Al Johnson wants that spot in the middle
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dogunwo;1495002 said:
It was a fist clinch before the snap and a FAN actually caught it and brought it to the coaching staff's attention.
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Johnson was a finesse center on a road grading team. Seems weird Parcells drafted him
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So who will be the fisrt to cry and put blame on everyone for letting him go if he becomes a Pro-Bowl center? 
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calico;1495097 said:
Big red football?
Do they really call themselves that?\
For lack of better words, that is pretty cheesy to say the least.
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Johnson's problems were pretty much injury related and as mentioned, pressure up the middle made it even more difficult with statues for QB's.
If he remains healthy and they alternate him over the season with this other guy, they probably can get by. Johnson and his knee wore down in 2005 and he had to have it scoped in the middle of the season.
I think that's the reason he was let go, more than anything. He just wasn't able to hold up because of constant injury problems.
Enter Guerode. I/m not sure that he's actually more talented than Johnson was. But he's a much more rugged player and just the fact that he's probably going to improve with the snaps he's going receive is worth starting him to stabilize the center of the line.
So while we critizize BP for all the failures in the OL with the FA and draft picks used to man it..
Guerode remains the single shining light it appears. Along with Columbo. The jury is still out on Kosier.
We'll see.
I have a sneaking suspicion one of these rookie OL we just drafted maybe starting for him before the season is over.
But I suppose that's clearly a statement about what BP knew about OL-men.
Not much. And he was an OL-men in his career and was an assisitant OL-men coach, also.
Hmmm...
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If he remains healthy and they alternate him over the season with this other guy, they probably can get by. Johnson and his knee wore down in 2005 and he had to have it scoped in the middle of the season.
I think that's the reason he was let go, more than anything. He just wasn't able to hold up because of constant injury problems.
Enter Guerode. I/m not sure that he's actually more talented than Johnson was. But he's a much more rugged player and just the fact that he's probably going to improve with the snaps he's going receive is worth starting him to stabilize the center of the line.
So while we critizize BP for all the failures in the OL with the FA and draft picks used to man it..
Guerode remains the single shining light it appears. Along with Columbo. The jury is still out on Kosier.
We'll see.
I have a sneaking suspicion one of these rookie OL we just drafted maybe starting for him before the season is over.
But I suppose that's clearly a statement about what BP knew about OL-men.
Not much. And he was an OL-men in his career and was an assisitant OL-men coach, also.
Hmmm...
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No one wanted to give Colombo a chance and some with an agenda against BP want to see him fail. The guy is still young, still getting his strength back and is relatively inexperienced. He WILL get better. No 3rd or 4th rd rookie is going to beat him out this year. As much as some want it to happen.
BP was the one that convinced Jerrah to sign the HOtel to a long term contract. Decent right there. He was the one that picked out Kosier. Not bad at all. BP was the ONLY one that really wanted to give Gurode another chance at center last year. While not great, I would say BP did ok on the O line. Peterman was considered a very solid pick by EVERYONE. Rogers is the only one that BP wanted and was really wrong about. Johnson gave us 2 decent years as a starter, and one as a quality backup, so not a bad pick there. Petitti was considered at the start of his senior year a good solid 2nd rd pick- he ballooned up and that is why he fell. Turns out he did not have the footspeed to be a tackle. BUT he might become a decent guard. Tucker was the other BP choice that really stank it up. But out of 6 draft choices we got starters out Johnson and Petitti and Tucker. Rogers and Peterman never did anything. McQ we shall see. BP did a lot better job in FA then in the draft. Colombo and Kosier are solid starters, and even Rivera was decent- and if he had not blown his back would have been much better. Add that to resurrecting Gurode and keeping the Hotel and his record overall is good as of this time.
BP was the one that convinced Jerrah to sign the HOtel to a long term contract. Decent right there. He was the one that picked out Kosier. Not bad at all. BP was the ONLY one that really wanted to give Gurode another chance at center last year. While not great, I would say BP did ok on the O line. Peterman was considered a very solid pick by EVERYONE. Rogers is the only one that BP wanted and was really wrong about. Johnson gave us 2 decent years as a starter, and one as a quality backup, so not a bad pick there. Petitti was considered at the start of his senior year a good solid 2nd rd pick- he ballooned up and that is why he fell. Turns out he did not have the footspeed to be a tackle. BUT he might become a decent guard. Tucker was the other BP choice that really stank it up. But out of 6 draft choices we got starters out Johnson and Petitti and Tucker. Rogers and Peterman never did anything. McQ we shall see. BP did a lot better job in FA then in the draft. Colombo and Kosier are solid starters, and even Rivera was decent- and if he had not blown his back would have been much better. Add that to resurrecting Gurode and keeping the Hotel and his record overall is good as of this time.
