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Originally Posted by Halfcan
According to Petro, he beat Orlando Brown Jr. like a bitch today.
His guest said, "Yes, I am concerned because Frank is not a good player, so that makes Brown a disaster!"
Soren said he is TERRIFIED of this O line!!!
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What a load of shit.
This happens every year. I mean, EVERY year. OL is generally a reactive position. They respond to what the DL does and the DL responds to the skill players, so OL already starts out behind the 8 ball, so to speak. 1-on-1 drills favor DL players. Mike DeVito and Jeff Allen recently discussed this very issue in a KC Sports Network podcast. Both of them agreed that, particularly early in camp, Andy Heck works the OL a lot harder than the DL is worked, in part because of what is required of the OL. Jeff Allen talked about how the first few weeks of camp are frustrating because the DL initially walks all over the OL, particularly in 1-on-1s. Allen said that after 2-3 weeks in pads, not just camp but in padded practices, the DL pressures begin to become more and more familiar and they are better able to resist DL pressure. Put another way, it always takes the OL a few weeks to catch up to the DL from the start of camp.
So, if in another 2 weeks, after several more padded practices, the OL is still losing heavily to the DL, I will start to worry. Otherwise, this happens every camp and Petro is talking out his ass, which I know comes as a tremendous surprise to others here.