This piece in The Ringer highlights Greg Robinson's failure with the Rams, and shines some light on why OL play has suffered, and why there's such a high bust rate. Link - ( New Window )
...and who won't. And it isn't simply a question of work ethic. Something new (even something as simple as moving from the left side of the center to the right side of him) may come easily to one rookie and yet create all kinds of problems for another who is working just as hard at it.
The operative word in this article is - panic ....
Which, as I have noted many times here applies to the Giants' Ereck Flowers.
Flowers despite his natural talent often looks helpless as his technique looks increasingly awful.
It's not that he is "uncoachable", it's that he doesn't trust that he can do the things that he's taught. He's lost part of that big gut, hopeful that means he can move around better and believe in himself more
I have to admit -- I am very concerned about the diverging skill sets appreciated in college as opposed to the pros -- and the lack of practice reps coaches get with Offensive linemen from the rookie stage to becoming a starter. This is especially true as it becomes more and more of a necessity that premium newly drafted players are counted on to start.
One solution that solves two problems for the price of one...
Outlaw the three-point stance for both OL and DL. It would greatly diminish concussions among linemen and also remove that element of the learning curve going from college to the NFL.
Outlaw the three-point stance for both OL and DL. It would greatly diminish concussions among linemen and also remove that element of the learning curve going from college to the NFL.
TERRIBLE IDEA in my opinion
RE: RE: One solution that solves two problems for the price of one...
Outlaw the three-point stance for both OL and DL. It would greatly diminish concussions among linemen and also remove that element of the learning curve going from college to the NFL.
TERRIBLE IDEA in my opinion
It would greatly reduce concussions. In my opinion, that makes it worth it.
RE: That is a good article- thanks for posting it.
Which, as I have noted many times here applies to the Giants' Ereck Flowers.
Flowers despite his natural talent often looks helpless as his technique looks increasingly awful.
It's not that he is "uncoachable", it's that he doesn't trust that he can do the things that he's taught. He's lost part of that big gut, hopeful that means he can move around better and believe in himself more
Yup because some guys just can't be shitty football players, no?
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Outlaw the three-point stance for both OL and DL. It would greatly diminish concussions among linemen and also remove that element of the learning curve going from college to the NFL.
TERRIBLE IDEA in my opinion
Some of those video plays embedded in the article looked exactly like Flowers...