there’s a lot people don’t know about Corbett

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  • August 15, 2020 at 11:16 pm #119392
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    This may have gotten buried in the “OL talk” thread (here: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/ol-talk-august-2/#post-119326 )

    Fans tend to know the stories on draft picks and high visibility trades, but not always the trades involving lower draft picks.

    This is a synopsis of the key stuff about Corbett’s background, which is intriguing.

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    Corbett is a member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe. The Northern Paiute people traditionally lived in the Great Basin region of the United States in what is now eastern California, western Nevada, and southeast Oregon. Now the Walker River Paiute Tribe live on a reservation located in central Nevada.

    here are bits from both https://theathletic.com/333121/2018/04/27/browns-draft-pick-profile-austin-corbett/ & https://www.espn.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/80991/austin-corbett-is-an-under-the-radar-name-in-the-2018-nfl-draft

    Corbett weighed just 240 coming out of high school. He missed more games than he played in high school due to two knee injuries and didn’t garner much recruiting interest his senior season..

    He went on to start 49 of the 50 games he played at Nevada.

    After arriving at Nevada as a walk-on, he was the Wolf Pack’s starting left tackle during his redshirt freshman season. He was a team captain by the time he was a sophomore.

    His teammates respected the way he played through a painful ankle injury in the final 11 games of his freshman campaign and voted him a captain. He ended up being a three-year captain at Nevada.

    Corbett caught the attention of the NFL with a strong showing at the Senior Bowl…where he impressed with his athleticism

    October 3, 2020 at 6:19 pm #122115
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    Corbett was a steal. I said, repeatedly, that the Browns are a shit show & that they dumped him, in part, because he was a favorite of the Oline coach who criticized the team after being let go. Shocker that a guy with plenty of physical talent could be improving in his 2nd & 3rd years in the league. Shocker.

    October 3, 2020 at 7:17 pm #122119
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    zn wrote:

    Corbett was a steal. I said, repeatedly, that the Browns are a shit show & that they dumped him, in part, because he was a favorite of the Oline coach who criticized the team after being let go. Shocker that a guy with plenty of physical talent could be improving in his 2nd & 3rd years in the league. Shocker.

    i was admittedly skeptical at first. physically he was everything you were looking for. but i was surprised that the browns would just let him go. i figured maybe it was something character-wise that turned them off. if it really was just cleaning house, then they must be stupider than i thought.

    i feel real good about this offensive line. good combination of experience and untapped potential. my only worry at this point is that blythe is a free agent after this year. if anchrum can replace him after this season. or allen. this offensive line could be something else for the next couple years.

    October 3, 2020 at 7:49 pm #122123
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    therams.com/news/early-success-run-game-credit-to-offensive-line

    there’s also this comment from blythe on corbett.

    Last week, Austin Corbett was fourth among offensive guards (77 percent) in run block win rate. From Blythe’s point of view, Corbett symbolizes the attitude and mindset of this year’s Rams offensive line.

    “That kid’s strength and explosiveness is what sets him apart,” Blythe said during a video conference with reporters Wednesday. “I mean, you guys have seen it – he comes off the ball and just mauls people. I think that’s been a big reason why our run game’s been good. We’ve just got a lot of guys that come off the ball, and their intent is to maul people. And he’s one of them.”

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