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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 475044" data-attributes="member: 4199">The problem with valuing Left Tackles above all else is another mistake.  Newhouse had his share of problems on Sunday.  So did Lang and EDS.  Having a stud blind side blocker doesn't solve all of your problems.  Line play is like team within a team.  If there is too great a disparity between your best and worst, the opposition will pick on everyone else.  Similarly, there is a way to minimize that one stud's impact in the game:  Put your worst rusher on him. Imagine if you will, the Packers play the Browns tomorrow.  Matthews and Thomas would probably play to a draw.  So lets put Pickett or Wilson on Thomas all game long.  Either is good enough that they need to be blocked, so I'll 'force' you to waste your best on my worst.  Then I'll move Matthews to the offensive right.  You can counter that by moving the pocket, but I'll take the risk that most right handed quarterbacks can't effectively roll left over and over again.  That's probably the craziest thing I've heard.  Good, 10+ sacks per year pass rushers are probably one of the rarest of beasts, only the franchise quarterback is rarer.</blockquote>

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