What Cardinals' OL Got the Highest Rating Week 1?

[Mitch]

Let's see if you can guess.

Will return with the results.

You might be surprised.

 

[Buckybird]

The human fire hydrant? Lol

 

[b8rtm8nn]

• NotIupati, not Wetzel

 

[cardpa]

Shipley

 

[JeffGollin]

Boehm B Bump Bump?

 

[Lagerfilled]

Big Boehm Theory

 

[Mitch]

BOEHM!

Humphries – 67.4
Iupati – 53.5
Shipley – 74.5
Boehm – 76.5
Veldheer – 39.1

Humphries 68.9 pass block, 64.8 run
Iupati had a 33.3 pass block grade, 84.3 run blocking
Shipley 78.9 pass, 72.8 run
Boehm 72.6 pass, 78.9 run
Veldheer 45.0 pass, 34.1 run

Wetzel -- 32.4

 

[Mitch]

The 2 highest paid OL, Iupati (53.5) and Veldheer (39.1)...ugh. Iupati dealing with triceps injury didn't help. Veldheer dealing with switch to RT could be a factor, if we are allowing for mitigating circumstances.

 

[AZCrazy]

The PFF guys do a decent job of trying to guess what the playcall actually was. It's useful but not gospel.

 

[juza76]

If boehm and shipley are our best lineman then our future for this season is not bright

 

[Mitch]

Boehm's grade all the more impressive when you consider he was blocking DT Haloti Ngata much of the time.

 

[BigRedRage]

I was hoping you would say Boehm as he and hump are the only long term mainstays on the line right now.

 

[Proximo]

BOEHM!

Humphries – 67.4
Iupati – 53.5
Shipley – 74.5
Boehm – 76.5
Veldheer – 39.1

Humphries 68.9 pass block, 64.8 run
Iupati had a 33.3 pass block grade, 84.3 run blocking
Shipley 78.9 pass, 72.8 run
Boehm 72.6 pass, 78.9 run
Veldheer 45.0 pass, 34.1 run

Wetzel -- 32.4

Yep, that is about exactly as I thought after first watch. Well, Veldheer is a little worse than I expected - but not surprised considering his preseason performance.

I have not had the nerve to rewatch the game, just to depressing so nice to see these numbers without having to relive that disaster again.

 

[NMCard]

Iupati looked gassed early in the game.

 

[JeffGollin]

Slightly OT:

I follow the approach of my old HS track coach, the late Fred Wohlers who didn't believe in "saving" athletes by not working them too hard early in the season.

He believed that the better-conditioned you were in preseason, it would carry over into being in better shape later in the season.

Resting our vets may, therefore, prove to be a miscalculation because our older athletes may be out of shape and/or subject to injuries in earlier contests (& the more serious early injuries might not allow those players to be available later anyway).