Is Paradis better than R Kalil?

[Carolina Cajun]

On 3/17/2019 at 9:56 AM, ncfan said:

Since 2015

 

While I do think Paradis now is an improvement over Ryan at the current time, I do want to play some devils advocate right now.  Larsen graded pretty good in his absence in 2017, but the overall O-line performance declined in his absence.  PFF has no way to know what protections and blocking schemes were called or changed by the center on any given play so they can only grade based on what the Center specifically did blocking and the snaps.  What I'm saying is that the most important part of what a Center brings to the game is literally impossible to grade without looking at how well the line played as a whole because they are calling protections.  Another good example of this besides Ryan Kalil is how Max Unger helped improve the saints overall O-line and why his retirement will mean bigger problems than they think.  FWIW, again, I think Paradis will be better for the panthers than Ryan was the past 2 seasons, but I also think its why I think the panthers targeted a good vet center so heavily because a young center or one who isn't very cerebral can lead to an entire O-line looking worse than what their talent level is.