hawknation2014
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theENGLISHseahawk":1rbwf1zh said:Not what I saw vs UCLA. He dealt with Barr superbly off the edge. Ditto against FSU's bevy of pass rushers.
Bitonio did a lot of blocking down in both of those games. Nevada was so overmatched by FSU that they hardly attempted to throw the ball. When forced to move laterally against an outside rusher, Bitonio tends to not do as well because he lacks efficient footwork and hand placement in pass protection.
Here was a play from Bitionio against Fresno State that demonstrates some of my concern with his poor lateral footwork/punch:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9921122
A few plays later, we see the same thing happen again. Bitonio does not slide well against the outside rusher, forcing his QB to rush the pass attempt on fourth down: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9921187
Do you really see Bitonio as a natural OT?