Had he not gotten injured during training camp, Jah probably would've been starting anyway.
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Had he not gotten injured during training camp, Jah probably would've been starting anyway.
Yep, we can't forget that when Grubbs signed with NO, Jah was declared the starting LG...
it seemed a little bit like fantasy fiction, but we are seeing there was a lot of seriousness behind that comment.
I'm currently thinking of him in a similar way I think of Adam Terry... that may change, after all he finally is healthy so we are now seeing on-field material.
Agree Bobbie was serviceable depth thats what he gave us when he could.
As a totally tangential piece of trivia on Adam Terry
Colts released him, SD signed him for two games then cut him to make room for another ex-Raven Kelley Washington WR (11-4-2010)
Wow, that's some good numbers right there!
I like it.
And I think it is time for Reid to make his mark going forward at LG.
Yes, Williams was brought in when we had so many injuries, they needed to make sure we had someone up front who knew what they were doing.
And a side note related the Oline...and the play design/calling...
I am sick of the stretch running play.
All the linemen stand up and run across the field and defenders knife through on a regular basis and get to our RB before he gets a chance to turn up field.
Let's run at them with all this beef and Leach. Rice needs just enough room to squeeze through and he is in the secondary.
Bobbie has had 3.5 times more snaps than Jah, but in Jah's 61 snaps, he has played okay considering IMO that he is largely still a rookie. PFF scored as a zero vs. OAK; he had a penalty which negated his positive run and pass blocking scores. He has no other negative scores on the books besides the penalty.
I'm pretty sure what Bobbie will give us vs. PIT. No idea with Jah, so I'm excited to see how he does. And we traded up to get this guy, so it's definitely time to see the payoff.
I just find it kind of funny how we have a tackle (Oher) whose size is more prototypical of a guard's and a guard (Reid) whose size is ideal for a tackle.
All things being equal, I like to see an OL that's played together stay together. But all things aren't equal, as you point out. Youth and athleticism favor Reid. To stay on this roster Williams must have some locker room/mentor mojo. I remember him going out for the Opening Day coin toss as Offensive Capt., then Harewood starts (when did Ramon even get 1st team snaps @ LG??). Reid has gotten healthy and had a decent game vs. Oakland. He will help both Oher and Birk more than Williams has. Guys on here talking about moving KO to LG, Reid to RT, and McKinnie to LT - that's just too much change when we're facing these next 3 tough games. Gotta admit, kinda wondering why we're carrying so much "veteran depth" (Williams and McKinnie) on the OL. Compensating for our drinky OL coach? Or perhaps they were expecting McKinnie to be motivated by financial incentive, like it seemed they were trying to motivate Gaither by competion against Oher. I don't think a Gaither or McKinnie can be motivated in traditional Harbs ways. That's where Oher pulls ahead of other LT candidates of the Harbs era - on character issues.
"can't handle the elite pass rushers in the league. He's also a penalty machine."
You also said the above which I've proven isn't the case this year.
And for what it's worth, giving up two sacks through 9 games t me would say he's been a pretty good "left tackle in this league" thus far, this year.
Ok thus far THIS YEAR he has done remarkably well comparatively, however my point still stands. He's been owned throughout his career and has statistically high penalties in his career. And to be honest, just by the "eyeball" test he should have at least another half dozen false starts, maybe more, but I know watching on TV or at the game he's jumped and everyone sucks in a breath real quick expecting the flag,lol.
I am probably the furthest thing from an OL expert, but my layman eyes say that Jah should start over Williams. In regards to Oher, he looks like an average LT in the NFL (which is pretty good).