Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Originally posted by Heroism:Using the rams as a point of reference, although Seahawks OL essentially mirrors the below as well ..,the mass difference boils down to LG
Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
If they draft some Oline this year, I hope they get some players with some toughness and attitude. I feel like our whole oline besides Trent lacks that toughness and attitude when playing against tough dline players that will work you and talk crap at you. Trents like the only guy on our line that fights back lol... anywho thats just my opinion..
I don't think they need to necessarily add toughness as much as they need to add mass. Since the Niners OL is built to be lighter, smaller and more athletic, they win on angles and movement. I think the perception that they lack toughness stems from their inability to line up against guys, drive them straight back and finish them. They don't get pancake blocks or bury guys into the turf because that's not how they're built; in pass pro, they struggle to anchor against power. It looks even worse when they're going against light boxes and getting dominated at the line of scrimmage.
What they are lacking is mass; size; strength; power. The ability to move bodies at will. The OL would seem much tougher if they were bulldozing guys on short yardage situations or brute forcing holes open against a defense's will; stonewalling bullrushers; piledriving defenders into the grass rather than just getting in-between them; etc.
LT: Alaric Jackson: 6-foot-7, 312 lbs
LG: Steve Avila: 6-foot-3, 332 lbs
C Coleman Shelton (or Beaux Limmer): 6-foot-5, 292 lbs
RG: Kevin Dotson: 6-foot-4, 328 lbs
RT Warren McClendon Jr. (or Rob Havenstein): 6-foot-7, 312 lbs
LT: Trent Williams (6-5, 320 lbs):
.LG: Ben Bartch (6-6, 305 lbs):
C: Jake Brendel (6-4, 299
RG: Dominick Puni (6-5, 325 lbs):
RT: Colton McKivitz (6-6, 306 lbs):
Bartch signed with the Lions.
