Iheanachor to play RT

This.


The whole aspect of "playing Guard is easier than Tackle" is a major category error in terms of assignments. For that matter, comparing OT to OG is no different than comparing a Boundary Corner versus a Slot CB; two entirely different positions all together.


As a Guard, the amount of space the player needs to move is decreased but the time to engage the defender is increased. Furthermore, Guards are considered the most powerful among the Offensive Line; most OTs lacking the ability to properly displace their opponents in the running game or even having the requisite anchor to absorb bull rushes in pass protection. As an OT, the amount of time it takes for the Lineman to come into contact with the defender is decreased because there is more space at the OTs disposal.


In short?! Not every Tackle can become a Guard. Either they are a Tackle or they will be a backup all their career. There are exceptions to every rule but those exceptions are so far and few in between.

 

no it's a different skillset. some of it has to do with arm length as well. many teams move a guard to tackle when an injury happens because said player is more experienced overall. many reasons for it. many tackles move to center. arm length, movement ability. both have distinct abilities in the offensive scheme run by the team.

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both good reads.

 

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they did move both mccormick and fautanu to the left. makes sense.

i expect at least an injury settlement for jones or they wait and make a june 1 cut so they can split his cap hit to two years. i'm pretty sure he has to be active before they can do much with him.

cook to the right and anderson to the right to begin with. that should change quickly i would think.

 

Neither... Moore is a scrub and Jones is a bust.


Titans fans are heavily divided on Dan Moore, with many feeling the 4-year, $82 million contract was a significant overpay based on his poor performance with the Steelers, while some hold out hope that coach Bill Callahan can fix his pass-blocking issues. Following a rough start in 2025, many view him as a "Band-Aid" fix for the offensive line.

 

Actually Jones was steadily improving until he got hurt

By the posts to the contrary I’m amazed at how many people here truly don’t understand football

 

I blame the overall lack of research and proper analysis of the individual more than anything. Moreover to the point, people tend to use others opinions as opposed to formulate their own. A shame really as understanding positions of the NFL is far more simple today than it was a generation ago.


In layman's terms?! People need to learn how to be leaders and not followers. Being wrong is all apart of the learning experience.

 

I think this was true in Jones' rookie year.

Moore couldn't play RT and we wanted Jones to get on the field. Moore was OK at LT and Jones was raw. Putting Jones at LT (a position he barely played in college because he barely played in college) would make LT worse (at least in the short term) and RT worse since Moore couldn't play that side. The best thing for the team was Moore at LT and Jones at RT.

But in year 2 for Jones, we had 3 OTs who were startable going into camp / regular season. Moore, Jones, Troy. Here, the team would have clearly preferred to play the two young OTs they wanted to be the cornerstones of the OL for a decade. Jones couldn't beat out Moore. Looked like Troy was better at RT, but they were doing a weird rotational thing so that we didn't just have to have Jones sit on the bench all year.

Then Troy got hurt. So Jones played RT. IMO, if Troy didn't get hurt, Jones would have eventually earned the swing tackle role because he was the worst of the three guys we had to play OT.

Jones did start to have the light come on in year 3 IMO. IMO, this was kind of the hope for him since he was so raw in college (19 starts in college...far fewer than "raw" Max Iheanachor @ 31 starts). Then he got injured. I don't think he was going to get the option either way, but if he finished 2025 strong, we might not have drafted an OT in the 1st round to replace him this year.

 

Players can say whatever they want.

If the coach tells you to play RT, you play RT.

IMO they didn't move him to RT because (1) he was better at LT than Jones was and (2) the line overall was better was Jones at RT and Moore at LT. Edited to add: Forgot to say that Moore likely sucks at RT just like he says he does.

In 2024, it probably would have worked out that the best line combination would have seen Jones on the Bench if Troy didn't get hurt.

 

In my best singing voice.....
Thank you

 

that was a little flat try again. do we have to enhance your voice?

 

You may be right about the first point. It's one of those things we'll never know. But if the coaching staff thought BJ was better at LT than DM, I don't know why they would have been rotating Jones and Troy at RT. A more forward looking team may have benched Moore and let Jones play LT to see if they could develop him there. But the Steelers tend not to downgrade positions for potential medium term benefit like that.

I 100% agree with your 2nd statement here. I was trying to say that the coaches not switching him to RT supports the idea that he actually did suck on the right. It wasn't just something he was saying because LTs get paid more. I think he's only taken LT snaps on the Titans as well. Maybe if he ever moves to RT we'll get proof that he sucks there...but I agree with you that it's a safe assumption.

 

Can someone explain how to pronounce his last name please.

 

Hard to argue against the original (especially when it's Zeppelin), but I like the Cornell version better...which feels like heresy.






Perhaps a musical version of the Blount vs. Woodson argument on the board. Can't go wrong with either choice.

 

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