Quote:Some discussion in this prior thread of this news: 

 

http://jungle.jaguars.com/index.php?/top.../?p=464588

 

Interesting that his "defenders" for lack of a better term were saying he was robbed an offseason to add strength and weight last year due to injury and it hurt him   ---  and now that's exactly what he and others are proclaiming. 

 

Anyway...  I hope it shows up on the field.  I'm fairly confident he'll be an above average LT this season if he stays healthy. 

I think it's pretty safe to assume that missing conditioning that would have allowed him to get bigger and stronger had to have an impact.  Instead of working on that, and on improving his technique, he was busy rehabilitating an injury that required surgery.  That has to have a negative impact on any player.  

 

He has the potential to become a rock solid LT with his athletic ability alone if he can just get stronger and work on a few things.  He's got that opportunity this year, so we'll see pretty quickly if it helps or not.

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