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Ifedi, Odhiambo, and Hunt all played offensive line in college. Are any of the DTs Seattle acquired getting looked at for OL? I've heard of some getting looks at FB, but not OL. Former Basketball player George Fant may end up at OL someday perhaps.
So unless I'm mistaken, there isn't a single new example of converting DL to OL in 2016. This after Seattle had done this regularly with 1-2 players every year since 2012 to the point that it became the butt of jokes around here.
If this is the case, does that mean Seattle has become disenchanted with the concept of giving Cable raw athletes with no experience? John Schneider has talked a lot recently about the OL's most important thing to improve on is simply knowing what to do. Ifedi and Odhiambo do not lack for experience, and Hunt is the epitome of a player who is drafted for his polish and not his tools. Hunt by the way, is the player PCJS identified as the one player they felt they had to make sure they got in the 2016 draft.
When Pete went on the Brock and Salk show after the draft, he even joked about the caller who angrily said "CAN WE PLEASE JUST DRAFT A GUARD!" Pete drafted offensive tackles to play guard this year, but I think the fact that Pete brought up that caller's sentiment unprompted during the interview, in a tone that seemed supportive of the caller... my takeaway from that moment was Pete acknowledging that drafting OL to play OL was a bigger priority this year.
I guess we'll see what Seattle does next year, but based on the 2016 offseason, I have a hunch that the "draft raw athletes and coach them up" strategy is being phased out to some extent. Having tools still matters, as the Ifedi pick proves, but having a higher starting point experience wise seems to matter more this year.
So unless I'm mistaken, there isn't a single new example of converting DL to OL in 2016. This after Seattle had done this regularly with 1-2 players every year since 2012 to the point that it became the butt of jokes around here.
If this is the case, does that mean Seattle has become disenchanted with the concept of giving Cable raw athletes with no experience? John Schneider has talked a lot recently about the OL's most important thing to improve on is simply knowing what to do. Ifedi and Odhiambo do not lack for experience, and Hunt is the epitome of a player who is drafted for his polish and not his tools. Hunt by the way, is the player PCJS identified as the one player they felt they had to make sure they got in the 2016 draft.
When Pete went on the Brock and Salk show after the draft, he even joked about the caller who angrily said "CAN WE PLEASE JUST DRAFT A GUARD!" Pete drafted offensive tackles to play guard this year, but I think the fact that Pete brought up that caller's sentiment unprompted during the interview, in a tone that seemed supportive of the caller... my takeaway from that moment was Pete acknowledging that drafting OL to play OL was a bigger priority this year.
I guess we'll see what Seattle does next year, but based on the 2016 offseason, I have a hunch that the "draft raw athletes and coach them up" strategy is being phased out to some extent. Having tools still matters, as the Ifedi pick proves, but having a higher starting point experience wise seems to matter more this year.