thunderbird1100

Harper played LT at OM this season and did pretty well in limited time

If we don't get Seaton, he or Davis are probably front runners

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These guys hired our former offensive line coach. He took ours down, then Bamas, then outs again. I suspect Kiffin hired him for recruiting cause he isn’t much of a coach.

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Your line and Bama's lines under him per PFF grades were lightyears ahead of what we just went through with Brad Davis. His line this year graded out pretty well outside of 1 player.

I honestly cant believe Joe Sloan got another job in the SEC he was the worst OC we've possibly ever had here

He was a headache here, I'm sure he was a headache there. I kind of doubt it

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Is Blocton for Mathis a good trade? I would assume Auburn is much closer to home for him being from Georgia.

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I'd say about even, Mathis could be a pretty good one, he played a good bit for a freshman and was real solid

We are nowhere close done taking offensive linemen right now so nobody knows

It's a depth play, but he did start a number of games as a true freshman at RT and held up at RT pass blocking (like with many Olinemen these days, suffered in run blocking badly)

It's a longer term play, they are probably adding 3-4 more OLinemen still

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Does Wade have a buy out?

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$5M but drops to $3M on April 1; so I would assume if we make that move it's on April 1

Chambliss isnt coming back even if they can overrule the NCAA (which based on evidence so far, there's nothing there)

He is going pro and should, especially with Moore out of the picture. A team could easily reach for him in the Top 10 now

Dottery is not good

53.2 PFF grade this season
52.9 in 2024

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Seems Lane's offense doesn't have to have studs across the line to get great results.

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I've said this a few times, just get serviceable enough guys and his offense is great still. He's had very good offenses every year at OM and had 1 draft pick the last 5 drafts (including this on coming up with no projected OL picks) on the OL and he was a 7th rounder.

We have more OL talent here, typically. I mean we had 4 draft picks off 1 OL recently. I think we will be fine, but I'm still skeptical of what we have on the OL at this moment, they will add a few more guys bare minimum but I do think we still need at least 1 more bonafide good starter at T and potentially 1 more interior guy you feel really good about and isnt just a depth type piece.

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Matt Flynn was pointing out some weaknesses of PFF grades yesterday. He was saying you can grade the physical aspect of football players but unless you know the assignments, coverages, route or blocking concepts and what coaches are teaching, the mental aspect, like missed assignments, is at best guesswork.

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Here's the thing about PFF Grades:

Are they perfect? No, no opinion based thing will ever be perfect.

Is it directionally pretty correct? Yeah, otherwise it wouldnt be used by a ton of people who make big decisions

What way is better to determine how players have played you have never watched or maybe watched some "highlight" film on? I'm not sure of one...especially when it comes to things like Olinemen. Remember how pumped people were about Bauer Sharp coming here cause of some tape he had? Dude had all the red flags on PFF grades and sure enough he was crap here.

Some people just like to go on stats for positions but those can still be pretty misleading sometimes, especially on defense. There can be a guy who grades out higher in pass rush than another guy and had half the amount of sacks but he had way better pressure rate overall. Sometimes stats can be a lot of luck, basically. Like INTs for DBs and such (tipped pass, ball thrown right to you, etc).

This is why someone grading every snap someone does is still relevant to look at. Do I agree with every PFF grade in every game of a player? Hell no, over time is it pretty directionally correct though overall? I would think so based upon my eye test of certain players. They had Braelin Moore graded out pretty significantly higher than DJ Chester or Paul Mubenga this season and I think anyone who paid close attention to these guys on the OL would agree with that.