Here's my shitpost of the day:
Why wouldn't we go with six offensive linemen on most plays. Cram them on to the line create a bigger wall? Have a swing guard, like Fluker, move to the left or right side of the center depending on the play and position on the field.
It's been done on occasion but not permanently. I remember it being done mid-season last year by Atlanta I think.
What is keeping us from doing that?
sumos
If you want to put another OL there, you are allowed.....but it limits you offensively. All teams do this, that's why you report an OL as offensively eligible to the ref.
That's why you have TE's.
Get some bigger sumo wrestlers in there.
Get some bigger sumo wrestlers in there.
It's not a terrible idea, but the Giants already have a bit of a logjam with skill position players, especially Ellison/Engram/Shepard in particular. This would mean that only one of the three would be on the field at a time, or you'd go empty backfield.
And if you're using it only to help prop up the running game, it basically telegraphs run.
But the biggest problem is this: the Giants don't even have FIVE good offensive linemen and now you want to put SIX out there? ;)
His immense size generates too much heat and melts the ice.
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However TEs (supposedly) aren't as good blockers as a prototypical OL.
Get some bigger sumo wrestlers in there.
It's not a terrible idea, but the Giants already have a bit of a logjam with skill position players, especially Ellison/Engram/Shepard in particular. This would mean that only one of the three would be on the field at a time, or you'd go empty backfield.
And if you're using it only to help prop up the running game, it basically telegraphs run.
But the biggest problem is this: the Giants don't even have FIVE good offensive linemen and now you want to put SIX out there? ;)
Two shitty lineman must make one average one no?
All the skill players in the world won't help if they never get open and/or Eli isn't standing long enough to let their routes mature.
I have wondered the same many times..
Just have a center, then 2 other O-linemen stand on either side with a big fucking table. Gives you more receivers. SOMEONE will be open, and there's NO way a rush is going to penetrate tables.
DO IT!
Charles Wang, is that you?