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  1. 8 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

    That is the weirdest QB room on the planet I have to give Mike Tomlin credit he literally has been picking up quarterbacks like he’s sniffing magic markers 


    Good old Quarterback purgatory. That was a terribly lonely place to be. 

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  2. 13 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

    some good players out there still

     

    Eddie Jackson or Adoree Jackson could be reasonably priced stop gap / depth adds

     

     

     


    I like both Jacksons. And Julian Blackmon. And of course Simmons. 
     

    The more think about it, Mekhi Becton makes some semblance of sense. Let him come in, no pressure. Let Kromer work with him and maybe he replaces Spencer Brown next year. I don’t think anyone is going to sign him as a starter. 
     

    I’d wait until after the draft to do anything at this point. 

  3. 3 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:


    Reid has a career in comedy when he retires


    McDemott was actually assistant DBs coach under Spags and they are both disciples of Jim Johnson. Spags has evolved to play more man and blitz more, but Johnson was know being pretty aggressive. Jim Johnson is a disciple of Fritz Shurmur who also mentored Dick Jauron. So McDermott seems to lean on the zone side of things. But the connections are there as well as some similarities in scheme. 

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  4. 1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

    The real problem IMHO isn't the rules, it's the lack of consistency in refereeing and enforcing them.

    One game it's a false start or an illegal formation, the next game it isn't

    Or maybe it's not an illegal formation until most of the way through the game, then at the end of the game suddenly it is

     

    It's DPI and the announcers declaim "they're going to call that every time", except, no, they don't.

     

    The NFL could fix this if they chose, the don't choose.

     

    Also deciding they just weren't going to call holding on the KC offensive line essentially handing them a championship. 

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  5. On Ryan Van Denmark, he is a super high RAS guy with nearly 36 inch arms who was a 4 year starter at UCONN playing left tackle for his last 3 season. He is the exact type of guy you draft or sign and stash and help grow and add strength. i am way more excited about him than I am about Alec Anderson. There is potential there, and we saw that small sample of him filling in for Dion with no issues. 
     

    And if healthy, Tommy Doyle is the other tackle depth. Very similar player to Van Denmark. 
     


     

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  6. 3 hours ago, Beck Water said:

     

    It makes more sense to me after I learned about the Joe Brady/New Orleans overlap.  He must have seen something he liked - potential, work ethic, locker room character, all three.

     

    It makes me feel better that they have a guy who has played center in the NFL last seaon on the roster now: McGovern took 0 snaps there last season.  In this Athletic article McGovern talked about how different Kromer's blocking technique (jump-set) was from what he did with the Cowboys.  Do you know anything about the blocking techniques the Chargers OL uses?  

    I hope you're right that they're not done, but what they add I guess depends upon how they assess the potential in Anderson and Kevin Jarvis,  IMHO drafting a tackle may be equally or more important; we only have Van Demark as our swing tackle at the moment, yes?  And I believe he came into the season never having played LT?  So that's a big gap to me.


    The only thing that I know is that their OL coach the last couple of years was Brendan Nugent. He is now the OL coach in Seattle. He’s a Marc Trestman guy who followed him to Chicago and wound up coaching under Aaron Kromer during that time. He also worked with Joe Brady and Ronald Curry during his time in New Orleans and coached at William and Mary. Nugent also worked for Pat Meyer who is a Trestman/Kromer guy who was Brady’s Oline coach in Carolina. Nugent followed Joe Lombardi to the Chargers and was hired by Brandon Staley who obviously worked with Kromer and LA. Long story short, there is a bunch of crossover there. The Chargers also seem to seek out high RAS linemen as well, though Clapp isn’t one of them. 
     

    In terms of techniques Kromer and Meyer are all about the aggressive first contact jump set on pass pro. It’s a little different than some other guys teach it, but it makes sense. My really long way of answering your question is that I have to assume Nugent is teaching the same stuff. 
     

    Here is a detailed, cool if you are into OL play stuff breakdown of the techniques Meyer teaches, which he learned from Kromer:

     

    https://steelersdepot.com/2022/02/bring-the-fight-to-them-new-steelers-ol-coach-pat-meyers-pass-protection-philosophy/

  7. 2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

     

    How do you feel about this? 

    6 year veteran....he started 11 games for the Chargers last season, but I thought they had kind of a sucky OL

     

    I wouldn't pretend to know enough to have an opinion.


    Honestly I am not sure. I have only seen him play a few times. I guess I would say that I do not think they are done. I think they add a mid level free agent and draft some guys. 

  8. 2 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

     

    Clapp will end up replacing Greg Mancz on the PS..

     

    I can see them drafting both Tackle and a development C in Rounds 4-5…

     

    60 is an awkward spot to get a T … the Top ones are long gone, and then the value ones don’t really start to middle third …


    Totally agree

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  9. 36 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

    Good clapping hands that it’s maybe less likely we feel a need to draft a C in Round 1 or 2 


    I think there is a Zero percent chance they draft IOL in the first two rounds. Whether they added Clapp or not. It’s just not their MO. The only way I could see it is of one of those top tackles are sitting around at the end of round two and could potentially relace Brown next year. I think it’s WR, DT, or edge in the first two rounds with a DB being a possibility as well. JMO

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  10. 2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:


    then Mr. Clapp might have a shot to be the starting Center and move McGovern back to LG and Edwards back to the 3TE/3OT role in heavy


    I don’t see that happeneing. David Edwards is on a whole nother level than Clapp imo. Clapp is here to add depth and probably compete with Alex Anderson. At least that is my opinion. 

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  11. 8 minutes ago, wppete said:


    Liepold and KU lost their OC to Penn State and he is a really good one. Really creative and an aggressive OC. The BIG 10 is in for a surprise next year. 

     

    1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

    andy kotelnicki

     

    Dude is definitely a great coach and I've spent time around him

     

    But he's a protege of Lance... Lance 100% has a game plan I'm not worried

     

    Andy is phenomenal and he's going to be amazing at Penn State

     

    But Lance truly is a program builder... No doubt he will have jayhawk quarterbacks going to the NFL 


    I was at a coaches clinic/chalk talk over there last weekend and kotelnicki is impressive. 

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  12. IMO we have a starting 5 set. 
     

    Then you have Tackles Van Denmark, Tommy Doyle on the roster and Gouraige on a futures

    deal. Doyle was working interior last pre season as well. 
     

    IOL it’s Alec Anderson as a rostered player, and Kevin Jarvis on a futures deal. Both guys are college right tackles playing inside. Both can play center and guard. 
     

    The Bills will have to add here. I assume the 5 starters plus Van Denmark and Anderson have a leg up to make the team. And if he is healthy, Doyle as well. That’s 7 guys and they usually keep 9-10 guys. 
     

    There are a ton of mid level guys in free agency and I assume they draft some people. I think we are in a good place. 

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  13. I like the way Brady started using him later in the year. Early in the year, those OTB check-downs, literally anyone can do that stuff. You play to Kincaid's strengths by using him down the seam and on the Y cross stuff, which is what Brady started doing. So I have super high hopes. Kincaid is a dude. 

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