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So for those of you who are oline related watchers, did we switch up to a ZBS vs the prior years of trying power man? I've seen remarks here and there about the oline but I've not seen anything dedicated to stay on topic about the oline. I couldn't really tell from watching it on a phone. 

 

My my concerns have been, is Mewhort and Good more suited for power man scheme and less in the ZBS? Did we make a mistake by selecting tackles in the draft to play ZBS instead of getting a ZBS guard to compete with Good and Mewhort? I realize we have put some guys in at guard but I thought from most talk, they were better suited as tackles, not guard? Are we going to place square pegs back into round holes again and expect different results? Those are my concerns and I am not certain if they are valid or not. Thanks for your insight ahead of time. 

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I believe either Pagano or Joe confirmed that we switched to more of a zbs. I don't think good will have a problem because he's relatively quick on his feet (dancing bear is what pags calls him) Mewhort I'm a touch more worried about because he's pretty stiff but I think he could adapt but we will see

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58 minutes ago, twfish said:

I believe either Pagano or Joe confirmed that we switched to more of a zbs. I don't think good will have a problem because he's relatively quick on his feet (dancing bear is what pags calls him) Mewhort I'm a touch more worried about because he's pretty stiff but I think he could adapt but we will see

Lol, well pags also referred to some guy as a ball of rolling butcher knives once too and that turned out :Nuke:

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3 hours ago, SilentHill said:

No blocking scheme will matter if we can't set the edge. We tried and failed miserably multiple times during the game.

 

Common problem on a sloppy field. The line did their best work when moving forward, and struggled when trying to set/anchor. I wonder if maybe they didn't wear the right cleats.

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41 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

Surely we started what should contend to be the Least athletic line in the NFL.

 A few here can grasp the limitations this will cause for our run options, and our Pass protection.
  It is going to be interesting. Go Colts!
 

 

I read fairly recently that the Colts have one of the top 5 most athletic offensive lines.

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I think Mewhort will be ok. He's not the most nimble lineman, but I think he's athletic and long enough physically and has the awareness mentally to make up for it. Zone scheme blocking will also probably call for him to have to pull a little less, on the bright side. 

 

Don't know enough about Good to say. 

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9 hours ago, throwing BBZ said:

Surely we started what should contend to be the Least athletic line in the NFL.

 A few here can grasp the limitations this will cause for our run options, and our Pass protection.
  It is going to be interesting. Go Colts!
 

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2016/5/24/11724278/2016-nfl-offensive-line-projections-detroit-lions-least-athletic?_ga=1.38582499.1534435792.1471320066

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Rank TM Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Average
1 PHI Jason 
Peters, 8.32
Allen 
Barbre, 8.75
Jason 
Kelce, 9.35
Brandon 
Brooks, 10.00
Lane 
Johnson, 9.92
9.27
2 CLE Joe 
Thomas, 8.29
Joel 
Bitonio, 9.36
Cameron 
Erving, 9.09
John 
Greco, 5.59
Alvin 
Bailey, 8.56
8.18
3 IND Anthony 
Castonzo, 8.62
Jack 
Mewhort, 5.69
Ryan 
Kelly, 9.29
Hugh 
Thornton, 9.26
Denzelle 
Good, 6.99
7.97
4 TAM Donovan 
Smith, 6.94
J.R. 
Sweezy, 9.46
Joe 
Hawley, 4.81
Ali 
Marpet, 9.8
Demar 
Dotson, -
7.75
5 ATL Jake 
Matthews, 8.89
Andy 
Levitre, 3.36
Alex 
Mack, 7.79
Chris 
Chester, 9.43
Ryan 
Schraeder, 9.11
7.72
6 NYJ Ryan 
Clady, 8.13
James 
Carpenter, 7.25
Nick 
Mangold, 8.57
Brian 
Winters, 7.48
Breno 
Giacomini, 6.67
7.62
7 ARI Jared 
Veldheer, 9.97
Mike 
Iupati, 4.60
A.Q. 
Shipley, 6.69
Evan 
Mathis, 9.97
D.J. 
Humphries, 6.07
7.46
8 GNB David 
Bakhtiari, 4.82
Josh 
Sitton, 9.33
Corey 
Linsley, 8.7
T.J. 
Lang, 9.19
Bryan 
Bulaga, 4.96
7.40
9 LAR Greg 
Robinson, 9.02
Rodger 
Saffold, 8.83
Tim 
Barnes, 7.92
Jamon 
Brown, 9.26
Rob 
Havenstein, 0.92
7.19
10 CIN Andrew 
Whitworth, 8.16
Clint 
Boling, 7.15
Russell 
Bodine, 6.28
Kevin 
Zeitler, 6.51
Cedric 
Ogbuehi, -
6.74
11 KAN Eric 
Fisher, 9.67
Jarrod 
Pughsley, 7.49
Mitch 
Morse, 9.03
Laurent 
Duvernay-Tardif, -
Mitchell 
Schwartz, 0.68
6.72
12 CHI Charles 
Leno, 5.39
Cody 
Whitehair, 7.38
Hroniss 
Grasu, 6.82
Kyle 
Long, 9.53
Bobby 
Massie, 4.28
6.68
13 DAL Tyron 
Smith, 9.19
Zack 
Martin, 8.22
Travis 
Frederick, 1.17
La'El 
Collins, 5.94
Doug 
Free, 8.73
6.65
14 TEN Taylor 
Lewan, 10.00
Quinton 
Spain, 8.76
Ben 
Jones, 2.99
Chance 
Warmack, 1.31
Jack 
Conklin, 8.54
6.32
15 NEP Nate 
Solder, 9.76
Shaq 
Mason, 8.83
Bryan 
Stork, 1.49
Tre' 
Jackson, 0.47
Sebastian 
Vollmer, 9.95
6.10
16 SNF Joe 
Staley, 9.86
Zane 
Beadles, -
Daniel 
Kilgore, 5.34
Joshua 
Garnett, 6.78
Trenton 
Brown, 1.87
5.96
17 NOS Terron 
Armstead, 9.43
Tim 
Lelito, 7.02
Max 
Unger, 3.38
Andrus 
Peat, 8.76
Zach 
Strief, 1.17
5.95
18 MIN Matt 
Kalil, 8.02
Alex 
Boone, 6.99
Joe 
Berger, 4.61
Brandon 
Fusco, 7.99
Phil 
Loadholt, 1.33
5.79
19 HOU Duane 
Brown, 7.37
Xavier 
Su'a-Filo, 7.75
Nick 
Martin, 5.71
Jeff 
Allen, 2.51
Derek 
Newton, 4.91
5.65
20 BAL Eugene 
Monroe, 2.68
Ryan 
Jensen, 6.11
Jeremy 
Zuttah, 7.83
Marshal 
Yanda, 8.29
Ricky 
Wagner, 2.93
5.57
21 WAS Trent 
Williams, 9.32
Spencer 
Long, -
Kory 
Lichtensteiger, 2.34
Brandon 
Scherff, 9.63
Morgan 
Moses, 0.89
5.55
22 SEA Garry 
Gilliam, 9.02
Rees 
Odhiambo, 2.95
Patrick 
Lewis, 1.88
J'Marcus 
Webb, 5.85
Germain 
Ifedi, 7.62
5.46
23 CAR Michael 
Oher, 2.66
Andrew 
Norwell, 3.62
Ryan 
Kalil, 8.51
Trai 
Turner, 5.5
Mike 
Remmers, 5.55
5.17
24 DEN Russell 
Okung, 6.75
Max 
Garcia, 3.44
Matt 
Paradis, 3.51
Robert 
Myers, 2.82
Donald 
Stephenson, 8.94
5.09
25 NYG Ereck 
Flowers, 4.39
Justin 
Pugh, 8.03
Weston 
Richburg, 4.74
Bobby 
Hart, 0.97
Marshall 
Newhouse, 6.64
4.95
26 SDC King 
Dunlap, 5.04
Orlando 
Franklin, 5.69
Matt 
Slauson, 7.47
D.J. 
Fluker, 2.71
Joe 
Barksdale, 3.28
4.84
27 BUF Cordy 
Glenn, 3.77
Richie 
Incognito, 8.56
Eric 
Wood, 8.12
John 
Miller, 2.25
Jordan 
Mills, 1.36
4.81
28 MIA Branden 
Albert, 5.53
Dallas 
Thomas, -
Mike 
Pouncey, 3.18
Laremy 
Tunsil, -
JaWuan 
James, 5.66
4.79
29 JAX Kelvin 
Beachum, 0.7
Mackenzy 
Bernadeau, 7.79
Brandon 
Linder, 4.03
A.J. 
Cann, -
Luke 
Joeckel, 5.93
4.17
30 OAK Donald 
Penn, -
Gabe 
Jackson, 3.99
Rodney 
Hudson, 0.45
Kelechi 
Osemele, 5.69
Austin 
Howard, 5.37
3.88
31 PIT Alejandro 
Villanueva, -
Ramon 
Foster, 0.5
Maurkice 
Pouncey, 2.86
David 
DeCastro, 7.32
Marcus 
Gilbert, 2.82
3.38
32 DET Riley 
Reiff, 3.55
Laken 
Tomlinson, 3.39
Travis 
Swanson, 2.92
Larry 
Warford, 1.28
Taylor 
Decker, 5.45
3.32
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