Ideally, you would start five tackles

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  • June 8, 2015 at 6:55 pm #26026
    Hram
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    Ideally, you would start five tackles is what I remember the Rams o line coach saying several months ago. Barrett Jones played tackle for a year in college. If he starts the Rams will have a line Full of players who started as a tackle in college or the pros.

    June 8, 2015 at 7:14 pm #26027
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    Yeah that’s true because no matter who the other guard is — Reynolds or Brown — he has played tackle.

    June 9, 2015 at 9:20 am #26033
    Hram
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    It probably has something to do with athleticism, size and long arms, but what do you think he really meant by that comment?

    June 9, 2015 at 11:41 am #26034
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    Hram wrote:

    It probably has something to do with athleticism, size and long arms, but what do you think he really meant by that comment?

    Size, IMO. He wants to knock people down.

    A lot of the best NFL guards are former tackles. Evans, Nicks, Sitton…for that matter, Harrah and Kent Hill.

    June 9, 2015 at 1:53 pm #26037
    Mackeyser
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    Well, that… and longer arms and usually quicker feet. As well, Tackles are usually at times left on an island as well as having to work in tandem with their OG to pick up stunts, twists, dawgs and blitzes.

    They tend to be the leaders on the OL and the most competent as they have to face the best athletes on the DL.

    So, yeah. I can totally see where Coach Boo is coming from.

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