Bradfords Future?

Do we keep Bradford or ditch him?

  • I think he has progressed enough and may develop further. Keep as a starter.

    Votes: 7 5.8%
  • He has improved enough to keep but bring in competition to compete.

    Votes: 69 57.0%
  • Draft his replacement or bring in a quality free agent.

    Votes: 38 31.4%
  • Cut him outright.

    Votes: 7 5.8%

  • Total voters
    121

HawkRiderFan

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I know we don't say this about o-lineman a lot but as some point will the game "slow down" for him? That's not going to help getting beat of the snap like we see in the clip but the plays where he looks lost later in the play, will that get better?
 

The Breh

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Bradford blew through Jeffrey Simmons with one arm. That strength is valuable.
Bradford had plenty whiffs, they all do.
Fun fact - we actually won a Super Bowl with him starting. And Milton Williams didn't make himself a household name that night either. And K9 absolutely goes ham to end the season and all through the playoffs.
Unless someone takes the job from him, I'm plenty good with him starting.
Mike's gonna keep chasin those angles, it'll work itself out.
 

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I would look at free agents Zion Johnson and David Edwards or draft Vega, Pregnon or Bisontis.
 

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If you watch the OLine Committee, they explain how it works on the OLine, and turns out, it's extremely complicated. "If Bradford feel the Center bump on the player he's blocking, generally that means "Go ahead and help the Tackle. " But on the play in question, Sundell had yelled something to Bradford, but the audience was still screaming from a great run back, and they don't thing AB heard him.

There are so many rules, and that is why continuity is so important. Keep "AB," bring in competition that has experience in this offense, and let him compete.

Despite all of the cherry picked bad plays AB had, he has played very well most of the time, and you can NOT match his power. He erases DTs and Edges sometimes, and blows up the 2nd level when he's on, which is most of the time.

IMHO, we have too many needs to be focusing on a guard.
 
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