“I don’t know why they haven’t moved him (Ickey) to guard yet”

[ncfan]

Our friend @ellison his podcast mentioned that a friend of his who is a scout for a prominent team in the NFL told him this.

 

We may have to still continue to look for our franchise LT this offseason.

[ChibCU]

Here I was on draft night so happy thinking we got the best LT to fall to us.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just now, ChibCU said:

Here I was on draft night so happy thinking we got the best LT to fall to us.

We had our choice of all the LTs. We just chose the one that was the least ready for pass pro. 

[Tomcatn]

6 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

We had our choice of all the LTs. We just chose the one that was the least ready for pass pro. 

The Panther way

[Waldo]

Or stop ruining his value, trade him for a first and draft a good OG in the 3rd...

He can play LT in other schemes. I hope he asks to be traded if they try this. Spending a 6th pick on the Guard to prop up this offense is more mistakes on top of the last ones. Just run a mauler O the rest of the year, build up values and sell the lineman that can't do zone blocking well. Or piss away more value leaving a gapping hole at LT and not LG the rest of the year. 

[LinvilleGorge]

*looks at backup OL*

Oh, THAT'S why.

I still think Ickey's best position is OG and Christensen's best position it LT.

[Carl Spackler]

putting the OL in "LOL"

[CPF4LIFE]

If they are gonna move him it should be going into his 3rd year. 

[ncfan]

3 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Or stop ruining his value, trade him for a first and draft a good OG in the 3rd...

He can play LT in other schemes. I hope he asks to be traded if they try this. Spending a 6th pick on the Guard to prop up this offense is more mistakes on top of the last ones. Just run a mauler O the rest of the year, build up values and sell the lineman that can't do zone blocking well. Or piss away more value leaving a gapping hole at LT and not LG the rest of the year. 

Can he though?

I know he run blocked better in a power run scheme.  But even in Wilks power run scheme.  They always had a TE over helping him in pass pro.

 

Also.  I’m not sure how much a scheme change effect him jumping or holding people.  He’s currently 3rd in the entire NFL regardless of position in Penalties this season.

[AU-panther]

Top-10 LT pick having to move to guard?

Are we going to blame the owner’s wife for this or can we admit our front office leaves some to be desired? 

[Mr. Scot]

11 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

*looks at backup OL*

Oh, THAT'S why.

Yeah

27 minutes ago, ChibCU said:

Here I was on draft night so happy thinking we got the best LT to fall to us.

If we'd have stuck with a power run scheme, he's probably still would be.

[CamWhoaaCam]

They saving face for drafting him as a LT. That position is the 2nd most important position on offense.

 

Fitt will want to see him there for at least another season before we move him at guard.

 

This is what we do!

[KBRed]

How about we change the whole coaching staff, and every player won’t regress. Bad scheme that doesn’t work in todays NFL. And our roster doesn’t support it anyway. Make a change. Start the search for MLS coach and NFL coach in the same year. Starting to see a common denominator. 

[ForJimmy]

Didn't he just have back to back solid weeks?  He has definitely struggled in this new scheme, but he looked decent these past couple games.  Lets get a good LG beside him and see if he looks better first.  That BC injury killed us.  Worst case scenario is what @LinvilleGorge suggested and we switch BC and Icky next year.  We really need a good center though.  Bozeman looks awful in our scheme.  Also depth (obviously) has to be addressed.