vagrantprodigy
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50/50. Grier keeps drafting Guards, and LJP turns them into bench warmers.
Anyone know what the pff grades for our olinemen were after Giants game?80 pct Grier
20 pct LJP
You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken ****. Most of this crew is just fundamentally and athletically bad. And anyone that thinks Jackson is our future guard think again. He sucks in there too just not as obvious as at tackle.
This decision by Grier and Flores to go with four unproven young players with little to no experience starting next to an incompetent Jesse Davis combined with an inexperienced o-line coach is why they struggle to protect the QB, run the ball, and score points. The main reason they lost 7 games in a row is because Grier and Flores are idiots! Why would you NOT have several experienced, capable o-linemen to protect your young new QB?One of the biggest problems is the lack of experience on the OL. The team as a whole has a big void in the leadership category but it is glaring on the OL.
The O-line debacle is squarely on whoever decides to draft a guy, who's played his whole football career at one spot, with the intent on playing him anywhere else along the line.
How is LJP or any other O-line coach supposed to teach a guy a whole new position in one off-season or two?
Also, if a guy rates as a first-round player positionally, he doesn't commonly have that same grade elsewhere due mostly to not having the same experience level.
Draft LT's to play LT and RT's to play RT and so on.
Eichenberg played RT vs Buffalo, LV, and Indy. He gave up 3 sacks and 11 combined pressures in those games.LTs in college move to RT all the time. The best OL in college are usually playing LT to protect the QBs blindside.
That Eichenberg is significantly struggling at the position he played in college further hurts your argument…
Updated Power Rankings: Are the Cardinals the NFL's best team? Plus, players who need to improve ASAP
OBJ wants to prove he's still a marquee guy, Zach Wilson is looking for momentum in New York and Jessie Bates III hopes for a big finish to his contract year.www.espn.com
Player who must step up: OL Liam Eichenberg
Eichenberg was one of the most highly touted offensive linemen in the 2021 rookie class, and while he has gained quite a bit of experience starting for the Dolphins this season, he has been the team's worst starter statistically. Since Week 9, the beginning of Miami's win streak, Eichenberg owns a 71.4% pass block win rate -- which ranks 162nd out of 164 qualified linemen. His season-long win rate of 76% ranks dead last among 170 qualified players. He is better than he has played and is not in danger of losing his starting job, but a strong finish would be inspiring before the Dolphins enter an offseason loaded with cash and desperate for improvement. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques
You're right. How many of the top LT's are drafted to play anything else first?LTs in college move to RT all the time. The best OL in college are usually playing LT to protect the QBs blindside.
That Eichenberg is significantly struggling at the position he played in college further hurts your argument…
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