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Icky and Christensen look to be the best combo on the left side of the offensive line since Gross/Wharton.

 Icky, Christensen, Bozeman, Corbett, and Moton

Compare that to even 2 years ago

Okung (most injured)/Daley, Miller, Paradis, Reed, Moton

That is a massive, massive improvement

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12 minutes ago, Mr Mojo Risin said:

Was watching this video after the game yesterday and found myself watching #79 a lot. He's always looking to hit someone whether the play is to his side or the opposite. He gets beat a couple times on the pass rush but was able to recover nicely. He's going to be a special player for us.

 

I was going to say, I was more impressed with him getting beaten, but recovering in the passing game. 

We all knew he was a monster run blocker. 

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53 minutes ago, Sir Purr said:

Nice to not have to worry about  LT for a while. 

The coaching is clearly worried about Ickey in the passing game. They set him up to play more like a guard at the LT position by getting him to the second level.

He was covered by a TE most of the game on pass plays. They would even cover Ickey with 2 receivers. You could tell when the Panthers were going to run the ball because they would leave Ickey uncovered and put the strong side blocking to the right side of the line. If they covererd up Ickey, it was likely a 5 step drop.

The few times they left Ickey uncovered for a 3 step drop, he got beat. He was beat badly on the TD throw to DJ. That was all PJ feeling the pocket and sticking to his footwork to hitch up into the pocket and not run scared or take the sack like Baker or Darnold would have done on a 3 step drop with a small window in the back of the endzone.

He is great in run blocking, and much better when you set him up to play like an OG blocking down on the second level with no DL over top of him. He is great at picking up defenders from the interior of the OL front in a passing situation. He is awful at protecting the QB against edge rushers.

The OL would be much better had they started with Bozeman at C, Christensen at LT and Ickey at LG. Oh well. At least they have learned to put Bozeman at center, run plays that get Ickey a quick release to the second level, and cover Ickey up with TEs to push the edge rush further away from Ickey.

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