03-24-2022, 04:50 AM
(03-24-2022, 12:04 AM)pdub2005 Wrote: Probably a victim of being a right tackle. Willie Anderson ran into that a lot throughout his career.
Here are some good quotes from this article about Willie's career:
"During those 13 years, there were 39 offensive tackles voted to the AFC Pro Bowl team, three each season. Only five of those 39 tackles played the right side."
"Anderson was voted to the Pro Bowl three times and Lincoln Kennedy twice from the right side. The other 34 spots went to 10 different left tackles, including Hall of Famers Walter Jones, Jonathan Ogden and Willie Roaf. The four offensive tackles voted to the 1990s NFL all-decade team all played left tackle. The four tackles on the 2000s NFL all-decade team also were all left tackles."
https://www.si.com/nfl/talkoffame/nfl/state-your-case-why-ot-willie-anderson-deserves-hof-consideration
Edit:
Also, Right tackle was not even recognized as a separate position for All-Pro voting until 2016. Just look at 2015, all the tackles were left tackles:
2015 All Pro Tackes:
Joe Thomas, Andrew Whitworth, Tyron Smith, Trent Williams
That is a very good point but times have chained slighty (even Eric Williams from Dallas who was a contemporary of Willie’s reached 4) but it’s still a problem.
These are recent RT that have received post-season recognition:
Lane Johnson, Tristan Wirfs, Ryan Ramczyk, Trent Brown, Brian O’Neill, Mitchell Schwarz & Orlando Brown, Jr.
I went through a whole bunch of pro-bowl snub articles each year since LC has been in the league. The only ones that complained were Cowboys based. Collins is an excellent RT (and G too). But we aren’t talking the second coming. Some guy was complaining that Jonah was only average. Like it was something to be embarrassed about.
For the first time in recent memory we have a decent line (or should). I am okay with that.
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