volsunghawk":2h2o8kwq said:
If we indeed follow the "in Cable we trust" line of thinking, then Carp is going to be our LG. Every report on Carp this offseason has been very positive, including straight from Cable himself.
http://mynorthwest.com/422/2547636/Cabl ... ter-Sweezy
That being said, I don't know how much stock I put into Cable's ability to develop guys. I've been underwhelmed so far.
I'm giving the OL a mulligan for last season, most of the line was injured and two of the very best pass rushers in the game played in our division, while Wilson once again led the league in holding the football and Bevell led the league in predictability and inflexibility.
I really like what Cable has done with total nobodies. Sweezy is turning into a nice player, Bailey has looked great when we've seen him. Bowie is doing better than your average 7th rounder. Breno was garbage before Seattle and he was a nice player for us. Frank Omiyale was one of the worst linemen I'd ever seen when he was with the Bears, and was actually decent with Cable. McQuistan had two decent seasons before turning into crap last year.
Unger is not a noboby, but he was one of the worst guards in the NFL (PFF) as a rookie and basically missed all of his second season with an injury. Cable turned that guy into a pro-bowl caliber player in half a season. Unger regressed in 2013 but it was because of injury most likely.
Lynch resurrected his career thanks largely to coaching and advice from Tom Cable.
The only guys I can say disappointed me during the Cable tenure were Moffitt and Carp. I actually do think Cable had Moffitt playing up to his full potential, the problem was that Moffitt's ceiling was NFL backup. Carp just seems hard to motivate, and he hasn't had as much pure talent as his game footage from Alabama led many to believe.
My personal take on Cable is that he is a very good coach who sometimes has blind spots, like for example saying Mike Person was a better lineman than Bailey/Bowie immediately after a preseason in which Person got his ass kicked in every single game playing against camp fodder. Or his keeping Bailey on the bench while McQuistan and Bowie were getting eaten alive at the tackle spots.
And though I like Britt, I think it is true that we could have had him much later, and there are some disturbing flaws in his game that will make him a huge liability unless he can buckle down. Lack of anchor actually seems to be a theme with Cable OL, and defenses are beginning to realize this and exploit it.