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Hypothetical Question

Jakob

By Jakob,
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Solid pass blocking and an understanding of protection schemes.

Right on. I think he will be devastating in 3 wide packages if he can be a dual threat blocker/receiver out of the backfield. Especially with Smitty in the slot. No way anyone could consistently cover that without leaving Barner open space.

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I certainly hope that neither Barner or Tolbert have to "start" any games for us.

 

And I LOVE me some Tolbert.

 

That said Tolbert does not possess the breakaway speed, and Barner will most likely not understand the passing game as a Rook.

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I certainly hope that neither Barner or Tolbert have to "start" any games for us.

 

And I LOVE me some Tolbert.

 

That said Tolbert does not possess the breakaway speed, and Barner will most likely not understand the passing game as a Rook.

 

 

I think he'll be fine in that regard.  If there was a college offense more complicated than Chudzinski's, it's Chip Kelly's.  You need to be super sharp to play in Kelly's offense, every position has multiple post snap adjustments depending on the positioning of defenders.

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I think he'll be fine in that regard.  If there was a college offense more complicated than Chudzinski's, it's Chip Kelly's.  You need to be super sharp to play in Kelly's offense, every position has multiple post snap adjustments depending on the positioning of defenders.

 

 

Sorry, didn't mean to insinuate intelligence.

 

Meant more about blocking schemes and ability to recognize the defense, not so much about learning plays.

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