid named Tanner Volson playing center: 6'4" and 306 lbs. He is extremely athletic and they would constantly use him as a pulling center in their blocking schemes. During the playoffs against a 4-3 defensive line, the Bison went with a tight end beside the left tackle. The guards matched up with the two defensive tackles, the tight end blocked the defensive end, and they pulled the center and left tackle. I'm an admitted novice about blocking schemes, but long post short, I've come to the conclusion that athletic linemen who can all move/pull on any given play really poses a difficult read for defenses and can create perimeter mismatches that allows skill position speed to dominate in the running and screen passing game.
The guy is a championship level wrestler. You can not be that without knowing how to bend at the knees. According to literally every expert that watched the game. they saw it differently. Other than one or two situations. He did a pretty good job against the absolute best guys in the country. He literally was going against the best player in the country. So that is like saying the TX OL was terrible because they could not stop Suh.
You mean the five star recruit who became the 6th overall draft pick and was the first Colts rookie selected to the Pro Bowl? May as well just ask for five of themI want guys like that OG for the Colts that they showed plowing Clowney into the ground. Get a couple of those.
Hence the reason why they are drafting ATHLETIC big men. That's why prospects like Oleseni, who they could have gone after was an afterthought as he didn't fit the mold they were looking for...despite the kid being a 6'8" road grader. They are being very specific in the types of guys they are looking for....in the same mold as Wisconsin (athletic dudes who played multiple sports).
Great point....and I think you are right.Seems like the staff cooled on Danielson Ike too because of concerns about his weight. Looked like a prime candidate to be the next Jalin Barnett.
I never bother evaluating offensive Linemen. They all look slow and unathletic to me. If our 6'7" and 6' 9" offensive linemen were even halfway quick, agile and athletic, they'd be playing basketball, volleyball, baseball or tennis.
They say that *** used to play football. Does anybody know what position he played? For some reason, I get the feeling he was an offensive lineman.