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09-26-2024, 07:36 AM | #16 | |
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Maybe could start having Taylor take some snaps in practice now over the next couple of weeks and than 100% during week 6 bye for two full weeks. |
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09-26-2024, 07:40 AM | #17 |
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That's not something you do mid season by choice. If you've got catastrophic injury luck and have to shuffle your entire OL, then maybe, but it certainly isn't ideal, and having to effectively reverse your technique to where you'd be completely effective would take a hell of a lot more time than just a couple weeks.
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09-26-2024, 07:40 AM | #18 | |
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09-26-2024, 07:42 AM | #19 | |
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09-26-2024, 07:43 AM | #20 |
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Is it just me or did Trey Smith slim down in the offseason?
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09-26-2024, 07:43 AM | #21 |
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True, but easier said than done. If you think about it, they've been trying to do that ever since Fisher left.
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09-26-2024, 07:44 AM | #22 | |
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I get everything you’re saying but Pat still has to square up to throw and at that point he is more blind to the left tackle side than right……AND this has been his problem so far. I think locking up LT, if Taylor can do it in practice, Mahomes can handle the right side with 100% constant visibility. Pat does not have faith in our young LTs to keep him clean in those split second moments he has to square up and throw BLIND from what’s coming on the left side. |
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09-26-2024, 07:44 AM | #23 |
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It's why i wish they'd have just signed a veteran stopgap, especially if they weren't prepared to slide some significant help Kingsleys way in case things went sideways. Instead they just bench him for Morris.
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09-26-2024, 07:44 AM | #24 |
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09-26-2024, 07:50 AM | #26 | |
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I'm not saying it's NOT a problem. I'm saying it's substantially less problematic than it used to be. It used to be that the QB had NO chance to look over there and have any idea how things were going. In the modern NFL that's just not the case. Especially when you consider that we run a WCO style offense that uses the lateral parts of the field a ton. So oftentimes PM is having to square his shoulders to the LEFT side of the formation to make a throw and focus downfield there, at which time he can't know if the right side has held for that last heartbeat before he throws the ball. If you could be even the slightest bit confident that Taylor would make the transition seamlessly to the Left side - sure, do it. You can't. Even a little bit. Because even if he looks great in practice, he's doing reps against scout team DEs. Without the pressure of the game. That means precisely dick (and that's why teams don't do these kinds of experiments in-season). Most of the problems that exist with a turnstile at LT would still exist with that turnstile at RT. As such, there's no reason to risk creating a problem at BOTH. |
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09-26-2024, 07:51 AM | #27 | |
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Most premier pass rushers will float. They'll move to your weakest OL and attack him. That didn't used to be the case because again, most offenses kept the TE tight against the RT on the strong side of the offense so there was a clear tactical advantage to having your best pass rusher on the right side of your defensive formation going against a single OT on the weak side of the offense. The LT/RT distinction is nothing close to what it used to be. |
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09-26-2024, 07:54 AM | #29 | |
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Practices in-season are for installs. They're not for experimentation. Because again, your 1st team defense is out there practicing against your scout team Offense to prepare for the upcoming opponent. Meanwhile your 1st team offense is practicing against your scout team defense for the same reason. And NEITHER of them are running at full speed. You can't learn shit about that kind of thing during an in-season practice. That's simply not how this works. |
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09-26-2024, 08:04 AM | #30 |
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I remember watching them introduce the OL on SNF, and everyone (except Wanya who had no ranking) was top 10 at their position. Patrick is gonna get his shit together, and turn back into Pat. He’s gonna get comfortable behind this elite line (less one position) and we’re gonna THREEPEAT. Top 10 OL, and Defense? No way we shouldn’t win it all.
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