re: If Alabama always has NFL caliber OL's, how come none of them make it as pros?

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Steen is starting because Pouncey is hurt.

Warmack signed with the Eagles who have some of the best interior line play, so he'll be a back up. Also, it's a one year deal meaning he's gotta prove he can hang.

Fluker will sign soon but how come the Chargers didn't re-sign him?

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so they've signed contracts to play in the ... wait for it ... NFL ... where you get paid to play as an offensive lineman, reaching the definition of a professional ... but they "can't make it as pros" ...

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Funny how you call my posts stupid but never have any counter argument or insight as to why you think I'm wrong. Everybody else including your fellow Bama fans seemed to agree.

Go ahead and break down why I'm wrong. Provide examples, I did.

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No problem Einstein:
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"In college all you need is above average guys that are experienced and play together as a cohesive unit/ do their jobs and pick up their assignments"

This statement is a good example. WTF do you even mean by "above average"?..what a vague comment..."do their jobs and pick up their assignments"...are you really serious? This is the very essence on an all-Americam Olineman, and "experienced and play together as a cohesive unit" literally defines a great offensive line. Your post is the equivalent to saying "In college all you need in a running back is a guy that weighs about 240 lb., runs about a 4.3 forty, has great vision and moves..AND is great a breaking tackles." Both statements say really nothing noteworthy at all.

You are ok Jackson. You are mostly correct too.

Your entire argument against me is "above average is subjective, but duh everything else you said is correct."

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are you really serious? This is the very essence on an all-Americam Olineman

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This leads me to a very serious question:
Did you even read the title of this thread? Do you just blindly click on threads without reading and look for Auburn logos to argue with?

I can't believe I'm actually having to break this down to you. OP is saying how can Bama's o-lines be as good as Bama fans say without having any NFL stars on them?

What I did was explain exactly how you can have an All-American caliber OL without having NFL starting talent. I even provided the example of the 2010 AU OL that was arguably the best in CFB that year while only having one player capable of even being a backup in the NFL.

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Your post is the equivalent to saying "In college all you need in a running back is a guy that weighs about 240 lb., runs about a 4.3 forty, has great vision and moves..AND is great a breaking tackles."

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No that's actually not the equivalent of what my post is saying. In fact, it's actually the exact opposite. Your hypothetical RB would be an All-Pro.



You either need to start reading the threads you're posting in to gain some context, or start auditing some 6th grade English classes to improve your reading comprehension. Because right now you're just embarrassing yourself, and it's honestly getting harder and harder to pity you anymore.

"In college all you need is above average guys that are experienced and play together as a cohesive unit/ do their jobs and pick up their assignments"
So now you explain how/why the same qualities that you espouse as "all you need" in college don't equate to
'all you need" in the NFL. Your statement is basically a stupid one, regardless of the level it's played.

Because that's not "all you need" in the NFL. You also need to be a physically superior athlete. That's why you see tons of guys who are great college players that don't pan out in the pros. They either have one or the other.

This really isn't that hard to understand.

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Because that's not "all you need" in the NFL. You also need to be a physically superior athlete. That's why you see tons of guys who are great college players that don't pan out in the pros. They either have one or the other.

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Bull shite! you use "above average" for college and "physically superior" for the NFL...trying to use semantics to camouflage the meaninglessness of your statement. Listen, I've read a ton of your threads and I think that, by and large, you're full of shite....end of story. As for targeting Auburn, if you don't see me calling out LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, etc. posters for things that I don't agree with, then you just ain't looking.

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I can't believe I'm gonna side with the Auburn guy, but very few offensive linemen from college go pro.
And it's obvious some players peak in college, do not have the frame to grow taller, become stronger and quick enough to block NFL defensive linemen.

The 2010 Auburn offensive line is a good example.
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If you couple the post you made about the pass blocking in the NFL with this, I agree with you. Many college offensive schemes aren't conducive to allowing Olinemen to make a transition to the NFL and obviously Olinemen who played in a pro style offense in college are at an advantage over the others. My reference to Jackson's posts was centered more on the vague references to "above average" college players and "physically superior" NFL players. I'm of the opinion that Alabama has so many NFL OL prospects is because they recruit mostly the elite prospects, train them under elite supervision, while using elite facilities.

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Bull shite! you use "above average" for college and "physically superior" for the NF

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Well, yeah......

But haven't you heard that I'm obsessed with Arkansas, South Carolina, LSU, Miss State, UGA and more?

Maybe at the SEC meetings in Destin this summer a representative from all of your teams can get together and argue over what team I'm actually obsessed with.