Cowboys RT template.

You can trace the Offensive Tackle problems back to 05 with Pettiti and Tucker. And yet here we are in 2010 and it’s still an issue. We should be very thankful for the miracle of Doug Free.

… if at first you don’t succeed try again, and again, and again.

It’s not a bad philosophy sometimes but it seems to be treading dangerously close to another saying.

Insanity is doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I’d be happy to be wrong but Young just fits the failed mold so well it’s hard to be positive.

But again this is what happens when you try to find a Tackle in round 6. Occasionally you can find a diamond in the rough but most times you get what you pay for.

I will disclaimer what I am about to say: “I do not necessarily agree with the opinions I am about to share”.

Ok now that we have that straight here is the reason I have HEARD they drafted him for. Since he has started so many games they hope this translates to most pro ready. They didn’t look for upside, because let’s all be honest Rd 6 and we aren’t good in Rd’s 1&2 at drafting OL that stick on the roster… They probably are going to look into the OL issue (I HOPE TO EVERYTHING HOLY) next year and try to get a Vet FA to compete or at least be a compitent back-up. Seems decent on paper…. I guess….

I did miss the Rooster. You’re right too he’s sort of in between The Mold and Doug Free. This gives me hope that he could become a good RT one day (hopefully 2011).

Sanders numbers were also affected in the most important area, TDs scored. He was a menace to score from almost anywhere on the field, true, but he wasn’t a menace in short yardage.

And that was a big minus in his game.

The thing is though, we have a huge offensive line that theoretically should be great power blockers but they’re not. There is such a thing as too big when it affects your athleticism.

Flozell – 6’7" 340.
Kosier – 6’5" 305.
Gurode – 6’4" 312.
Davis – 6’6" 350.
Colombo – 6’8" 320.

It’s was one of the biggest, if not the biggest OLine in the league, and yet as you said they struggle to power block. How many times did those huge right side "road graders" let us down in goaline and short yardage because they were slow off the snap and let quicker defenders knife past them or get leverage underneath them because they couldn’t bend adequately from their heights.

Many defenders now are too quick for the behemoths. Let’s look at two of the best interior Olineman playing now;

Jahri Evans – 6’4" 318.
Chris Snee – 6’3 317.

Let’s look at Dallas’ two great 90’s Guards;

Larry Allen – 6’3" 325.
Nate Newton – 6’3" 328.

Now let’s look at our Guards now;

Leonard Davis – 6’6" 350.
Kyle Kosier – 6’5" 305.

And the best part is almost every source has told us that Kosier graded out as the better player.

Guys who are really huge and lack initial quickness, like Flow and Davis, or guys who are really tall with poor flexibility, like Colombo, are what hurts this team. We don’t need to get slower, we need to get more athletic. There are players who have good power and athleticism (like the prominent Guards listed above). If just being powerful alone cut it, we’d have the best OLine in the league. We don’t.

Dude had a 3rd round grade, and by most accounts has turned things around after making a huge mistake when he was 16. It’s a shame if the guy DOESN’T have an NFL career.

I wish we’d go at least a little more athletic at the position. More and more teams are loaded with pass rushers that can get around slower OTs with ease on both sides. Free was excellent at RT, despite being in the “finesse” LT mold. I kind of figured that would be the direction we’d move, given how pass oriented our offense is to begin with.

And his “highlight” film, ehhh not so excited by the looks of a DE blasting straight past him to the QB. I don’t think Romo is mobile enough to dodge that on a regular basis so I hope we don’t wind up relying on him. By the looks of it we won’t though with the new trade and Brewster both being more competent RT’s.

OG’s have to get low to win most interior battles. Not true as much of OT’s, where kicksliding and lateral agility carry the day.

Bigg is an anomaly.

6’4" and shorter on the OG’s…

He doesn’t seem to fit at either position. It’s the sixth round so Tackles with good feet are an anomaly so why pick one here at all when there’s players at other positions who look like better prospects.