Jim Harbaugh is trying to outflank me on the importance of offensive line play — he must’ve known my pre-draft OL continuity update for all 32 teams was about to drop. We actually now kick off Year 10 of this series on the importance of incumbency in the trenches and its relation to offensive production. Granted, Harbaugh was running it back each year with a...
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A much-needed week for the Jahmyr Gibbs bags started with Taylor Decker returning at left tackle for the Detroit Lions. Decker had missed the previous two weeks, and the ROI on that top-5 pick nosedived. Gibbs went off on Monday night, mostly because he’s very good, though it also helped that the tackle play improved dramatically. The previous two games saw different LT backups in Giovanni Manu…...
Packers RT Zach Tom played sparingly before the bye due to an oblique injury, which became a real problem when Jordan Love and company faced reasonable opposition in Cleveland and Detroit. Green Bay’s fourth-year starter was among the top right tackles last season, and last week his return ushered in one solitary pressure and zero QB hits from the RT assignment. While injuries hammer the receiver position for Green…...
Last week this column focused on the jump in store for the Buccaneers’ and Saints’ offenses due to the reverberations of returning cogs on the offensive line. Left tackle Tristan Wirfs bumped Graham Barton back to center for Baker Mayfield in Tampa. The Saints stabilized protection around Spencer Rattler with promising young right tackle Taliese Fuaga, and at least creeped back in the direction of…...
A much-needed week for the Jahmyr Gibbs bags started with Taylor Decker returning at left tackle for the Detroit Lions. Decker had missed the previous two weeks, and the ROI on that top-5 pick nosedived. Gibbs went off on Monday night, mostly because he’s very good, though it also helped that the tackle play improved dramatically. The previous two games saw different LT backups in Giovanni Manu…...
Packers RT Zach Tom played sparingly before the bye due to an oblique injury, which became a real problem when Jordan Love and company faced reasonable opposition in Cleveland and Detroit. Green Bay’s fourth-year starter was among the top right tackles last season, and last week his return ushered in one solitary pressure and zero QB hits from the RT assignment. While injuries hammer the receiver position for Green…...
Last week this column focused on the jump in store for the Buccaneers’ and Saints’ offenses due to the reverberations of returning cogs on the offensive line. Left tackle Tristan Wirfs bumped Graham Barton back to center for Baker Mayfield in Tampa. The Saints stabilized protection around Spencer Rattler with promising young right tackle Taliese Fuaga, and at least creeped back in the direction of…...
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