Guard Play - Westerman and Redmond

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(12-26-2017, 12:36 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I wouldn't put a lot of stock into a one week performance, late in the season, against a very pedestrian defense.  

To me, it looks more like "fresh legs syndrome".  Where the guy coming off the bench looks fresh and strong, as he hasn't endured an entire season of getting his body beat to a pulp, week after week.

Heck, we experienced the same phenomenon last year at the RB position, with Rex Burkhead.  Then, when the Patriots signed him, everyone claimed he was now going to be a superstar.  He's had an alright season, for a team that knows how to get the most out of it's talent.  He leads the league, or even conference in no categories.  Much tougher to be The Man, than to be the man off the bench.

Redmond is claimed to be the strongest lineman on the team.  He took to the strength and conditioning program like a fish to water, as UCLA had a crap system for that.  Westerman is a beast that has an attitude to go with it.  When you don't even make an effort to push your starters in to the realm of not being complete ass-sucks, it is showing no desire to improve your team.  Competition improves the breed.  

I saw both of these guys on my end of the field (haven't watched the coaches cut, yet, due to this thing called Christmas) and I witnessed a punch in space that blew up defenders.  I loved it.  Hopkins was dead last in the NFL, and always started, ditto Bodine.  They shuffled around the tackle position with Andre once he was in some semblance of shape, but did nothing with the interior...and that was the biggest problem, especially with the rushing attack!