HawKnPeppa
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Not saying emphatically whether he's right or wrong, but I found his thoughts on OL acquisition interesting.
We've all heard Cable's thoughts about the majority of college OL being limited because they are only taught spread O. Cable uses this as his rationale for drafting lower-round D-line conversion prospects.
Tobeck counters that argument by saying that if you pick up somebody with spread O experience, at least you have a better chance of him not being totally abysmal in pass pro, so you could concentrate on developing his run-blocking skills. He contrasted this with a D-lineman conversion, where you're starting from ground zero in both pass and run blocking. I find myself agreeing enough with Tobeck'ss approach that I 'd like to see more of that from Cable. I say this while recognizing that you are more likely the find better athleticism from defensive players, but I sometimes think Cable is too obsessed with how athletic someone is, which may cloud his thinking.
Anyhow the link below was posted in one of Ivotuk's media threads, and I thought it worth breaking out.
http://mynorthwest.com/category/pod_pla ... 0and%20Tom
We've all heard Cable's thoughts about the majority of college OL being limited because they are only taught spread O. Cable uses this as his rationale for drafting lower-round D-line conversion prospects.
Tobeck counters that argument by saying that if you pick up somebody with spread O experience, at least you have a better chance of him not being totally abysmal in pass pro, so you could concentrate on developing his run-blocking skills. He contrasted this with a D-lineman conversion, where you're starting from ground zero in both pass and run blocking. I find myself agreeing enough with Tobeck'ss approach that I 'd like to see more of that from Cable. I say this while recognizing that you are more likely the find better athleticism from defensive players, but I sometimes think Cable is too obsessed with how athletic someone is, which may cloud his thinking.
Anyhow the link below was posted in one of Ivotuk's media threads, and I thought it worth breaking out.
http://mynorthwest.com/category/pod_pla ... 0and%20Tom