09-08-2022, 01:20 PM
I think this kind of thing is where grades and even stats don’t tell the whole story. Especially for positions like centre, QB etc.
You don’t know how many times having a player like Karras calling the line, making adjustments, assignments etc could affect the successs of the line as a whole. Hopkins had periods where he played to similar level to karras grades but I don’t think he ever struck me as having this level of football knowledge which could stabilise and bring the performance up of those around him. Especially any rookies and the fact we have new starters
You don’t know how many times having a player like Karras calling the line, making adjustments, assignments etc could affect the successs of the line as a whole. Hopkins had periods where he played to similar level to karras grades but I don’t think he ever struck me as having this level of football knowledge which could stabilise and bring the performance up of those around him. Especially any rookies and the fact we have new starters
