Who Plays LT?

Tour2ma

@lbc-mike said:

Is Robinson that bad? He might do good once he is off protocol.

Yes... way over-hyped coming out of college. A half-hour of his tape was all it took to see that. But he did win The Combine!

He was (and presumably still is) athletic. He simple had (has) no tech and questionable grey matter. Still he'll get chance after chance because if everything did come together on that athletic base he might be really good.

Hell... even Tony Mandarich had a couple good seasons near the end of his career... I believe with Indy.

Ibleedbrown

https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2018/8/13/17682892/two-browns-make-pffs-preseason-week-1-team-of-the-week

Brief article on the “PFF all star team of the week” where they choose players based on a formula that balances good performance against extended playing time. So Taylor, who had a great performance but not a lot of playing time, did not make it. Two Browns did though.

Njoku and Greg Robinson.

Robinson apparently had quite the game in 44 snaps. Also read that in yesterday’s practice they slid Bitonio back to guard and put Robinson in for a few snaps with the starters. Food for thought.

gumby73

update.. https://www.cleveland.com/expo/sports/erry-2018/08/548c3bdf403636/how-did-joel-bitonio-look-at-l.html#incart_big-photo Greg Robinson took some reps at LT with Bitonio moving back to LG at practice Monday. Means nothing to Hue?. RG Kevin Zeitler is now riding bike at practice..food for thought? Durango can't push Corbett (rough debut) at LG position if Zeitler continues bike riding..And I don't see that changing with Nurse Jackson ? holding the patients flow charts..

TexasAg1969

@gumby73 said:

?Zeitler continues bike riding..And I don't see that changing with Nurse Jackson ? holding the patients flow charts..

LOL!?

gumby73

@texasag1969 said:

LOL!?

Zeitler is a animal, that missed zero snaps at camp last season while JT & Tretter got days of them. I'd almost bet Zeitler wants those preseason game 3 snaps..

LondonBrown

Hit and hope from Sheet for brains Hue Jackson shows no sign of abaiting

Greg Robinson at LT is a complete waste of time and as for giving Bitonio reps back at guard so soon. Embarrassing

Give Robinson reps at the guard spots but that would be too obvious for Captain Numpty

TexasAg1969

@londonbrown said:

Hit and hope from Sheet for brains Hue Jackson shows no sign of abaiting

Greg Robinson at LT is a complete waste of time and as for giving Bitonio reps back at guard so soon. Embarrassing

Give Robinson reps at the guard spots but that would be too obvious for Captain Numpty

However if it turns out to be the biggest weakness on the team, that's on Dorsey and it will have to take precedence as out #1 pick next year, or free agency pickup before the draft.

Ibleedbrown

@gumby73 said:

Zeitler is a animal, that missed zero snaps at camp last season while JT & Tretter got days of them. I'd almost bet Zeitler wants those preseason game 3 snaps..

I’ll plus 1 that. I recall Zeitler playing with a broken hand he sustained pretty early on in the season, and played pretty damn well.

I’m hardly a Hue apologist, but Tretter can get a few vet days off imo. He had a history of injury prior to coming here but made it through the season last year and played well, so if a few slack off days helps him get through the season then l’m ok with it.

I rewatched part of the first preseason game and l’m hard pressed to say who the better guard is right now, Corbett or Drango. Both had moments and both looked bad at times. I’d rate them as about equal right now. Corbett probably has the higher learning curve though, but he hardly looked great.

Another thing that caught my eye was poor FB play. I know Vitale out and whoever filled in seemed to block the wrong guy or laid out a dud of a lead block more often than not.

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

He could be ready by game oneHe could be ready by game one Or at least until the left tackles we are playing now prove they can’t do the job somewhere you know the 1/3 mark of the season

Nah Gip, Joe is totally done with the NFL. He did a sit in on NFLN, and hardly looks like the same person. De-bulked in a big hurry. Doug Dieken did the same thing. I've met Doug several times at BBers events, and you'd never be able to tell he once was a 300+ pound LT. Almost have to go that route if you don't want to die early from a heart attack.

Zombo

I don't see anything wrong with trying different lineups in training camp. This is the time to do it.

A stubborn coach would say "I'm going with these five and that's it". A good coach watches film every day and sees who is best and who wants it most.

Obviously Coleman didn't cut it on the left hand side.

If Robinson does, then it urns out to be a great pick up by the FO and smart on the part of the coaching staff to weigh all options.

We have the makings of a good, versatile OL if we solve LT.

Corbett isn't quite there yet from what I've seen, but we have three more games for him to prove himself as well.

The coaches don't get nearly the time with players that used to back in the day, if we are still tooling around with the OL the second week in camp I don't see it as a panic, I see it as problem-solving. That's their job.

Zombo