01-23-2016, 01:52 PM
(01-23-2016, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is a complicate issue. In the last couple of years I know the Pats and Broncos have switched guys around from position to position in mid season, and I am surwe that if I took the time to look I could find more. So it is not as impossible as Royal claims. But he does have a point. Just because some O-linemen have the physical ability to move around that does not mean they all do. And experience has a lot to do with it. It would be easier for a guy who has been in the league for a few years to switch around than a second year guy who's head is still busy learning how to deal with complex NFL defensive schemes and the speed and techniques of NFL d-linemen.
Working together as a unit is more important to the O-line than anywhere else on the team. So you want guys getting used to not only their own roles, but the strengths and weaknesses of the guys on each side of him. If a switch is made it needs to be in the offseason to give the whole line time to adjust.
So I think the first couple of years a guy should just play one position. I know our O-line coach disagrees, but I think making a first year player learn multiple positions could slow down his ability to just learn how to play on the NFL level.
Yes. Because that is what I said.
Good god you have a chubby for trying to distort what I say. Not even going to waste time with the rest of this post.
