(06-02-2017, 09:38 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

Quote:I was not a huge Meester fan when he was a rookie.

 

As you may recall, he was a G as a rookie.  I don't think he performed well at all there.

 

But when he was finally moved to C, he flourished and wound up being the best C in Jaguars history.

 

 

Precisely. Meester was routinely stood up and pushed back as a rookie much like I've seen with Tyler Shatley. His sophomore year he moved to Center, and Coughlin was able to keep him in double teams for the most part until he eventually was good enough to not only stand his own ground, but much more. Meester played a long, long time constantly refining his game.

(06-02-2017, 09:40 AM)pirkster Wrote:

Quote:I was not a huge Meester fan when he was a rookie.

 

As you may recall, he was a G as a rookie.  I don't think he performed well at all there.

 

But when he was finally moved to C, he flourished and wound up being the best C in Jaguars history.

 

Agree.  That's why I believe Linder could reach even greater heights at G.

 

I've always looked at the Linder to C move as temporary as placing Meester at G.

I wonder why Meester struggled so much at G and thrived so well at C.

Aside from calling the signals, are the positions THAT different?

I know depending on whether a team plays an even or odd front, the C or G may or not be covered on a given play. But leverage is leverage, right? Technique is technique, right?

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(06-07-2017, 06:14 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(06-01-2017, 09:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:  

I thought Linder was pretty good at center. Maybe not great, but good. 

 

Regardless  -- if we're talking candidates at Center  -- we may as well include AJ Cann as a possibility as well. 

 

Remember Mayock's draft profile on him?

It sounds like Cann is not in the picture at Center. I noticed Oesher in one of his articles talking about potential candidates for the Center spot, and he distinctly left out two names among their interior OLs... Cann and Watford. This has me thinkiing that these two are strictly playing G. Actually, I tend to think these two end up starting at G with a formation possibly looking like...

LT Albert
LG Cann
C Linder
RG Watford
RT Robinson

Parnell in this case would just have to sit alongside Omameh. But do mark this down as I really think this might be the end result despite nobody else that I've noticed predicting as much.

Yep...that too is a distinct possibility, but that raises other possibilities down the road.

If Robinson earns starting RT, does Parnell get cut?

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