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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 580707"><p>"Truly amazing" seems a bit of an overstatement. "Pleasant surprise" might be more in order.</p><p></p><p>Here's what I said on 8/25 when there was some "panic" in the air:</p><p></p><p>"Linsley will be fine. He's played a lot of major college center. The O-line may forgo some of that fancy pulling but I would not expect this substitution to be a factor. Rodgers is perfectly capable of directing traffic, and was doing some of that anyway."</p><p></p><p>What I did not mention in that earlier post is the fact Linsley would have a Pro Bowler on his left and a very solid guy on his right; football is a team game in the zone scheme interior OL more than anywhere else on the field.</p><p></p><p>It should be noted the transition was not entirely smooth. Rodgers read Linsley the riot act on camera in an early game for poor awareness in failing to get off a snap resulting in a delay of game. The first snap against the Jets resulted in a fumble on the exchange. As one would expect, those early season gaffs have been eliminated with experience.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to independently grade a guy against the league without watching every game, which is why many people like to rely on PFF. However, PFF has enough outlier grades (relative unknowns scoring high grades one year and disappearing the next and the next, etc.) as to take their opinion with a couple of grains of salt. Somewhere there's a PFF guy of unknown provenance sitting in his underwear in his home office grading plays using NFL Rewind coaches tape, which anybody can do with a spare $60. Didn't PFF grade Brad Jones a top 8 ILB after 2012?</p><p></p><p>So, would Linsley qualify as a top 4 C in the league based on an eye test measured against other top centers past and present? I don't think he's quite there yet...I'd like to see him jump out to the second level and spring a run from time to time. It seems to me the current scheme keeps him home with Sitton getting the lions share of second-level blocking duties.</p><p></p><p>That said, Linsley's a good player, and that earns a "pleasant surprise" ranking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 580707"] "Truly amazing" seems a bit of an overstatement. "Pleasant surprise" might be more in order. Here's what I said on 8/25 when there was some "panic" in the air: "Linsley will be fine. He's played a lot of major college center. The O-line may forgo some of that fancy pulling but I would not expect this substitution to be a factor. Rodgers is perfectly capable of directing traffic, and was doing some of that anyway." What I did not mention in that earlier post is the fact Linsley would have a Pro Bowler on his left and a very solid guy on his right; football is a team game in the zone scheme interior OL more than anywhere else on the field. It should be noted the transition was not entirely smooth. Rodgers read Linsley the riot act on camera in an early game for poor awareness in failing to get off a snap resulting in a delay of game. The first snap against the Jets resulted in a fumble on the exchange. As one would expect, those early season gaffs have been eliminated with experience. It's hard to independently grade a guy against the league without watching every game, which is why many people like to rely on PFF. However, PFF has enough outlier grades (relative unknowns scoring high grades one year and disappearing the next and the next, etc.) as to take their opinion with a couple of grains of salt. Somewhere there's a PFF guy of unknown provenance sitting in his underwear in his home office grading plays using NFL Rewind coaches tape, which anybody can do with a spare $60. Didn't PFF grade Brad Jones a top 8 ILB after 2012? So, would Linsley qualify as a top 4 C in the league based on an eye test measured against other top centers past and present? I don't think he's quite there yet...I'd like to see him jump out to the second level and spring a run from time to time. It seems to me the current scheme keeps him home with Sitton getting the lions share of second-level blocking duties. That said, Linsley's a good player, and that earns a "pleasant surprise" ranking. [/QUOTE]
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