Sample Earns Strong Review

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(05-17-2019, 02:16 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Exactly, you can be a physical freak like Malik Jefferson but it doesn't matter if you don't have the mental aspect as we saw last season. Sample already having the football acumen is a great start to go along with his already great blocking, he has a strong foundation, more than i can say for some of the vets we had starting last year.

A little off subject of Sample but i love hearing about what Callahan is saying about the O-line and having all kinds of different combinations with Glenn possibly playing LG with Jonah at LT and the Centers playing Guard and the Guards playing Center. Really refreshing instead of just putting players in one spot and not keeping our options open like it always seemed before, have to adjust and i am hearing this from our new coaches.

It's good to have guys ready to shift positions, in the event of an injury.  However there are two schools of thought on the way to cover an OL injury.  One is to work "inside out", meaning that if a Center or Guard goes down, then a Guard or Guard and Tackle slide down to keep the middle strong.  The other philosophy says bring in one player to fill the spot, as moving people around creates possible weaknesses where you once had strengths.  

Being a former lineman (both Offense and Defense) I can see the merits of both philosophies, and one or the other working or failing, depending on the personnel available and the people running the show..(coaching)