burmafrd
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Max and min (of course now and then you get a guy like Step who was small but so technically proficient he was still very good- but for 95% of the guys)
T: you got to be at least 6-5 with 33" arms (gallery had small arms and that was one of the things that doomed him as a tackle).
You need to be at least 310; preferably near 320. You not only have to worry about all those 260 lb or so speed DE's and OLB's but you are going to have to occassionally block on those beefy DTs and the 3-4 DEs.
Max size is maybe 335= basically the Hotel's weight: there has never= and I mean NEVER been a heavier Tackle make the pro bowl. Which makes sense why Bigg cannot be a top LT: he weighs in at around 355-260 (depending on what he had for lunch/dinner). There is NO way he could possibly be quick enough to handle a 260lb Freeny; no way you can possibly be anyway as quick as a guy 100 LBS LIGHTER. 70 is pushing it; the Hotel barely is able to handle the real quick OLBs and DEs.
G: 6-4, 6-5; 315. The day of the 300 lb or so interior lineman is pretty much gone. Those big DT and NTs going 330 or so are just too much for them.
Arm length not a real concern since you are working in a phone booth.
Footwork is also not as big a deal for the same reason. Burst and quickness is important to get to the second level but that does not matter if you cannot move the guy right in front of you.
C: 6-3, 6-4; 310, maybe 315. A lot of what goes with guards is the same with centers. The day of the barely 300lb center is over. We saw that with Johnson. You need a guy who at least has a shot at going one on one with those big NTs. And you also do not want a guy very tall because some of those NTS are pretty short and you cannot allow them to get under you.
So looking at all those O line guys at the combine barely 300 lbs for the interior guys and maybe 305 or so for the tackles; they all are either going to hve to put on 10-20 lbs without losing any quickness or flexibility or they are not going to be more then backups.
T: you got to be at least 6-5 with 33" arms (gallery had small arms and that was one of the things that doomed him as a tackle).
You need to be at least 310; preferably near 320. You not only have to worry about all those 260 lb or so speed DE's and OLB's but you are going to have to occassionally block on those beefy DTs and the 3-4 DEs.
Max size is maybe 335= basically the Hotel's weight: there has never= and I mean NEVER been a heavier Tackle make the pro bowl. Which makes sense why Bigg cannot be a top LT: he weighs in at around 355-260 (depending on what he had for lunch/dinner). There is NO way he could possibly be quick enough to handle a 260lb Freeny; no way you can possibly be anyway as quick as a guy 100 LBS LIGHTER. 70 is pushing it; the Hotel barely is able to handle the real quick OLBs and DEs.
G: 6-4, 6-5; 315. The day of the 300 lb or so interior lineman is pretty much gone. Those big DT and NTs going 330 or so are just too much for them.
Arm length not a real concern since you are working in a phone booth.
Footwork is also not as big a deal for the same reason. Burst and quickness is important to get to the second level but that does not matter if you cannot move the guy right in front of you.
C: 6-3, 6-4; 310, maybe 315. A lot of what goes with guards is the same with centers. The day of the barely 300lb center is over. We saw that with Johnson. You need a guy who at least has a shot at going one on one with those big NTs. And you also do not want a guy very tall because some of those NTS are pretty short and you cannot allow them to get under you.
So looking at all those O line guys at the combine barely 300 lbs for the interior guys and maybe 305 or so for the tackles; they all are either going to hve to put on 10-20 lbs without losing any quickness or flexibility or they are not going to be more then backups.
