Every pass blocking rep from Greg Little

[Saca312]

For his first preseason game in the NFL ever, not bad at all. Could use some work but that's expected from a rookie. Has some good flashes.

But yeah. What are your thoughts?

[ncfan]

Kid is raw and needs coaching

But again, that was said after his first year at Ole Miss and not much changed

 

I was real skeptical about the pick, kid has talent.  But his fundamentals and drive havnt been there

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Kid is raw and needs coaching

But again, that was said after his first year at Ole Miss and not much changed

 

I was real skeptical about the pick, kid has talent.  But his fundamentals and drive havnt been there

Maybe Ole Miss doesn’t have the best offensive line coaches. I feel like there was another high pick from there a few years ago that was talented, but still raw?

[LinvilleGorge]

Honestly, in terms of technique he's pretty much a mess. He's a leaner and reacher with his upper body and everything about his kick slide and footwork appears very choppy and labored. He lacks the fluidity and smoothness that top LTs have. I think he needs a redshirt year. Hopefully he works out.

[BrianS]

Actually, if you watch the reps there, he did pretty well.  Not perfect by any means, but we have paid 55 million for worse in the past . . .

[hepcat]

Little mostly went up against #47 on Chicago who looked quite a bit smaller. I don’t think Little is ready to start. And to those who say “yea but he’s a rookie”, I think he should be further along because of where they drafted him and what they gave up to get him. Could he and should he improve? Yes. But with Daryl Williams adjusting to a new position on the left side and coming off a knee injury, we are going to see Little start this season, I guarantee it. I hope he’s ready. 

Personally I think they should put Moton at LT and put Williams back at RT where he was a second team all pro and let Little have some time to learn the pro game.

[Captain Morgan]

I re-watched the game yesterday and focused on Greg.  He did better than I thought Thursday night.  Don't see him beating out Daryl though.  Most likely he's in for a red-shirt season.

[Ship]

I’ll remain hopeful about Little for like 2 years. If we don’t have a guy who is a solid starter by then, we’ll know he’s done. Ideally he’ll be making a push by the end of the season or next. Best case scenario he makes a big leap after preseason.

[Moo Daeng]

Hes going to get judged by those hellbent on not liking him. However those people dont know how to grade and dont know what they are looking at.

 

[WarPanthers89]

I hope for the best and that he continue to improve, but I am worried if he has to start for us this year. 

[jb2288]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

Maybe Ole Miss doesn’t have the best offensive line coaches. I feel like there was another high pick from there a few years ago that was talented, but still raw?

You talking Tunsil? lol 

 

[archer4364]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly, in terms of technique he's pretty much a mess. He's a leaner and reacher with his upper body and everything about his kick slide and footwork appears very choppy and labored. He lacks the fluidity and smoothness that top LTs have. I think he needs a redshirt year. Hopefully he works out.

Eh he'll be fine, needs to get some snaps. Somebody will inevitably get hurt anyway, I doubt he rides the bench the whole year. 

[BrianS]

56 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Geez, if we are going to bash former players all the time could we at least get things right. We paid Kalil $25M, not $55M. Unless he was an all pro he was never seeing the backend of that deal. It amazes me the hoops people jump through to make people seem worse or maybe you don’t get how NFL contracts work.

Actually, maybe you don't get how NFL contracts work.  We still owe Kalil.  We're going to pay him 5 million this year and 10 million next year.  So yea, we won't pay him the full 55, we'll pay him 40.  15 of which we still owe.

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Actually, maybe you don't get how NFL contracts work.  We still owe Kalil.  We're going to pay him 5 million this year and 10 million next year.  So yea, we won't pay him the full 55, we'll pay him 40.  15 of which we still owe.

We don't owe him anything. That money has already been paid. Bonus money is just prorated throughout the duration of the contract so it's still impacting our cap but he's no longer receiving money from us if that makes sense.