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Props to Kalil

ACobra289

By ACobra289,
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Everyone knows Ryan is one of the best centers in the game, but one thing I don't recall being mentioned is how well he has snapped the ball in the shotgun. Not only has his placement been excellent, he gets the ball to Cam with plenty of pace. The sooner Cam gets the ball, the sooner he can begin his reads. This is important when they are taking what seems like 75% of the snaps in the gun. (75% is just a total guess on my part.)

I don't remember who it was, but someone other than Kalil was playing center in the preseason and ball just floated back to Cam when they were in the shotgun. It seemed like the D-Line was able to take 2 steps before the ball even reached him.

We are lucky to have Ryan.

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Im not really for taken a OL, but i wouldnt be mad at all about adding his brother to the line in the draft as well. Would be sick.

yea especially since his brother is a big time player. I doubt we will be picking that low but I would love it if we did. Move Jordan back over to the right side, best o line in football

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I notice they corrected the low snaps by letting the Hangman look back at Cam and tap Kalil when he's ready for the ball.

I was going to say was it against the Lions or maybe earlier, there was a game where it seemed every single shotgun snap was really low. I'm glad it got corrected.

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