Mays at center

[KillerKat]

2 minutes ago, Floppin said:

I mean honestly we keep 9 oline at most. and our top 9 aren't bad. You're likely looking at Elflein and Jordan rounding out the 8/9 spots on that list. I don't think that Daley or Brown make the roster. I also think there's a better than average chance we can upgrade from other teams cuts.

Jordan sucks ass too

[Floppin]

2 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Jordan sucks ass too

Yeah well, bottom of the depth chart is bottom of the depth chart.

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Jordan sucks ass too

Yeah, Elflein is probably typical decent NFL backup caliber. Jordan is trash.

[Eric4280]

Why are we quickly writing off Bozeman after a single game of preseason? Players can have rough games , they’re human. I don’t get it. It’s not like he’s out here costing us Super Bowls with poor blocking. The line will be fine. The ground work has been placed. Rock steady pro bowl RT, super bowl winning RG, C from a team that calls for a premium at every OL spot, 6th overall pick on a pure bully of a LT (although he does need to work on balance, but he’s a rookie, let him have that time), and at LG you’ve got an underplayed player that people have been saying is most improved- with a well renowned OL coach.

I sincerely don’t get this doom and gloom. We need more glass half full going on in this fanbase.

[Floppin]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, Elflein is probably typical decent NFL backup caliber. Jordan is trash.

I'm hoping we can upgrade both through cuts but especially Jordan.

[Floppin]

1 minute ago, Eric4280 said:

Why are we quickly writing off Bozeman after a single game of preseason? Players can have rough games , they’re human. I don’t get it. It’s not like he’s out here costing us Super Bowls with poor blocking. The line will be fine. The ground work has been placed. Rock steady pro bowl RT, super bowl winning RG, C from a team that calls for a premium at every OL spot, 6th overall pick on a pure bully of a LT (although he does need to work on balance, but he’s a rookie, let him have that time), and at LG you’ve got an underplayed player that people have been saying is most improved- with a well renowned OL coach.

I sincerely don’t get this doom and gloom. We need more glass half full going on in this fanbase.

I'm not sure that saying that Mays could be our future at C is writing Bozeman off. I feel like this thread is a positive thread, so I'm not sure why you're confused. I'm assuming Bozeman is going to start, but he's just looked average to me so far, but average is obviously better than what we've had recently. I just think that Mays has the potential to surplant him in the near future. I don't understand why you feel that's a negative.

[Eric4280]

10 minutes ago, Floppin said:

I'm not sure that saying that Mays could be our future at C is writing Bozeman off. I feel like this thread is a positive thread, so I'm not sure why you're confused. I'm assuming Bozeman is going to start, but he's just looked average to me so far, but average is obviously better than what we've had recently. I just think that Mays has the potential to surplant him in the near future. I don't understand why you feel that's a negative.

Not the entire thread but I’ve noticed in other threads and some comments on here that poof- Bozeman is done. I’m actually also really high on Mays too. Wondered why his draft stock dipped like it did.

[Floppin]

Just now, Eric4280 said:

Not the entire thread but I’ve noticed in other threads and some comments on here that poof- Bozeman is done. I’m actually also really high on Mays too. Wondered why his draft stock dipped like it did.

He's was a guard forced to play tackle on a bad Tennessee team with a bad offensive scheme and missed some time due to injury.

[Floppin]

But he was generally regarded as projecting as a center and I'm glad that our coaching staff seems to be steering him in that direction. I'm choosing to credit the new o-line coaching for not being dumbasses like we've had in that regard recently.

[LinvilleGorge]

33 minutes ago, Eric4280 said:

Not the entire thread but I’ve noticed in other threads and some comments on here that poof- Bozeman is done. I’m actually also really high on Mays too. Wondered why his draft stock dipped like it did.

Out of sight out of mind. Bozeman is hurt so he's out of sight and out of mind.

[Rags]

15 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Mays is a bright spot in an otherwise clusterfug of bad depth in Jordan, Daley, Brown, Elflein, Tecklenburg, Horton, and Erving.

depth almost completely across the board is this teams biggest weakness, but at least this team looks like it could field starter quality players at every position for once.

[pantherj]

It's pretty obvious what we're doing with our o-line. This is more of a run blocking o-line built for CMC. The plan is probably to play action pass to CMC once he gets going, and then throw out of that. We're going to try to maul teams with monsters like Ickey and Moton, and in the middle we'll use violence pulling like you saw in the clip in this thread. That can lead to injuries but also set CMC on fire for big gains. Smashing into guy leading with your head and going flying to the turf does not make for a long career, put it that way.