I noticed he wasn't playing on the 49ers O-line during the playoffs. So I looked him up an saw he started 13 games for the 49ers but got injured and placed on IR in December.
Prior to that injury, anyone know how he has performing the past 2 years? Also saw that San Fran asked him to take a pay cut to free up salary cap room, so maybe he wasn't playing up to his massive contract he signed.
Before the injury, he performed like he did here: inconsistent. Brilliant at times, and lapses as well. He restructured his contract before the season to give the team more cap flexibility. Apparently some fans were unhappy with his consistency, and thought he could be replaced.
Now, Ben Garland has come in and played extremely well in his absence, so he may have been surpassed on the depth chart.
The thing about Richburg was the Giants were not running a system based on Alex Gibbs wide Zone scheme which benefits Finesse linemen. Here Richburg was mostly focusing on more of a power run game, which required him to be much stronger off the line of scrimmage (LOS) and be more dominant at the point of attack.
The hiring is important but so scheme and player. With the OL, you need a cohesive group of men who have similar strengths. Power football is great, but you need the linemen for it.
General consensus was overpaid but solid. Injuries have been his biggest issue, and this year was better than last before he got hurt. He said that the guy replacing him was a vet journeyman brought in to back up both C and G, and that he's a good player but there is a drop off from Richburg, something he thought might have more to do with the recognition of the game than anything physical.
At any rate - one thing the Giants need for sure, a new C.
On that honesty front - shipping off Brett Jones was probably a bigger mistake than not retaining Richburg.
Agree. Also agree that we should have kept Jones.
Shotgun inside handoffs when the other team's D knew exactly what plays we were running.
It's no surprise he looks much better in an outside zone scheme.
True.
But in a way he’s the worst kind of player. Frequently injured, always wondering “what if” he was healthy with his performance and the team. Overpaid, but in a way that doesn’t make him easy to cut considering his ability and contract.
That wasn't scheme, that was getting bullied.
And that says it all.
Weez in trouble.
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overpaid, but if we're being honest here, we'd take him over Halapio and Pulley in a heartbeat.
And that says it all.
Weez in trouble.
Yup, and it would be hard to spill tears over an adequate, unspectacular lineman being overpaid when we're giving Nate Solder an at-the-time record setting contract for barely NFL-quality performance.
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overpaid, but if we're being honest here, we'd take him over Halapio and Pulley in a heartbeat.
True.
But in a way he’s the worst kind of player. Frequently injured, always wondering “what if” he was healthy with his performance and the team. Overpaid, but in a way that doesn’t make him easy to cut considering his ability and contract.
Yup, rather not be stuck with the contract, we've got enough.
…(back to 2012) and read all the warnings and handwringing about our precious offensive line.
It doesn't matter who owns this franchise nor who coaches it:
If we don't fix this f***ed-up unit, we're in for another decade of embarrassing football.
…(back to 2012) and read all the warnings and handwringing about our precious offensive line.
It doesn't matter who owns this franchise nor who coaches it:
If we don't fix this f***ed-up unit, we're in for another decade of embarrassing football.
Nobody has beaten that drum louder than me.
They do run Zone but watch film, there's a ton of Gap scheme as well.
They block down and pull as much as they run Outside Zone.
I see what you did there.
They do run Zone but watch film, there's a ton of Gap scheme as well.
They block down and pull as much as they run Outside Zone.
You're joking right? It's the same approach as his father Mike Shanahan's teams. Zone with built in play action and tons of misdirection.