Content Post Why does Wingspan matter for Tackles?

[State]

"Let's project a little pessimism and wild second-guessing before training camp starts, shall we?"

Reality doesn’t care about your feelings. Will Campbell will eventually make the move to LG and do very nicely. Until then prepare for a rocky road at times in pass protection.

 

[Ring 6]

No it’s not.

Of course it is. Your constant moving the goalposts to defend your wingspan argument now has you out there thinking a dominant LT is supposed to maul people when domination at LT involves keeping the pass rusher off the QB.

 

[Ring 6]

Reality doesn’t care about your feelings. Will Campbell will eventually make the move to LG and do very nicely. Until then prepare for a rocky road at times in pass protection.

You couldn’t be more wrong.

 

[Water Boy]

Biff wants to be a successful porn star but only has a 3 inch micro peen… does he have the tools to succeed?

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Fetish porn perhaps.

 

[Tunescribe]

Reality doesn’t care about your feelings. Will Campbell will eventually make the move to LG and do very nicely. Until then prepare for a rocky road at times in pass protection.

Reality is more attuned with my objective observation vs. anything to do with "feelings." The bigger question is with this alleged gift of foresight, why aren't you employed as an NFL talent evaluator?

 

[Ring 6]

Reality is more attuned with my objective observation vs. anything to do with "feelings." The bigger question is with this alleged gift of foresight, why aren't you employed as an NFL talent evaluator?

Walmart pays more?

 

[JoeSixPat]

Well if this is right, there's only one guy drafted in the first two rounds with as short a wingspan as Campbell over the last decade who has made it at LT.

One out of 1/118 - or less than 1% - isn't a great stat.



That's not to say Campbell is a bust if he can't cut it and winds up transitioning to Guard - if he locks down that position for the next decade it's worth the #4 pick.

I think the point is that every team seems to think they are "set" at LT and OL each year.

Every year many of them are wrong, even when they expend huge draft and free agent capital (think Giants during the later Manning years when they had an AWFUL OL season after season no matter what.

So while I'm rooting for the 1% chance that Campbell is a pro-bowl LT despite his reach, it would be smarter to plan for the worst and hope for the best. In my opinion you can never have enough OT depth in general and I'd be brining in veteran cuts through training camp at least to be ready with a shadow roster.

 

[PancakeBlockPaul]

Biff wants to be a successful porn star but only has a 3 inch micro peen… does he have the tools to succeed?

Woz you goddamned dreamkiller…I’m gonna have to rethink things now.

 

[pazrul72]

Of course it is. Your constant moving the goalposts to defend your wingspan argument now has you out there thinking a dominant LT is supposed to maul people when domination at LT involves keeping the pass rusher off the QB.

No it doesn’t.

 

[Ring 6]

No it doesn’t.

Every response deepens the argument you have no idea what you are talking about.

If an NFL LT does the best pass blocking job in the league, fewest sacks, fewest hits, fewest pressures is that guy a dominant LT? Of course he is. You know that.

 

[TheRainMaker]

The question we should be asking is whether you noticed his arm length when watching film on him? In the short amount of film I've watched, there's nothing that stands out as a red flag that we should be worried. It's one thing if he was 6'2', but he's 6'6" and very strong.

 

[Ring 6]

The question we should be asking is whether you noticed his arm length when watching film on him? In the short amount of film I've watched, there's nothing that stands out as a red flag that we should be worried. It's one thing if he was 6'2', but he's 6'6" and very strong.

This is what I noticed on his film.
His movement, agility and quickness are too rate.
His hands are excellent. When he gets his hands on a rusher, he clamps very well.
His effort is outstanding.
His strength is fine.
He recovers well when he initially loses the first contact.
He sets a strong anchor.
His primary weakness is in some cases he over commits to the outside and gives up the inside, a perfectly coachable issue.
I saw zero examples of him missing a block that he would have made if his fingers were an inch longer.

 

[State]

Reality is more attuned with my objective observation vs. anything to do with "feelings." The bigger question is with this alleged gift of foresight, why aren't you employed as an NFL talent evaluator?

I’m too fat to get out of my house. Think they would let me do it remotely? But I hate it when the tv remote hides out in my fat rolls.

Just imagine Onwenu at the start of TC. How’s he get out?

He must have bigger doors.

 

[State]

The question we should be asking is whether you noticed his arm length when watching film on him? In the short amount of film I've watched, there's nothing that stands out as a red flag that we should be worried. It's one thing if he was 6'2', but he's 6'6" and very strong.

You need to go to YouTube and watch the end from Arkansas, now with the Bills, Landon Jackson, pretty much cause havoc all game long in the backfield vs. Mr. Stubby. Stubby is trigger happy to cover his outside that the inside opens up. Then his footwork goes all happy, frolicking Great Dane puppy.

His footwork.

 

[State]

WC is a devastating run blocker. A huge upgrade over Lowe.

But as a pass defender out on an island in obvious passing situations? Only marginally better than last year’s Lowe.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

The question we should be asking is whether you noticed his arm length when watching film on him? In the short amount of film I've watched, there's nothing that stands out as a red flag that we should be worried. It's one thing if he was 6'2', but he's 6'6" and very strong.

And extremely great footwork and athleticism

 

[Wozzy]

Joe Thuney is a great linemen, great athlete and strong. When asked to play tackle he looked serviceable most of the time, when asked to block the best defensive front in football it didn’t look so good.

Granted Will Campbell is a lot closer to Thuney at 21 years of age, and I think a younger Thuney would have faired better at tackle than 32 year old Joe did… but the limitations will always be there, the ability to overcome those limitations may not be.

 

[TommyD4207]

WC is a devastating run blocker. A huge upgrade over Lowe.

But as a pass defender out on an island in obvious passing situations? Only marginally better than last year’s Lowe.

I'll take it, he's 22.

 

[pazrul72]

Every response deepens the argument you have no idea what you are talking about.

If an NFL LT does the best pass blocking job in the league, fewest sacks, fewest hits, fewest pressures is that guy a dominant LT? Of course he is. You know that.

If you say so.

 

[dliverey44]

False, the Titans were looking for a tackle since Jack Conklin left. They took Isaiah Wilson = fail, took Dillon Radunz = fail, took full time college tackle Peter Skoronski = fail, took JC Latham last draft… TBD.

The link below explains why Skoronski did not play LT. Wozzy, once again I should ask you what people are thinking rather than believe the actual person that drafted him.

Titans GM explains why Peter Skoronski didn't get a shot at LT

One of the most perplexing things from the Tennessee Titans' 2023 season was the team not giving No. 11 overall pick Peter Skoronski a look at left tackle. After all, Skoronski was a great left tackle in college and it was worth giving him a shot there with…

titanswire.usatoday.com