05-17-2019, 07:16 PM
(05-17-2019, 06:44 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: 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)
Yes, you know your O-line play about as good as anyone no doubt Sunset. I agree, there can be times you are moving players around the Line too much for sure. I just find it refreshing that we are doing it early and trying to get the 5 best Lineman on the field that way we can gain that chemistry before the season starts. Starting to think that they might be thinking of moving Boling over to RT where he has played before, doubt we bench him for Glenn or Hart who simply are not as good as Boling. Might look something like this with Sample helping one side if Eifert goes down again....
LT - Jonah
LG - Cordy Glenn
C - Billy Price
RG - Miller
RT - Boling
