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Dolphins that may play much better than advertised: OL Williams

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Although Williams struggled in Dallas with penalties, there are some things about him that may not be all that well known.
Williams was ranked as the third-best guard in terms of pass-blocking efficiency (98.5) in 2021, as he allowed just one sack. That’s not really an aberration either because, in his career, he’s earned a pass-blocking efficiency rate of 97.4. That kind of superior pass blocking should be a welcome commodity for Tua especially if we have Williams and Hunt on the inside keeping that inside early push out of our QB's face. That will be great news for Tua. How many times did we see immediate inside pressure on the left side last year? Add Armstead to the outside on the Left and that should be a great combo.

Williams is not too shabby blocking either. In 2021, he was graded as the 10th-best guard against the run. I think Armstead and Williams could prove to be a true strength on our Left side OL, something that can't be undervalued for our Left handed QB.
 
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As someone else stated, a slight improvement will do wonders.

I don’t think anyone will argue that Williams and Armstead will improve the line at least 10 spots forward from 32 to 22 or even top 20.

Also, when you factor in Edmonds and Mostert, you see that the RB position is marginally improved as well. This combined with the OL, and considering Tua turns the corner that a off-season, it wouldn’t be far fetched to expect this offense to be 15-20 spots better statistically putting us into the top 10 of the league.
 
DolphinDaddy said:
As someone else stated, a slight improvement will do wonders.

I don’t think anyone will argue that Williams and Armstead will improve the line at least 10 spots forward from 32 to 22 or even top 20.

Also, when you factor in Edmonds and Mostert, you see that the RB position is marginally improved as well. This combined with the OL, and considering Tua turns the corner that a off-season, it wouldn’t be far fetched to expect this offense to be 15-20 spots better statistically putting us into the top 10 of the league.
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i think Connor Williams is being very underrated here.

he is going to be more-than-solid at LG for us.
 
DolphinDaddy said:
Also, when you factor in Edmonds and Mostert, you see that the RB position is marginally improved as well.
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welcome to the site!

i see us adding a bigger RB in the draft or UDFA (or FA), unless Gerrid Doaks impresses the heck out of someone.

but even if we didn't, having a guy like Chase Edmonds on the team is a massive improvement at the RB position already.
 
claytonduper said:
2 factors that will affect the end result will be how quickly can this group come together. Second, what is our plan when Armstead misses those 7 games?
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Both are so true. Backup LT and reps as a coherent OL. Choosing the positions early, versatility be damned! Wide zone reps, reps, and more reps…
 
DOLFANMIKE said:
Although Williams struggled in Dallas with penalties, there are some things about him that may not be all that well known.
Williams was ranked as the third-best guard in terms of pass-blocking efficiency (98.5) in 2021, as he allowed just one sack. That’s not really an aberration either because, in his career, he’s earned a pass-blocking efficiency rate of 97.4. That kind of superior pass blocking should be a welcome commodity for Tua especially if we have Williams and Hunt on the inside keeping that inside early push out of our QB's face. That will be great news for Tua. How many times did we see immediate inside pressure on the left side last year? Add Armstead to the outside on the Left and that should be a great combo.

Williams is not too shabby blocking either. In 2021, he was graded as the 10th-best guard against the run. I think Armstead and Williams could prove to be a true strength on our Left side OL, something that can't be undervalued for our Left handed QB.
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Great post and gets me even more excited about this team. Armstead was a big name but this dude can have a giant effect on the line as well......So freaking excited for this year to begin!!!!!
 
claytonduper said:
2 factors that will affect the end result will be how quickly can this group come together. Second, what is our plan when Armstead misses those 7 games?
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I hope the dolphins understand while armstead was a great signing, he’s not perfect, he misses between 3 to 5 games per season. So I would sign a vet like a Duane brown as insurance.
 
I am big on Linderbaum..

With that said....

The biggest benefactor of Williams will be Dieter.

With Williams and Hunt on his sides, he can solely focus on his assignment and be confident our LG won't be getting smoked every other play.

Williams solidifies that line to where if Armstead goes down, our middle is still rock solid.

I expect to see Mostert or Edmonss to the left alot. While I also expect us to be very successful up the middle on short yardage plays.

Even if this line still ranked 32 but NOT a historically bad 32.... it would be a huge improvement.

If armstead goes down for 7 games, we're still OK IMO.

Jackson at LT after coaching from the new staff with Williams at LG as opposed to Eichenberg will do wonders.

I ngold also helps significantly.

Dang, now I'm getting excited about this line.

Hopefully Jackson, Eichenberg or Jones can be a solid RT.

If faleele somehow falls to 102, get him lol. If he falls past 85 I'd trade up for him personally
 
GRYPHONK said:
With that said....

The biggest benefactor of Williams will be Dieter.

With Williams and Hunt on his sides, he can solely focus on his assignment and be confident our LG won't be getting smoked every other play.
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I've said something similiar to this the last couple of seasons. I'm sure we do have some scrubs on OL, Im sure coaching was ****. But if you put a player with potential beside or between players that arent doing that job, then thats gonna make you look worse. sometimes when you saw blocks whiffed its almost like the OL was thinking "**** gotta help him, **** my man" then next thing you know it just looks horrible.

it took me 3 years to get starting job on DL in HS so my senior year even when we were blowing out teams i wanted to stay in the game. That meant playing with backups and random people that wanted to rush the QB for fun (ie we let the punter and kicker play DE some we stomped some teams so bad) I remember getting chewed out for getting put on skates and pushed back into a LB once...why.. the DT beside me was lined up in the wrong gap, i was trying to yell at him to slide from the 1 to the 3, the DE was lined up a yard offsides for the 3rd consecutive play (the ref had already warned me about him) so im trying to wave that ****er back while yelling at the other DT to slide gaps while trying not to let the OL know we were blitzing the A gap on his side.

I would describe our OL as much of a chaos as it was pure tee **** last year.

I think you are 100% correct, if we still have Dieter as opening day C, i think he'll be fine just doing his job
 
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