Rookie Michael Deiter Seamlessly Slides Into Left Tackle

[Michael Scott]

Folks on here told me he was a bust a couple of games into the preseason, lol....

 

[Jimi]

He wasnt horrible, he played better than anyone else on our bench. Compare him to some of the 1st rd OL selections taken this past year: Tytus Howard got moved inside for Texans (and isnt good at all there), a few are on IR, he may be having the best season of all the rookie starting OL.

He gave up a sack at tackle, but compare it to last season where we had a "more talented" OL and still had games like the Minnesota game where they gave up 8 sacks and 5-10 more hits.

What do you want him to do, get a pancake block every play in his 3rd career game? Set your expectations a bit lower.

I suppose maybe I have to rewatch the tape, but I remember him getting absolutely abused with one of the slowest first steps I have ever seen repeatedly. Which again like I said, I would expect from someone who should never have been asked to play that position in the first place. And just because our bench is also horrible isn't much of a consolation here.

Giving up one sack and one tackle doesn't account for pressures. I would be willing to bet his pressures allowed stat was alarmingly bad. No idea where you got the notion that my expectations were too high and that I expect pancake blocks. Not getting beat around the edge every other play would be nice, but yet again, I didn't even expect that not to happen

 

[DZimmer000]

That was “Seamless”? Wow. That’s one way to look at it I guess. Or you could say that he looked like a rookie guard that should never have been playing tackle.

 

[Dolphin North]

I was pleasantly surprised with how well the oline played Sunday. This oline coach is gonna be a good addition I think.

I almost can't imagine that. ^^^^
Anyway, I thought Deiter did well. He was hanging on for dear life with a lot of reaching and lunging as he does not have the lateral speed to play LT long term, but moving a rookie guard to left tackle in his third NFL game on a horrible line to begin with should spell disaster. I thought he hung in there as well as a guy with his physical tools can.

 

[FSU Truth]

He looked like a left guard with poor feet trying to play LT. Commendable job, but far from successful.