09-28-2017, 04:19 PM
(09-28-2017, 03:53 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Watch Zeitler on pulls to the left last year and tell me how good of a run blocker he was.
Dude was so slow the D-lineman would hit our RB in the backfield all the damn time.
To call him a great run blocker is assinine, sure he was between Bovine and Og but still, he had his problems all by himself and to say he is a GREAT run blocker is more extravagant than me calling him a BAD run blocker. Also saying he was worth the contract the Browns gave him after this play is nutz.
Zeitler is a great pass blocker, not a great run blocker. Put some of that on PA but you will probably defend him.
You are literally looking at one aspect of being a run blocker and trying to apply it to the game as a whole. That's lazy and dishonest at worst.
He was a powerful run blocker who was able to generate movement and get to the second level.
He was never a great pulling guard. Wasn't at Wisconsin. It's not his game. This is like saying Brady can't be a great QB because he wasn't great at running the ball.
It's just one part of the whole equation. It doesn't mean that he isn't great.
Even Andre was a shit run blocker towards his end here as injuries kept piling up. Zeitler was in the situation Boling is in now. He has to do the brunt of the work on the left side and that's an insane task for a guard.
Do you know how many of those pulls were blown up because the center lost ground and expanded the distance he had to travel? Do you know how many times he (and Clint) were asked to make incredibly difficult blocks because they knew the center couldn't make them....
No, you arguing that because he wasn't a great pulling guard means all other aspects of his run blocking are bad is asinine and far worse than saying he's a great run blocker. Because he is.
