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(04-13-2022, 10:43 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If you watch Linerbaum's highlights, most of them are of him movement.  Either in the running game getting out on a defender or pulling with precision, getting out there on screen passes, drop backs with moving pockets, etc. His highlight reel features very few straight drop back sets, where he must maintain his base against 2 gappers and NTs, like he's going to see all of the time in the NFL.

Whereas with Johnson, the dude is big and powerful, can go one on one with strength against strength, and has the length to keep extreme power at arm's length. 

I would say the big question with him in outside zone is can he disengage from crafty NFL NT's who will hold him to keep him from getting to those second level blocks?  

I mentioned awhile back that Iowa runs the ball over 55% of the time and a lot of their passes are screens or play action from under center.  Can he handle the sheer volume of true pass sets he will have in Zac's offense?

Another issue that people are overlooking is the Bengals moving Karras can lead to a number of issues.  Karras obviously believes his best position and his best chance to maximize his value for his next contract is at C.  The Bengals have said he's the starting C.  Now, you want to move him to LG and have him compete with a 2nd round pick you have high hopes for.  Easy to see there being an immediate disconnect between the player/agent and the coaches/FO when literally the first promise you made him was bullshit.