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Don't sleep on P I O

YANKEE28 : 10/19/2021 12:18 pm
Earlier today, the SF 49ers signed former Giant center Jon Halapio to their Practice Squad.

Can it be any clearer-when you are building a football team, you need to start with a quality O Line.

There just are not enough of them to go around at any level- pro, college, or even high school.
Why are there not enough, even at  
Bill in UT : 10/19/2021 12:22 pm : link
the HS level? There a plenty of big kids. Are the better athletes playing defense?
lol  
Optimus-NY : 10/19/2021 12:39 pm : link
I remember DG crowing about Pio, lol. What a joke. This OL is putrid. The man has had 3 plus years to try and fix it and has failed miserably.
Pio was in the twitter hangout the other day  
Platos : 10/19/2021 12:39 pm : link
listening to fans lament on their horrible team.

thought it was cool.
Championship!  
Joe Beckwith : 10/19/2021 4:39 pm : link
It had to be said.
RE: lol  
Jint Fan in Buc Land : 10/19/2021 8:30 pm : link
In comment 15421339 Optimus-NY said:
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I remember DG crowing about Pio, lol. What a joke. This OL is putrid. The man has had 3 plus years to try and fix it and has failed miserably.


What did he say? I’ve been wondering why we didn’t sign him given the level of scrub we’ve stooped too
RE: Why are there not enough, even at  
D HOS : 10/19/2021 8:43 pm : link
In comment 15421284 Bill in UT said:
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the HS level? There a plenty of big kids. Are the better athletes playing defense?


I thought I knew the answer to this, but since I am on hold with tech support at night, with nothing to do meanwhile, I did some Internet reading about this topic.

Here is the best article I have found. According to this and numerous other articles, due to the CBA, basically coaching opportunities have been drastically reduced, reps have been drastically reduced, and therefore new oline players and newly constructed units don't have enough time to learn to play in sync with each other.


Lack of Offensive Line Development in NFL Falls on League, Coaches - ( New Window )
RE: RE: lol  
Optimus-NY : 10/19/2021 10:25 pm : link
In comment 15422118 Jint Fan in Buc Land said:
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In comment 15421339 Optimus-NY said:


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I remember DG crowing about Pio, lol. What a joke. This OL is putrid. The man has had 3 plus years to try and fix it and has failed miserably.



What did he say? I’ve been wondering why we didn’t sign him given the level of scrub we’ve stooped too


Pio was worse than what we have. The guy sucked, yet they trotted him out there as a starter.
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