Justin Britt and the O-line

[vin.couve12]

I love the competition aspect about this team as a whole, but this week needs to be the last week that Cable is moving people around. I have a lot of concern about teams throwing stunts at us left and right just like the beginning of last season and we don't know how to handle it because 5 men have only played together for 3 days.

Preseason is a bit buttered up in that regard.

 

[Seahawkfan80]

The Britt experiment may have been on course all along. Put him on one side of the center to learn the reads there, then put him on the other side to learn the reads there on OUR TEAM. Then finish off with the final position at CENTER. Know the reads so he can call them and the qb can go play football with less on his mind. Just thoughts and ramblings from a football fan. :mrgreen:

That's actually a good take on the situation, and one that I hadn't considered.

I don't believe this for a second, but it is an entertaining thought Bottom line, give the coaches a LOT of credit for finding a good place for Britt. I, like a lot of people, was ready to ride that guy out of town on a rail...

I also find this entertaining and doubt it was a long term project from teh git go, but as a discussion this off season?

Cable: What do we do about Britt?
Pete: What do we do about center?

:idea:

Cable: What do you think about Britt at center? He knows both sides of the line...

yup

 

[hawknation2016]

“We’re pretty settled right now, however, we’re just allowing the competition to play itself out and we don’t want to cut off anybody’s opportunities,” Carroll said. “It’s more likely not to change a lot than it will, but we want to keep the competition open, and the guys are showing that they’re worthy of that. So we’ll see what happens.”

http://www.seahawks.com/news/2016/08/24 ... as-cowboys

 

[vin.couve12]

“We’re pretty settled right now, however, we’re just allowing the competition to play itself out and we don’t want to cut off anybody’s opportunities,” Carroll said. “It’s more likely not to change a lot than it will, but we want to keep the competition open, and the guys are showing that they’re worthy of that. So we’ll see what happens.”

http://www.seahawks.com/news/2016/08/24 ... as-cowboys

Interesting given Webb's reps at LT, but good to hear none the less.

 

[Jville]

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[hawknation2016]

Rookie Joey Hunt went second in the rotation at center and played 20 snaps to just eight for Patrick Lewis

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seah ... t-of-work/

 

[TheRealDTM]

I'm afraid we're still going into the season without a LT. I'm pretty happy with the interior and I think Gilliam is a serviceable, slightly below average right tackle but we have no LT.

 

[hawknation2016]

I'm afraid we're still going into the season without a LT. I'm pretty happy with the interior and I think Gilliam is a serviceable, slightly below average right tackle but we have no LT.

Sowell has been fine. Zero pressures allowed by Sowell at LT in Games 1 and 3. Looking a lot more physical than expected. The only player who has managed a pressure against Sowell was Pro Bowler Everson Griffen. Against the better rushers, he will probably struggle, but we should be able to game plan for those rushers; use play action, TE or extra blocker on left side, roll Wilson out, etc. A lot of positive things to take away from the way this new offensive line is playing.

 

[TheRealDTM]

Against the better rushers, he will probably struggle, but we should be able to game plan for those rushers; use play action, TE or extra blocker on left side, roll Wilson out, etc

Well thats what I noticed last night,we did that against the Cowboys porous DLINE, we either kept a TE in on the left or had the RB chip on his way out, thats a fine way to work around a flaw but it does limit things unnecessarily.

 

[Hawks46]

The Britt experiment may have been on course all along. Put him on one side of the center to learn the reads there, then put him on the other side to learn the reads there on OUR TEAM. Then finish off with the final position at CENTER. Know the reads so he can call them and the qb can go play football with less on his mind. Just thoughts and ramblings from a football fan. :mrgreen:

That's actually a good take on the situation, and one that I hadn't considered.

It's highly unlikely that they drafted a guy in the 2nd round to be a Tackle, just hoping he wouldn't cut it and end up at Center in 2 years.

My take is the same as it was: Britt was a bit unrefined coming out of a spread offensive (with spread offensive line splits) in college and needed some work. He was a mixed bag his rookie year, then they moved him to LG. Not because he "sucked so bad" at RT, but because they had absolutely NO other viable options at LG. This year, he went to Center because they had Gilliam, Webb and Sowell on the roster, and they like what they see from Fant and Poole.

I'm not saying he was lighting it up at RT, but you typically give a guy more than one year to acclimate to a position in the NFL before cutting bait. It makes sense that he'd be good at Center because by all reports he's smart and a hard worker, and he's physically a superior athlete.

 

[Crizilla]

Ifedi was grabbing jersey for like 4-5 seconds on Wilson's TD pass to Lockett. That's going to get called in the reg season almost every time, wouldn't it?

 

[JPatera76]

Ifedi was grabbing jersey for like 4-5 seconds on Wilson's TD pass to Lockett. That's going to get called in the reg season almost every time, wouldn't it?

I think it depends, I believe (which im probably wrong tbh) when the defender disengages that's when the Offensive player needs to as well, and hand placement inside the pads vs outside.

 

[theincrediblesok]

Ifedi was grabbing jersey for like 4-5 seconds on Wilson's TD pass to Lockett. That's going to get called in the reg season almost every time, wouldn't it?

I think there are holding on every play, just gotta be good at concealing it like the Cowboys O-line. I saw that play and Webb also pull some jersey but not as long as Ifedi did. The crazy thing about Russell scrambling is that the ref is paying more attention to him than his blockers, that's a bonus to our side as long as a penalty is not in front of the ref.

 

[theincrediblesok]

This explains it, holding is hard to call on every play, funny thing in this video it has two plays where both are Cowboys O-linemen committing the penalty lol

http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/offensive-holding/

 

[JPatera76]

This explains it, holding is hard to call on every play, funny thing in this video it has two plays where both are Cowboys O-linemen committing the penalty lol

http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/offensive-holding/

Yup... cowboays are just infamous for it.. so much so that if the NFL did call them consistently... well there would be more flag time than gametime.

 

[chris98251]

Cowboys have perfected Synchronized Holding, it's when you do it solo you get caught.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

The Britt experiment may have been on course all along. Put him on one side of the center to learn the reads there, then put him on the other side to learn the reads there on OUR TEAM. Then finish off with the final position at CENTER. Know the reads so he can call them and the qb can go play football with less on his mind. Just thoughts and ramblings from a football fan. :mrgreen:

That's actually a good take on the situation, and one that I hadn't considered.

It's highly unlikely that they drafted a guy in the 2nd round to be a Tackle, just hoping he wouldn't cut it and end up at Center in 2 years.

My take is the same as it was: Britt was a bit unrefined coming out of a spread offensive (with spread offensive line splits) in college and needed some work. He was a mixed bag his rookie year, then they moved him to LG. Not because he "sucked so bad" at RT, but because they had absolutely NO other viable options at LG. This year, he went to Center because they had Gilliam, Webb and Sowell on the roster, and they like what they see from Fant and Poole.

I'm not saying he was lighting it up at RT, but you typically give a guy more than one year to acclimate to a position in the NFL before cutting bait. It makes sense that he'd be good at Center because by all reports he's smart and a hard worker, and he's physically a superior athlete.

A couple years late but he was my Adopt a Rookie. One for two isn't bad given I was absolutely right about Lockett. It's looking like I have an outside chance this year if my boy Procise keeps it up.

 

[sc85sis]

This explains it, holding is hard to call on every play, funny thing in this video it has two plays where both are Cowboys O-linemen committing the penalty lol

http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/offensive-holding/

Based on that video, Michael Bennett is getting held about a half dozen or more times every game.