hawknation2018
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We have had a few too many polls on this board lately, but I'm just curious where people think Germain Ifedi should play going forward.
Ifedi played RG as a rookie and RT last season. At the end of last season, Carroll said he hoped Ifedi would be able to stay at RG. However, in his most recent press conference, Carroll said he was interested to see Ifedi as a "2nd-year tackle."
*Credit to the venerable "originalposter" for the excellent videos on Solari discussing tackles vs guards.
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Solari managed to coach 6'8 Alex Boone into a very good RG, in part because he lacked the ideal lateral agility to play OT. IMO, playing Ifedi at tackle led to a lot of false starts and holding calls because he was beaten more often on the outside due to his limited lateral agility (Ifedi had the same short shuttle as James Carpenter). For this reason, I predicted that Ifedi would rack up a lot more penalties at tackle than he did at guard. Generally, I think Ifedi plays with pretty good leverage, knee bend, north-south explosiveness, etc.
Ifedi played RG as a rookie and RT last season. At the end of last season, Carroll said he hoped Ifedi would be able to stay at RG. However, in his most recent press conference, Carroll said he was interested to see Ifedi as a "2nd-year tackle."
*Credit to the venerable "originalposter" for the excellent videos on Solari discussing tackles vs guards.
[youtube]ccJFoOmyFis[/youtube]
[youtube]MwSrfMNWk1A[/youtube]
Solari managed to coach 6'8 Alex Boone into a very good RG, in part because he lacked the ideal lateral agility to play OT. IMO, playing Ifedi at tackle led to a lot of false starts and holding calls because he was beaten more often on the outside due to his limited lateral agility (Ifedi had the same short shuttle as James Carpenter). For this reason, I predicted that Ifedi would rack up a lot more penalties at tackle than he did at guard. Generally, I think Ifedi plays with pretty good leverage, knee bend, north-south explosiveness, etc.