Oline Coaching in the NFL

[Mingo]

In the line of fire

According to these fellows- very little Oline coaching goes on.

 

[LGM]

Cry me an effing river. It's what you wanted- fewer practices, less contact, shorter off season conditioning. Go sped all that crap elsewhere, millionaire crybabies.

 

[Orange Crush77]

Alex Gibbs

 

[randymon]

If these guys were coached up a little more in college that would F-ing help. These linemen need more time learning than most positions other than qb. They need to change the CBA when it comes to the O line. College O line coaches get paid too much.

 

[MileHigh64]

O-line? What's that? I haven't seen one in Denver in a while. Could 2016 be the year? I say YES!

 

[randymon]

O-line? What's that? I haven't seen one in Denver in a while. Could 2016 be the year? I say YES!

There is no way they haven't improved already without stepping on the field. Two backs will total 2800 all purpose ads for Denver this yr.

 

[SpringStein]

That's a really optimistic view seeing that Okung has faithfully missed multiple games per year with injury, Stephenson arrives with plenty of question marks, we're not sure if TySam is a T or G, and talk of of possibly starting a rookie at G. Plus none of them have started a full season together - the closest being TWO guys, Max and Paradis, that have played together at all.

Seems stable to me...

 

[randymon]

That's a really optimistic view seeing that Okung has faithfully missed multiple games per year with injury, Stephenson arrives with plenty of question marks, we're not sure if TySam is a T or G, and talk of of possibly starting a rookie at G. Plus none of them have started a full season together - the closest being TWO guys, Max and Paradis, that have played together at all.

Seems stable to me...

Yeah but you didn't notice I said " ads ". There going to kick some major marketing butt by golly !

 

[cdumler7]

That's a really optimistic view seeing that Okung has faithfully missed multiple games per year with injury, Stephenson arrives with plenty of question marks, we're not sure if TySam is a T or G, and talk of of possibly starting a rookie at G. Plus none of them have started a full season together - the closest being TWO guys, Max and Paradis, that have played together at all.

Seems stable to me...

Yup I agree with this. Honestly I do think the first 8 games of the season could be pretty hit and miss and this group learns to play together. THey should get better as the year goes on if they can stay healthy which is a huge question mark considering like you said Okung has an injury history along with Stephenson and Sambrailo. This was our biggest question mark going into last year and is again this year. I feel better about this unit compared to last year but that doesn't mean much right now.

Also I do agree with LGM (what just happened?). This is exactly what these players wanted in fewer contact practices and well fewer practices in general. They got what they wanted and then complained about getting it. Hard to feel too bad for them.

 

[randymon]

Yup I agree with this. Honestly I do think the first 8 games of the season could be pretty hit and miss and this group learns to play together. THey should get better as the year goes on if they can stay healthy which is a huge question mark considering like you said Okung has an injury history along with Stephenson and Sambrailo. This was our biggest question mark going into last year and is again this year. I feel better about this unit compared to last year but that doesn't mean much right now.

Also I do agree with LGM (what just happened?). This is exactly what these players wanted in fewer contact practices and well fewer practices in general. They got what they wanted and then complained about getting it. Hard to feel too bad for them.

You can still learn a lot of technique,balance,etc without having full pads on and going full boar. These linemen coming out of college are grossly unprepared/coached for the NFL game. I would like to see the O line and qbs get two extra weeks at least, to just learn and adapt to the new blkg schemes,etc they'll be facing. Just shorts and more film study will at least give them a decent jump on the difficult transition from college to pros. Their getting the same amount of learning as all the other positions and it's very obvious this position needs the extra time to acclimate these guys to the NFL. I know CBA limits are what they are. You hear how the qbs will meet with the wrs in off season to help each other with timing,a greet and meet,etc. Be nice if some of the veteran O linemen would do this sort of thing with the young guys too. Maybe some teams do? IDK. Maybe there's too many restrictions for that. If it was me,I would relish every and any opportunity to get prepared for the tough transition ahead.

 

[Southieinnc]

In the line of fire

According to these fellows- very little Oline coaching goes on.

From this:

Poor showing vs. Denver costs Patriots offensive line coach his job

To this:

Scarnecchia Has Tall Task Developing Pats' Young Offensive Line

Scarnecchia Has Tall Task Developing Pats' Young Offensive Line

" He’ll always have his guys prepared and if they’re not prepared he’ll find someone that is prepared."

 

[Southieinnc]

In the line of fire

According to these fellows- very little Oline coaching goes on.

Scarnecchia approach invaluable in 'sink or swim' world of NFL line play