Comments on: Start Me Up: Right Tackle http://www.thejetsblog.com/2008/09/05/start-me-up-right-tackle/ Ranting and Raving about the Gang Green Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:28:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: billvv http://www.thejetsblog.com/2008/09/05/start-me-up-right-tackle/#comment-98880 billvv Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:18:02 +0000 http://www.thejetsblog.com/?p=5488#comment-98880 I think Faneca will be a good role model! I think Faneca will be a good role model!

]]> By: DSmizzle http://www.thejetsblog.com/2008/09/05/start-me-up-right-tackle/#comment-98869 DSmizzle Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.thejetsblog.com/?p=5488#comment-98869 I'm afraid that while the line has improved, it is lagging behind expectations ... BADLY! D'Brick still isn't showing a mean streak, which really can't be learned anyway. Yes, it was known all along that he was a "finesse" tackle, and the hope was that he'd be more like Walter Jones, All-Pro LT for the Seahawks ... but he hasn't even shown a good skill-set for pass-blocking. Thankfully, he gained some size, but that isn't really going to help him stop guys who had a more skilled pass-rush set rather than power-rushers. I’m afraid that while the line has improved, it is lagging behind expectations … BADLY!

D’Brick still isn’t showing a mean streak, which really can’t be learned anyway. Yes, it was known all along that he was a “finesse” tackle, and the hope was that he’d be more like Walter Jones, All-Pro LT for the Seahawks … but he hasn’t even shown a good skill-set for pass-blocking.

Thankfully, he gained some size, but that isn’t really going to help him stop guys who had a more skilled pass-rush set rather than power-rushers.

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