Gilliam to start against the Cardinals.

[jammerhawk]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/9811/garry-gilliam

Seahawks offensive line coach Tom Cable said Garry Gilliam will start at right tackle in Week 16 against the Cardinals.

The competition at RT continues.

 

[LolaRox]

Oh yippee... ukeface:

 

[HawksSoc]

Like being asked which shade of brown you want your s*** to be really.

 

[mistaowen]

Both tackle positions need to be looked at this off season. I'm hoping Rees pans out somewhere, he looked decent in his limited games.

 

[cymatica]

Cable should have figured this out already, not 2 games before the playoffs. I'm sure it doesn't help a rookie rg having to adjust to a new tackle every other week.

Probably not, but from what i seen Ifedi is more responsive to the center.

 

[tacomahawk]

Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch....oh my.

 

[jammerhawk]

The job goes to the guy who practices best and apparently this week it looks like the team felt Sowell played poorly against the Rams.

Both of Sowell and Gilliam are FAs this upcoming off season and both will likely be looking for work.

The revolving door at RT is affecting the ability of the Oline to run block. Pass blocking remains hit and miss except amazingly for Britt.

 

[Siouxhawk]

And please Cable get your crew disciplined enough to knock off the false starts -- 5 on Thursday and I think 4 were on the line. This shouldn't be happening at home. The crowd is on our side.

 

[ARhawk]

Maybe its because benching Gilliam lit a fire under him and he has been performing at an All-Pro level in practice and is about to play like the best O-lineman this league has ever seen.

But its most likely because he and Sowell both suck, but maybe Gilliam doesnt suck as much

 

[bmorepunk]

 

[Hawks46]

Like being asked which shade of brown you want your s*** to be really.

Pretty much says it right there.

 

[Leee-roy]

Here we go again.
OK, this OL as a whole is pretty bad, and it's the lowest paid and all that.
How much of it is Cable not being able to teach/ motivate these guys???
I've seen lines decimated by injuries and the backups do pretty well.
I think we need a new OL coach.

 

[Largent80]

I've never seen anything like this in all my years of watching football.

It just says a lot about college development of O-Line and how unimportant it seems to be to the modern college game.

Look how much the DT position is coveted and drafted.

 

[cymatica]

Here we go again.
OK, this OL as a whole is pretty bad, and it's the lowest paid and all that.
How much of it is Cable not being able to teach/ motivate these guys???
I've seen lines decimated by injuries and the backups do pretty well.
I think we need a new OL coach.

This. Theres something cable is doing that isn't working.

 

[Seymour]

Here we go again.
OK, this OL as a whole is pretty bad, and it's the lowest paid and all that.
How much of it is Cable not being able to teach/ motivate these guys???
I've seen lines decimated by injuries and the backups do pretty well.
I think we need a new OL coach.

Not to mention the fact that Cable is the one purchasing the crap for the crap sandwich.
He is on borrowed time, NEVER has had an oline that could pass protect, and needed to be booted at least a year ago.

 

[Milehighhawk]

Personnel issues aside, if I had to point to one thing having the greatest impact on the line's ability to runblock this season, I would point to the removal of the ability to chop block in key situations (see for reference: http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/3/...p-blocks-cut-blocks-legal-illegal-explanation).

I believe we also see the impact of this rule change on the Denver run offense as well (who has employed similar zone concepts). When the rule was first announced, it was largely dismissed as likely having negligible impact, but now that the empirical evidence is out, it looks to have had a significant impact in the ability to run the ball for teams that rely on the zone scheme versus man-on-man blocking. I think Cable has been unable to make the transition with his linemen to be successful in continuing to use zone principles trying to work around this change.

 

[Northwest Seahawk]

I agree with starting Gilliam over Sowell and I think Cable needs to be replaced the O-line is broken and I have zero confidence Cable can fix it.

 

[Fade]

Fix LT, put Rees at RT. Let Glow, Britt, Ifedi have another year together. If the O-Line is still a disaster at that point, then the fire Tom Cable mob will be justified. I want to wait 1 more season first before I join the mob. It isn't reasonable to expect the O-Line to have success with Crap at LT, 1 career start in the NFL at LG, 0 starts at C, Rookie RG, 1 year starting at RT.

Worrying though is Cable's track record at Tackle. Robert Gallery was supposed to be the LT of his generation. Cable turned him into a Guard. James Carpenter, turned him into a Guard. Justin Britt, eventually turned him into a Center. Ifedi, one of the top RT prospects in the draft, didn't even bother having him fail at Tackle, immediately placed him at Guard. Okung was amazing as a rookie when he did play. He seemingly got worse every year under Cable.

The lack of Tackle prospects that thrived under Cable is extremely worrisome.

 

[Hawkintent]

I would have liked to see Odhiambo-Glow-Britt-Ifedi-Fant
I just feel like that would be our best configuration right now. Fant has done well with run blocking. Odhiambo seems like he knows what he is doing a little more (in extremely limited snaps mind you).

 

[LeftHandSmoke]

An interesting piece

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Bruce Arians asks tackles to block in empty sets more than any team
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post ... n-any-team