Snake Eyes
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Do you have a problem with the Pats adding Solder and Vollmer who are 6'08 1/2" and 6'07 5/8" respectively???
Now, Havenstein played guard, so that COULD be an issue, but it might not be..Havenstein could be an OT by the time he graduates (2014).. Only time will tell.
I mentioned Zeitler because he's a senior next year.
Being that tall can help with edge rushers, the longer extension of the tackle can make the rusher run a wider arc but it also comes at a price, as it makes it easier to get underneath and bull-rush them. For interior linemen they don't have that wide arc, so they don't get the advantage but they do get the disadvantage. BTW, Solder has been bullrusher successfully by players significantly shorter and lighter than him.
You'll hear commentators say "low man wins" here and there but people don't seem to apply that concept more broadly, physics doesn't just allow Jones-Drew to break tackles through being short, it applies in the trenches as well.
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