What happened to all the great offensive lineman?

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

:wowat65:

"First offensive lineman in NFL history"? Is that a typo

 

[jaguar paw]

"First offensive lineman in NFL history"? Is that a typo

Don't question the legend.

:skressed:

 

[dtownreppin214]

 

[duckbutta]

:smugzach:

 

[SoulController]

agree that spreads are cheating off some technique. alot of these kids aint ready, i knew Ereck Flowers would be a sought after guy few yesrs ago, but when he went 9th ovr i was floored. raw talent, not taught well by a washed up coach when he was at Miami, had a feeling he might not start to poet gains until year 3 or 4. not what you want from a top 10 pick

it used to be one of the more direct transitions to make, no more. look at most of these high picks the past few years. and KC still stuck it out with eric fisher because the market was dry

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

thats as if to say he made a life choice at some point as a kind whether he would be an elite, dominant athlete in either football or boxing

it just doesnt work like that in reality

In Deontay's case, he did though. his story isn't like most. I cherry picked and picked athletes that I believe that physically, could dominate in football. In Wilder's case, he picked up boxing and in three years, won bronze at the 2008 Olympic games. That's a physical freak of nature.

 

[FS4LFE]

NFL is dying brehs

 

[staticshock]

Nobody runs in high school or college anymore. O linemen & QBs suck now

 

[1thouwow]

Breh, Larry Allen, for all extents and purposes, is easily one of the most impressive physical talents ever in any sport.



If this play happens to me in any football game not named NFL Blitz, I'm trading it in to get my money because it's not real. In any era, Larry Allen is getting paid.

 

[FaTaL]

Linemen are not getting the same type of coaching with all the spread offenses in college. So they have to learn at the NFL level

 

[UserNameless]

college systems are making the transition more difficult, and less practice time under the new cba is making that more difficult transition take longer. teams are starting fresh a lot of the time because these lineman dont learn the techniques that will carry over to being a plus nfl lineman. obviously there are exceptions, but there are WAY less great o lineman than there were just 5 years ago. once a lot of these vets retire, they will be very scarce. d lineman also seem to be getting bigger/stronger/faster, and coupled with the decrease in o lineman overall skill a lot of teams lines will just look overwhelmed

They were just talking bout that on Florio's radio show. Along with the QB crisis... and with the devaluation of the running back, it's like damn the fukk yall gonna do NFL?!




Someone said that some coaches would rather flip a defensive lineman than take a chance on OLs coming from college.

 

[jadillac]

Some great lines on a few college teams.

Fun to watch.

There's also alot of great running backs to watch in college.

Both positions are possibly more valued and stacked than ever before at the college level

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Fat nikkas are getting a little better shape and are doing more shyt. Jake Long was the last one to come out and get that monster contract and like was said previously, the line had been devalued in a sense so you got obvious specimens like Big Baby Miller and Deontay Wilder say fukk getting CTE and hopped up into boxing. NFL really ain't what's hot in these streets no more for these new nikkas.

you think boxing nikkas ain't damaging their brains?

 

[Shogun]

Pass protection isn't as difficult as run blocking.

 

[BigE214]

I want the league to get back to having lots of very good to great featured backs like the early 00s

Priest Holmes
LaDainian Tomlinson
Ricky Williams
Curtis Martin
Jamal Lewis
Marshall Faulk
Clinton Portis
Edgerrin James
Travis Henry
Ahman Green
Stephen Davis
Deuce McAllister



Those were before the days of "quarterback driven league" where a team could be elite off the strength of their running back, and more running backs were the faces of their franchises.

I had this flow back in the day:

Candy green with the plasma screen
Stacking green like Ahman Green
I stay fresh, I stay clean
Trunk bounce like a trampoline