2015 O-line Grades: Week 4 @ Chargers

Canton Dawg

PFF' ranking of all of the guards in the NFL.

Maybe I'm just a homer, but I think Greco & Bito should be higher.

Tour2ma

@gumby73 said:
Is Shanny running the same ZBS? Freeman's vision see's something we don't have? Atl. had one of the worst OL last season, what the hell happened thanxs

I can't address what is going on in ATL as I have only seen highlights.

As for the ZBS... I'm sure there are some subtle differences among teams that use it, but at its core it's the same reactionary, run-blocking scheme wherever it's employed. I can say we ran more stretch ZBS, i.e., "sweeps", last year under Young Shanny.

Unsympathetic

ATL is the #1 rated OL at PFF

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/10/10/ranking-all-32-nfl-offensive-lines-entering-week-5/

Ibleedbrown

Yeah, been seeing good press about Shanny in Atl. Maybe he's a wiz after all.

What's the fix here? Is it gonna take a full year to get Mack back to his asskicking self? Dude's gonna be a FA after this year, right? Is it time to try Erving at Center?

gumby73

All during the draft it was said Cam is not a true Center. More NFL suited for G or T. Cam as a Rookie would be better suited at G with help. You slide Joel or Greco to C you lose Mack that same day. From the grading, Joel better step it up too or Cam may be rotating Joel.

Tour2ma

Hopefully Mack just needs more time to fully recover. Not seeing any hesitancy in his game so I think any issues are physical and not mental. But at the level he's playing now, I don't see him getting an offer higher than the $8mm he'll make in CLE.

gumby73

That's a great point & interesting to watch also^^

wargograw

Sweet Tour, thanks. When calculating the final grade for an individual player do you actually subtract 2 points for D-? And add 2 for D+? Always assumed you did but looking over the grades today I wasn't sure. Looking forward to doing these this week.

Tour2ma

Sorry, war... swore I answered this yesterday.

Yes, D's earn or cost the lineman 2 points.

bringbackbrownie2

@tour2ma said:

Sorry, war... swore I answered this yesterday.

Yes, D's earn or cost the lineman 2 points.

Double D scoring.. Nice.

wargograw

Sorry if I asked already.

Tour2ma

@bringbackbrownie2 said:
Double D scoring.. Nice.

And some people think grading is boring...