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First, it was hard to get a great review because Seattle held the ball so little and didn't run very many plays. That said, here are some random observations of some of the OL/TE members.
Gilliam:
He played pretty much the entire game.
Vs. the starters, Gilliam did a good job staying in front of pass rushers while protecting against an inside move, and he seemed decently stout against a bull rush. Chargers didn't seem to do a very good job of testing him on the edge rush. It didn't seem like a challenging assignment, but Gilliam did what you would like to see.
Vs. the backups, Gilliam started getting some nice push in the run game, particularly on doubles. Rawls had a couple of nice gainers late in the game and both were fueled by double teams keyed by Gilliam.
Overall, Gilliam looked like a solid and well rounded starter, and against the 4th stringers he looked dominant. He still looks like a guy that is figuring out the position, but he uses his size, arm length, and athleticism well enough.
Sweezy:
Kind of a solid but forgettable game, the Chargers didn't attack Sweezy the way that the Broncos did.
Nowak:
Started again, played better this time. He has a little strength, even if it feels like he needs a double team to move anybody, and he's not the ZBS dream that Unger once was. Unger was a great cut blocker and great 2nd level guy. Nowak feels more like a man-scheme guy so far, taking a lot of matchups straight up. He anchors well in protection. I guess we'll see how fast his feet are against Aaron Donald. Overall, looked like a passable starter in this game.
Britt:
If he hadn't been so tall, I bet he would have been moved to guard in college. It's a natural position for him. His tendency to quit a little on the outside edge rush can still be a problem though, like on the play where Russell overthrew Graham deep.
Bailey:
I wonder if he slept the night before the game. He just looked out of it.
Graham:
Still not a consistent high effort blocker. I'll predict that by the latter half of the season, Seattle will be using Graham to block quite a bit less and treat him more as a pure receiver.
Glowinsky:
Strangely enough, for a guy that gets comped to Sweezy, Glowinsky looks relatively rotund. He seems to move to the second level decently well but not because he looks fast, more because he looks well coached.
Glowingsky has a strong upper body and good feet. At least so far that has made him really tough to shake in pass pro. Vs. the run he's more of a wrestler than a drive blocker. He's another guy that kind of feels designed for more of a man blocking system. He entered the game in the 2nd half and faced mostly camp bodies and looked solid (while Gilliam looked dominant against the same group.)
A lot of the TFL's Seattle gave up were a result of San Diego blitzing the run or blitzing the bootleg and guessing right. It didn't seem like they wanted to show much in terms of confusing Seattle's interior protection though.
The overall OL performance seemed pretty average. Seattle's first half struggles on offense mostly boiled down to the team shooting themselves in the foot over and over again with negative plays and missed throws.
Gilliam:
He played pretty much the entire game.
Vs. the starters, Gilliam did a good job staying in front of pass rushers while protecting against an inside move, and he seemed decently stout against a bull rush. Chargers didn't seem to do a very good job of testing him on the edge rush. It didn't seem like a challenging assignment, but Gilliam did what you would like to see.
Vs. the backups, Gilliam started getting some nice push in the run game, particularly on doubles. Rawls had a couple of nice gainers late in the game and both were fueled by double teams keyed by Gilliam.
Overall, Gilliam looked like a solid and well rounded starter, and against the 4th stringers he looked dominant. He still looks like a guy that is figuring out the position, but he uses his size, arm length, and athleticism well enough.
Sweezy:
Kind of a solid but forgettable game, the Chargers didn't attack Sweezy the way that the Broncos did.
Nowak:
Started again, played better this time. He has a little strength, even if it feels like he needs a double team to move anybody, and he's not the ZBS dream that Unger once was. Unger was a great cut blocker and great 2nd level guy. Nowak feels more like a man-scheme guy so far, taking a lot of matchups straight up. He anchors well in protection. I guess we'll see how fast his feet are against Aaron Donald. Overall, looked like a passable starter in this game.
Britt:
If he hadn't been so tall, I bet he would have been moved to guard in college. It's a natural position for him. His tendency to quit a little on the outside edge rush can still be a problem though, like on the play where Russell overthrew Graham deep.
Bailey:
I wonder if he slept the night before the game. He just looked out of it.
Graham:
Still not a consistent high effort blocker. I'll predict that by the latter half of the season, Seattle will be using Graham to block quite a bit less and treat him more as a pure receiver.
Glowinsky:
Strangely enough, for a guy that gets comped to Sweezy, Glowinsky looks relatively rotund. He seems to move to the second level decently well but not because he looks fast, more because he looks well coached.
Glowingsky has a strong upper body and good feet. At least so far that has made him really tough to shake in pass pro. Vs. the run he's more of a wrestler than a drive blocker. He's another guy that kind of feels designed for more of a man blocking system. He entered the game in the 2nd half and faced mostly camp bodies and looked solid (while Gilliam looked dominant against the same group.)
A lot of the TFL's Seattle gave up were a result of San Diego blitzing the run or blitzing the bootleg and guessing right. It didn't seem like they wanted to show much in terms of confusing Seattle's interior protection though.
The overall OL performance seemed pretty average. Seattle's first half struggles on offense mostly boiled down to the team shooting themselves in the foot over and over again with negative plays and missed throws.
The rest of the line played a forgettable game by my book.
