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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 505804"><p>That's correct, and it is what I said in the post 13 Times quoted. While it may seem trivial in the great scheme of things, it has meaningful implications.</p><p> </p><p>MM's habit is to carry 7 OL, with a couple guys on PS.</p><p> </p><p>Lets say the 7 are Bulaga, Sitton, EDS, Lang, Newhouse, Bhaktiari and Barkley. If Barkley doesn't get the hang of snapping the ball (which is a near-zero error tolerance responsibility), who else can back up at center? Nobody else in that list of 7. Let's say GVR does have the hang of it and is judged serviceable, and he's stashed on the PS. That doesn't work.</p><p> </p><p>If EDS goes out in the middle of a game, what then? This is not a team that can afford a loss through neglect (as if any team could). Snapping the ball, particularly in shotgun, is not a trivial matter or easy to do. If it were, Barclay would not be rolling balls.</p><p> </p><p>So the issue boils down to (1) spending an extra roster spot on the O-Line so there's somebody who can back up EDS and (2) if nobody works out as #2, having to go out and get somebody who can.</p><p> </p><p>It's easy to say dump Newhouse and bring in GVR to stay at 7, but if Bulaga goes down, putting all the marbles on Bhaktiati at LT and Barclay at RT would be imprudent. For his faults and inconsistencies, you can have worse than Newhouse.</p><p> </p><p>This is not the highest priority issue around, but it is important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 505804"] That's correct, and it is what I said in the post 13 Times quoted. While it may seem trivial in the great scheme of things, it has meaningful implications. MM's habit is to carry 7 OL, with a couple guys on PS. Lets say the 7 are Bulaga, Sitton, EDS, Lang, Newhouse, Bhaktiari and Barkley. If Barkley doesn't get the hang of snapping the ball (which is a near-zero error tolerance responsibility), who else can back up at center? Nobody else in that list of 7. Let's say GVR does have the hang of it and is judged serviceable, and he's stashed on the PS. That doesn't work. If EDS goes out in the middle of a game, what then? This is not a team that can afford a loss through neglect (as if any team could). Snapping the ball, particularly in shotgun, is not a trivial matter or easy to do. If it were, Barclay would not be rolling balls. So the issue boils down to (1) spending an extra roster spot on the O-Line so there's somebody who can back up EDS and (2) if nobody works out as #2, having to go out and get somebody who can. It's easy to say dump Newhouse and bring in GVR to stay at 7, but if Bulaga goes down, putting all the marbles on Bhaktiati at LT and Barclay at RT would be imprudent. For his faults and inconsistencies, you can have worse than Newhouse. This is not the highest priority issue around, but it is important. [/QUOTE]
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