GR working out with LeCharles Bentley

No downside to that, but
I remember Kaepernik did off-season work with Kurt,
and look how that turned out.

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CoachO, Dec 14, 2015

While this article is a good read, it’s also an oversimplification of what is going on here. With all due respect to Mr. Bentley this is a propaganda piece in order to promote his camp.

If it were as simple as fixing the stance then most high school coaches could and would recognize it and voila problem fixed.

This has as much to do with preparation and just knowing what you are supposed to do on every play. Watch him break the huddle and notice his body language walking to the LOS. He has virtually zero confidence and it shows. I’ve beaten this to death in here, but until he figures out how to prepare as a professional player and stops thinking all he has to do is rely on his athleticism, all the “technique” work isn’t gonna matter.

Pre snap recognition is non existent. And that is 100% a lack of preparation. Taking the things they work on during the week on the practice field and not utilizing it on Sunday is the problem. When he doesn’t know what to do, he takes a false step, which causes him to be out of position, which usually leads to a holding penalty or just flat getting beat. Or he is slow off the ball which causes the “technique” issues.

CoachO, Dec 9, 2015 Last edited: Dec 9, 2015

I can see your point about having too many issues to concentrate on. But at the same time I come back to it being more mental than physical. He just isn’t comfortable enough in his assignment which causes him to either hesitate or flat out do the wrong thing.

I think it’s him not being mature enough to dedicate himself to do what it takes to “prepare as a professional” I understand that the veterans of the unit (Barnes, Reynolds and Saffold) have tried to take him aside and help show him how to watch film. How to prepare. And he just wasn’t all that interested in putting in the time.

A few weeks ago, I read something where he (Robinson) acknowledged that it has been an adjustment for him. He admitted that he’s always been able to get by on his physical skills and the struggles he was having were more from “off field” issues. I took this to mean “in the classroom”.

At some point the responsibility has to fall on the player. If that light bulb doesn’t come on soon, he won’t be in the league very long. On the other hand, assuming it clicks for him, he can and should be a very good LT for a decade.

CoachO, Dec 9, 2015

For all the flack Boudreau gets in this forum, there isn’t a coach on this team who is more detail oriented. He is constantly coaching these guys on technique. Be it hand placement, footwork or just correcting “who” they are supposed to block on any given play. So yes, they coach these guys on technique and fundamentals constantly.

From what I’ve been told, the issue is work ethic. Greg Robinson has never had to learn how to be better because he has always been so physically better than those he lined up agaist, that the “mental side” of his game was unnecessary. He played in a system at auburn that had four running plays and one protection in pass pro.

Getting him in the film room and actually retaining the things they ask of him have been the biggest challenges.

I was told just the other day that there were at least three separate instances in the Cardinals game where he failed to recognize a blitz that came from the outside. After it was specifically made a point of emphasis during the week in both the film room and on the practice field. All three plays resulted in Foles running for his life and throwing the ball away.

The technique issues he has are more from not knowing what he is supposed to do on any given play which causes him to either hesitate at the snap or in the case of not recognizing the blitz, taking a false step inside and not being able to recover in time to handle HIS assignment.

Now with all that being said, I feel the need to say that we as fans tend to focus on individuals and how we think they are performing. Of all the units on any football team, the OLINE is all about cohesion. It’s not as much about the individuals as it is the sum of the parts. And with all the injuries there just isn’t going to be much cohesion and consistency. Robinson has lined up next to FIVE different guys who have taken their turn at LG in 12 weeks. That is bound to be an issue for a guy who is still trying to figure it out.