You've obviously never watched a single drill or seen what goes into actually playing offensive line at the NFL level. Football is not a hard sport? WOW!!!
Watch one practice, be it the offensive line, or even the TEs and watch the technique that is required on every single play. Any running play, can have 3 or 4 different responsibilities all determined by the alignment of the defensive front. If one guy is in the gap, as opposed to on your inside shoulder, or the guy lined up next to you, will all determine how each guy will be blocked, and by whom. Which foot do to take your first step with, which hand do you punch with? Do you drive block him, or turn him? It may not be rocket science, but to say its not a hard game,,, well, with all due respect, I think you are letting your frustration do the talking.
Now that being said. Do not be surprised when you see him in the starting lineup tomorrow night. It might not be etched in stone. But it seems to look like its gonna happen.
Coach, I agree 110% with your message but the tone is unnecessary. We can disagree without being condescending. And trust me, I have the same issue at times but it's something that we all have to make a conscious effort to watch out for, avoid, and improve on. If you reread your post and see it, edit it out. I know I've done that many times. It's just not conducive to a productive conversation.
I'd actually be interested... because I'm not sure of any others who were in the same boat. At first I thought maybe there'd be a QB taking the Aaron Rodgers route, but even with QBs, if you're drafting them in the top 5, you intend to play them.
But in the end, what matters is getting in there sooner rather than later.
Well, if you are curious, I'm happy to provide it:
Philip Rivers QB San Diego
Marvin Jones LB New York Jets
Steve McNair QB Houston Oilers
Michael Vick QB Atlanta Falcons
Carson Palmer QB Cincinnati Bengals
Eli Manning QB New York Giants
Russell Maryland DT Dallas Cowboys
Donovan McNabb QB Philadelphia Eagles
Willie McGinest LB New England Patriots
Darrell Russell DT Oakland Raiders
All SUCCESSFUL players taken in the Top 5 since 1990 that didn't start AT LEAST their first 4 games. There are more that were unsuccessful.
He could easily work out, he's got a lot of talent, but so far he's had a lot of games where he's been a none factor. I just don't think that the odd big play is worth what we gave up for him.
Hopefully he'll be that big play guy more consistently and the big drop guy much less.
He hasn't been a "drop guy" since the first 5 games of his rookie year where it was clear he wasn't ready mentally. In fact, he's caught 5 of his 6 targets in 2014. The only one he didn't catch was the play he was injured on.
The annoying thing is we probably can't afford Quick and Austin if they're both good players (unless they're both All Pros) so Austin's value if they believed in Quick as much as they claimed was always going to be in his rookie contract. Wasting a year and 1/4 of it isn't encouraging.
I don't believe this at all.