Rating the offensive line positions based on difficulty

[imaCafan]

Nice piece on the O-line........

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/ross_tucker/04/02/oline.rankings/index.html?eref=T1

 

[Duckjake]

Centers are paid more for their intelligence and experience then they are for the difficulty associated with their physical assignment.

This is critical with the Center position . If you look at the SuperBowl teams as far back as the Steelers of the '70s most of them had a long time veteran playing center.

 

[Skkorpion]

Loved the article. Learned things about offensive line play I never knew. Thanks ima.

Gives me a chance to again sneak in my opinion that our offensive plays better with Lyle Sendlein at center than Al Johnson.

Signing Texas center Sendlein as an UFA was a very, very nice move. Barring injury, Lyle might be our starting center for many years.

 

[Mitch]

Loved the article. Learned things about offensive line play I never knew. Thanks ima.

Gives me a chance to again sneak in my opinion that our offensive plays better with Lyle Sendlein at center than Al Johnson.

Signing Texas center Sendlein as an UFA was a very, very nice move. Barring injury, Lyle might be our starting center for many years.

While this might fire up another Wells to tackle debate, would the Cardinals be better with Johnson at LG and Sendlein at C? Perhaps the recent signing of C Scott Peters has more significance than we think? Sendlein was used some at guard last year too...maybe the coaches want to look at him more at guard this year?

 

[CardinalChris]

Does that mean Wells is the tougher G position to play because of Matt's blind side?

 

[Savage58]

Does that mean Wells is the tougher G position to play because of Matt's blind side?

From his article I'm interpreting it to mean, our LG is only more important than the RG IF we slide protection to the right(Matts blind side).

Nice article btw, KUDOS! I espescially liked how he talked about the Guards, and how certain teams play their lines.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

That was a great read.

LT
RT
RG
LG
C

The guards and centers I completely guess wrong on.

 

[joeshmo]

Really good article. Very good reasoning for his thought process and the rankings he came up with. Idea's in fact I never even really thought of like the RG playing more on an island then the LG idea. Never even thought of that.

 

[Syracusecards]

Wow. Ross Tucker has a great future as a journalist. That was a really inciteful and interesting read. Thanks for posting that.

 

[WildBB]

Loved the article. Learned things about offensive line play I never knew. Thanks ima.

Gives me a chance to again sneak in my opinion that our offensive plays better with Lyle Sendlein at center than Al Johnson.

Signing Texas center Sendlein as an UFA was a very, very nice move. Barring injury, Lyle might be our starting center for many years.

Then they might consider passing on Mike McGlynn because he projects best at center in the pros, unless they intend to use Sendlein more as a OG. The guy I like more is Kirk Barton from Ohio State. Has more of the skills to be molded on the outside. His father played with current Bears line coach at the OSU as well. So obviously the Bears have an interest in him.

http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/959107.aspx

 

[Darth Llama]

That was a great article indeed. On the Cardinals though, things are a little reversed since our QB is a lefty. It does show why though, that the Cardinals decided last year that Right Tackle was the most important thing for them to draft. We'll continue to debate over the next couple seasons rather or not Levi was worth that pick, but it helps people to understand the decision.

I honestly figured Center was going to be the hardest position. I was way off on that one. Thanks for posting this by the way, good stuff.

 

[Duckjake]

That was a great article indeed. On the Cardinals though, things are a little reversed since our QB is a lefty. It does show why though, that the Cardinals decided last year that Right Tackle was the most important thing for them to draft. We'll continue to debate over the next couple seasons rather or not Levi was worth that pick, but it helps people to understand the decision.

I honestly figured Center was going to be the hardest position. I was way off on that one. Thanks for posting this by the way, good stuff.

I still think Center is the most important position, mainly because of the line calls, just not as difficult as the others once the ball is snapped.

 

[DaisyCutter]

Then they might consider passing on Mike McGlynn because he projects best at center in the pros, unless they intend to use Sendlein more as a OG. The guy I like more is Kirk Barton from Ohio State. Has more of the skills to be molded on the outside. His father played with current Bears line coach at the OSU as well. So obviously the Bears have an interest in him.

http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/959107.aspx

McGlynn is like Reggie Wells. Somers and Urban both thought that Wells would be best at OC. McGlynn doesn' have the bulk maybe to play OG, but he'll be a solid swingman throughout his career, and will maybe find a starting spot somewhere.

I like Barton, too.