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Not to get Uniform picky, but what's up with the goofy *** helmets.. What happened to these Miami helmets....


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What happened was a greater importance put on player safety. The new helmets are supposed to be safer.
 
It's just what you see in football today (not just Miami). Helmets have come a long way in the past 15 years with respect to trying to absorb blows to the head better than helmets of the past.
 
3 former top 100 offensive lineman starting on the oline McDermott, Donaldson, darling and then another 4 star left tackle in Tyree. Gauthier is a scrappy player as well. Looks to be a good oline with more depth pieces coming off the bench or competing for time in odogwu,Linder, gaynor, Herbert, Hillary
 
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DMoney said:
Suarez said:
I remember Darling looking much better at RT than LT, would that logical translate to him being better at RG than LG?
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One of the former OL or OL coaches on the board can answer that question a lot better than me.

As for Gaynor, I think he's a center. They see him as another Ben Jones.
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I see darling more of a Right tackle. He doesn't have a quick enough punch to me to play that guard position to stop powerful DTs. At right tackle his upside is like a Juwan James.
 
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LuCane said:
Would like to hear from the OL guys - @gogeta, [MENTION=1452]courcy75[/MENTION], etc. - about Mcdermott's fit at RG as opposed to LG. From what I saw, Isidora was relied on more to get in space and move as opposed to sheer brute strength and base (which Mcdermott struggled with). Perhaps it's a better fit to see Mcdermott on that side of the line? I'm not sufficiently technical when it comes to OL to discuss in any kind of detail, but would love for some of the guys to chime in.

Perhaps they trust Gauthier at C to hold the point better in power running schemes and will have Mcdermott (1) pulling and (2) double-teaming/chipping at 2nd level more often?
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Interesting, because typically I'd say the opposite. Normally the RG (and RT) are the maulers on a team. But yeah, thank god Gauthier is getting reps at Center. IMO thats the most important thing. If you have a bad Center it can ruin the entire line.

If Gauthier plays well at Center he alone might make McDermott a better guard than he was last year.
 
DMoney said:
Suarez said:
I remember Darling looking much better at RT than LT, would that logical translate to him being better at RG than LG?
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One of the former OL or OL coaches on the board can answer that question a lot better than me.

As for Gaynor, I think he's a center. They see him as another Ben Jones.
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KC Jones, one of the nastiest dudes to ever put on the O&G, who hailed from....
 
calinative umstudent said:
LuCane said:
Would like to hear from the OL guys - @gogeta, @courcy75, etc. - about Mcdermott's fit at RG as opposed to LG. From what I saw, Isidora was relied on more to get in space and move as opposed to sheer brute strength and base (which Mcdermott struggled with). Perhaps it's a better fit to see Mcdermott on that side of the line? I'm not sufficiently technical when it comes to OL to discuss in any kind of detail, but would love for some of the guys to chime in.

Perhaps they trust Gauthier at C to hold the point better in power running schemes and will have Mcdermott (1) pulling and (2) double-teaming/chipping at 2nd level more often?
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Interesting, because typically I'd say the opposite. Normally the RG (and RT) are the maulers on a team. But yeah, thank god Gauthier is getting reps at Center. IMO thats the most important thing. If you have a bad Center it can ruin the entire line.

If Gauthier plays well at Center he alone might make McDermott a better guard than he was last year.
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I know that's typically the case because the quicker, more athletic guys on defense are typically on its right side (facing the offense) so the offense counters by having those matches on its left side. However, is that so much the case with the interior line? Isidora was most definitely not a mauler. I can't think of any specific technical reasons why, say, a power run game would be dependent on having those maulers on the right or left side of the interior. Like I said, would love to learn more from the OL guys on the board.
 
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