Worth Moving Hopkins Back to OG?

[Essex Johnson]

(03-09-2022, 07:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: You might want to revisit Hopkins at Guard.
His run blocking was somewhat worse at Guard than Center, but his pass blocking was actually better according to PFF.

2017 (OG) - 707 snaps, 77.6 pass block grade (best in his career), only 2 sacks, 3 penalties
2018 (OG) - 589 snaps, 72.8 pass block grade (2nd best in career), 4 sacks, 2 penalties
2019 © - 1097 snaps, 71.5 pass block grade, 4 sacks, 2 penalties
2020 © - 938 snaps, 64.3 pass block grade, 1 sack, 3 penalties
2021 © - 928 snaps (not inc. postseason), 56.1 pass block grade, 4 sacks, 4 penalties

PFF is just one tool so you can take as part of the pie but not the whole pie  i would trust our staff estimate of Hopkins especially with the inside information on various variables that PFF can not account for.  I actually like 2020 play at center especially over 2018 , . 4 sack in just 589 snaps is much worse to me than 1 sack in 938 snaps so i take a bit lower grade compared to the ratio of sacks vs snap difference.