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10-06-2013, 10:56 PM #1Regular 1st Stringer
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Gradkowski must sit
I've watched Gino Gradkowski through preseason and 5 games thus far and I have to conclude that this kid is simply not ready for prime time football. Slow line calls, lack of strength and punch at the point of attack, and an inability to handle line stunts in the passing game have spelled disaster for both Guards Yanda, Osomele and the entire O line. A Q Shipley looked especially good subbing for an injured Osomele against the Miami line today. Unlike Gradkowski, this vet showed some " mean " in his game. Going forward, the fortunes of this O line and the entire offense will not change for the better until Shipley moves into the starting Center slot and Monroe replaces Mckinney. What say you?
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No offense, but there are numerous other threads calling for Gino and McKinnie to be benched. Did we really need another?
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10-06-2013, 11:06 PM #3Legendary RSR Poster
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Gino plays a decent game and now he should be replaced by a player who hasn't started at center since 2008 at Penn State?!?!
And that is suppose to help our line problems how exactly?
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10-07-2013, 12:30 AM #4
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I'll wait for Filmstudy's writeup. In my view, Gradkowski and Shipley turned in equal games. Both had rough spots, both seemed to improve in the 2nd half. You could argue that Shipley's is more impressive due to playing LG and without any prep, but I'm not so sure that equates to him being clearly better than Gradkowski.
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10-07-2013, 02:49 AM #6Legendary RSR Poster
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Who traded him for a 7th round pick.
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10-07-2013, 07:01 AM #8Regular 1st Stringer
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Another Gino thread. We are definitely missing Birk but I am not sure we have a better available right now.
They may realize it as Jensen has been kept on the 53 for a reason. As for AQ he was okay yesterday but got beat bad at least once and is small. Especially good...not sure I would say that.
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10-07-2013, 09:08 AM #9On The Practice Squad
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He started 5 games last year for the Colts. According to PFF he only surrendered 5 pressures and 0 sacks. Gino had 13 pressures through 4 games, and 2 sacks. Gino has also the worst pass block grade of any center in the league by far. On paper Shipley looks like the better player right now.
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10-07-2013, 09:12 AM #10
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Gino played his best game yesterday, still rough but when you see even yanda getting beat one on one then the whole line is bad..but like i said it gave me hope when 4 out of 5 linemen settled down and played fairly well in the 2nd half.
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Considering Gino squared off against one of the best NTs in the league yesterday, he did about as well as you could ask. I counted multiple running plays where he got to the second level and was blocking down on linebackers.
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10-07-2013, 09:18 AM #12Veteran Poster
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He also had a nice block in space on a screen play. I saw Yanda get worked over one on one yesterday. Not sure why the line played better in the second half. Whatever it was they need to keep it going. Not sure that Shipley would be an upgrade over GG. That being said if they are equal you play the younger guy as he has the potential to improve. Shipley is more experienced and what you see is what you get. I do like seeing AQ play well at guard as that gives the team some flexibility. It was also nice to see Wagner run block with some aggression.
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