Chad Wheeler is the backup tackle for Hart.
I believe he's talented and will improve line. This is the best way to evaluate the play of the line as whole. The line may not be playing well simply because of the chemistry.
If Wheeler 6-7 2-320lb is Hart's backup then he is next in line to play Rookie or not- Right?
Wheeler should start. Offensive lines around the league aren't handling stunts and the normal pass in general. If we put Wheeler in it may be easier to determine the individual playing next to him. Jerry, Richberg, Pugh and Flowers, have not proven anything either. Flowers takes heat because he misses blocks but a gang unit picks up all the infiltrators coming through the neighborhood.
Sure the guy is young but that's when, you get your experience. I believe Dave Diehl was a free agent, Doug Risenburgh, maybe there are a few others but this line is not established, lets see the truth about our depth now.
Never forget that. If Wheeler was so outstanding in camp he would be starting. In today's NFL the best guys play. Look around the league at how many rookies start now.
Flowers - Jerry - Richburg - Jones - Pugh
The thinking being that Pugh is their best option at RT; Flowers isn't solid enough to put Jones next to him, and Jerry is better; so you put Jerry in Pugh's spot, and play Jones in Jerry's spot.
I think that gives you a bunch of small problems: Jerry playing out of position at LG; a new guy at RG; and Pugh back at RT for the first time in a long time.
I doubt that Wheeler is anywhere close to being ready for major NFL game action at RT, where he's never even played. But the advantage of putting him there is that instead of a bunch of small problems, you have one great big problem.
If they have to play Wheeler at RT they'd have to consider using the 6-lineman look they used occasionally. Or having Ellison on the right side as a blocking TE for a helluva lotta snaps.
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Too bad there ain't nothin' ideal about this offense.
A year did wonders for Hart.
Yeah, well, there is that! :-(
But no...he isn't close to being ready.
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Too bad there ain't nothin' ideal about this offense.
A year did wonders for Hart.
There are many examples of players making strides in year two.
Are me and you the only two guys that think that?
Never forget that. If Wheeler was so outstanding in camp he would be starting. In today's NFL the best guys play. Look around the league at how many rookies start now.
Come on. As you said, how many undrafted free agents start the first game? But isn't reasonable that if they have earned 1st backup position they would be plugged-in in an emergency? Who remembers Wally Pipp? (j/k)
I'm sorry but the thought of Flowers and Jerry side by side terrifies me. I would put Jones there, who I think is better than Jerry.
Flowers could actually be an asset on the right side of the line. Pugh is passable (or at least no worse than flowers) at LT that is at least a foundation we can build around.
I know it is less likely to happen then us going 4-12 with the same line all year. But it is odd that people can talk endlessly about offensive line overhauls and not see that as the most obvious fix.
The coaching had an entire off season and training camp to evaluate these guys, and decided upon the same line up.
In the NFL football league in America, players like Orleans Darkwa who is the backup RB to Perkins from the Los Angeles college in the State of California is easiest back of carrying the football to replace the starting back who runs.
Roger Lewis, the 3rd Roger Lewis directly in his family history, is the easiest player to inject if Odell Beckham, known as OBJ to human people nearest to him, is still injured to the area low on his leg appendage.
I believe all backups are talented and improve with time playing between the whistle blows. Some of these players of the Giants team need to start to reach skill growing status. Plus, if we have a backup play, it might determine who person playing next to him is to be, but for some reason that I cannot translate in Latvian before translating back to English. So I'll just say it and you fine people interacting on Big Blue can digest.
Where have we seen this before? The more things change, the more they stay the same....
As for the original post, no response needed. Since Victor Cruz wandered over here from the Jets for the Saints first round pick, some on this board have grown enamored of the idea that not being drafted means a player is some sort of All Pro just waiting to be unleashed like a craken.
TE used often to protect his outside by chipping. Knows the position better than Wheeler and unlike Wheeler should not be susceptible to being walked back into the QB.
So it took you two rambling paragraphs to say "Chad Wheeler is listed as the backup at RT. Will he play if Bobby Hart can't?"
And what's with the multiple line breaks after your message? You don't need to give it space to breathe.
...and Riesenberg was a 6th round pick.
Never forget that. If Wheeler was so outstanding in camp he would be starting. In today's NFL the best guys play. Look around the league at how many rookies start now.
What's the worst that could happen? Wheeler gets shoved on his ass a millisecond faster than Hart?
It is quite absurd to think that an UDFA could start in place of an injured former 7th round pick.