09-03-2022, 08:26 PM
(09-03-2022, 08:18 PM)Synric Wrote: As a guard you're first and foremost looking at Runblocking because that's where they can most impact the game. That's why Houston is excited about their new first round guard Kenyon Green. You can hide a guy as a pass protector especially at guard. If it's just one guy. It's very hard to hide a poor run blocking guard.
You know what you really can’t hide? A poor pass protector. See Adeniji and Carman.
Joe Burrow is the qb here. Bengals need to protect him first and foremost. Joe Mixon already has a bunch of real good run blockers on this o-line. The right side of the line is going to create huge holes for him.
With how this team and rest of the o-line is constructed, having a LG who is a liability in the run is much more desired than a LG who is a liability in the pass game. That’s why Carman is 3rd string at LG right now.
And Volson hasn’t taken many pass blocking reps, but when he has, it wasn’t pretty.
Jonah, Cappa, Collins are all guys whose strengths are run blocking. The line is going to run block just fine in the redzone. Plus Karras is a better run blocker than Hopkins was. The offense will benefit more with one of the better pass protecting guards in the NFL as a starter. Simple fact
