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Topics covered this week
Eagles OL with multiple backups dominating (a bad Giants run defense) in the run game
Frank Ragnow dominating Harrison Phillips
Terron Armstead & Aaron Brewer as run blockers
The Chiefs elite, tier one interior trio
Arizona’s dynamic run game
Amarius Mims
Tristan Wirfs brilliance
Graham Barton putting on a show against very good competition
Spencer Brown’s developmental journey
Jared Verse is a menace
The Titans problematic right tackle position
49ers concerns on the interior defensive line
Tyron Smith’s over reliance on his outside hand getting him into trouble again
Texans continued issues at center/left guard and potential fixes
The Giants dramatic drop-off at left tackle without Andrew Thomas + a possible answer
Panthers’ bottom-feeder defensive line
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Topics covered this week
Trent Williams unmatched physical prowess
Rashawn Slater’s dominant return to the lineup
Tristan Wirfs’ dominant performance against the Saints
Patrick Mekari/Daniel Faalele
Jackson Powers-Johnson’s aggressive demeanor and flashes of power continue to be notable
Sam Cosmi’s ascension and standout game against Nnamdi Madubuike
Andrew Thomas vs. Trey Hendrickson
Dion Dawkins vs. Michael Clemons
Seattle’s disastrous right side
Nick Allegretti
Roger Rosengarten
Blake Fisher, Juice Scruggs & Kenyon Green struggles
Taliese Fuaga’s repeated struggles in pass protection
Adding context to Joel Bitonio and Zack Martin’s struggles in Week 6
Adding context to the Cowboys struggles on the OL
Amarius Mims’ underwhelming start
Tyron Smith’s struggles
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Players discussed:LSU OTs Will Campbell & Emery Jones Jr.
Texas OTs Kelvin Banks Jr. & Cameron Williams
Ohio State LT Josh Simmons
Ohio State LG Donovan Jackson
Minnesota LT Aireontae Ersery
Arizona RT Jonah Savaiinaea
Alabama LG Tyler Booker
Georgia RG Tate Ratledge
Oregon OTs Josh Conerly Jr. & Ajani Cornelius
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A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more
Topics covered this week
Cam Heyward
Zach Frazier vs Grover Stewart
Quinn Meinerz on double-teams
Vikings pass protection plan
Cody Mauch vs Jalen Carter
Jackson Powers-Johnson first start
Ronnie Stanley
JC Latham
Bears pass protection plan vs Rams
Adding much-needed context to the performance of the Commanders O-line
Jared Verse
Wanya Morris
Amarius Mims
Kenyon Green
Eagles O-line without Lane Johnson
Saints interior OL
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Topics covered this week
Chris Lindstrom vs. Chris Jones
Quenton Nelson
Will Fries
Zach Frazier
Zion Johnson
Broncos DL
JC Latham
Dion Dawkins
Spencer Brown
Rams rookie DL Verse/Fiske
Brandon Coleman
Saints OL moving forward
Browns OL
Chargers OL/Slater (pec) & Alt (MCL) getting hurt
Bucs OGs
Titans right side of OL
Cody Whitehair
Bengals IDL
Andrew Thomas
True Pressure Rate introduction/methodology/overview
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A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more
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A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more
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Andrew and I sit down to discuss his journey from a former top five pick to experiencing rookie struggles to becoming an All-Pro. We go into how he overcame a lack of confidence in a chaotic environment, having five line coaches in his first five seasons as a pro, how he watches film, which tackles he studies, pass-rushers and more.
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Hjalte & I discuss his unique journey, breakout season in 2023, facing Dexter Lawrence, DJ Reader, the Cardinals scheme, expectations moving forward and more
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Oregon O-Line coach A'lique Terry joins Brandon to have a wide-ranging discussion on his football journey from playing center at Wake Forest before focusing on his path into coaching as a graduate assistant at Oregon in 2019-2020 when Penei Sewell and other future NFL draft picks were there. We then get into his one year of coaching D-Line with the Minnesota Vikings before circling back to being hired as the head OL coach at Oregon prior to last season.A'lique shares details and insight into his rapid rise and success as a coach, what he looks for in O-Line recruits and how he identifies, moving into the Big Ten this season and much more.
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Welcome everyone to the second annual offensive line fantasy draft with myself, Andrew Whitworth and Geoff Schwartz sitting down to each select our starting five units with one special ‘25 & under’ addition as our top backup. These units were picked for the next three seasons and with salaries as a consideration.
As we begin to approach training camp for the 2024 NFL season each off-season I have found value in taking a big picture look at the offensive line position from a few different vantage points. From my annual top 75 overall O-linemen, OL Almanac (both coming over the next few weeks) to a fantasy draft, these exercises offer fun, insightful and unique ways of gauging the position group as a whole entering the season while also allowing room for deep dives into the nuances of players and units.
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In the first ever Trench Warfare D-Line fantasy draft, myself, Nate Tice from Yahoo! Sports and NFL defensive end Carl Lawson selected our front four unit with two additional ‘rotational’ players to build out our ideal D-Line room. The goal was to draft a unit for the next three seasons while taking contracts into consideration. We dove into the best defensive linemen in the NFL and some up-and-coming guys that provide surplus value due to their age and/or contracts.
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Brandon Thorn and Duke Manyweather discuss OL current events before selecting the top 5 OL at each position for 2024.
Larry Allen's death
Corey Linsley's retirement
Eagles RG competition + expectations for Cam Jurgens first year at center
Addressing a recent PFF top 10 OG list before selecting each of our Top 5 LTs, LGs, Cs, RGs, & RTs for the 2024 season, including our top 10 overall OGs
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Brandon sorts through each team in alphabetical order and discusses every OL that he evaluated and was drafted. He shares his thoughts, takeaways and expectations for the player.
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In addition to the deep dive on the O-line class that Duke and I put together for you here, my first batch of scouting reports from this class were released today over at Bleacher Report as part of our updated top 100 big board. There were 19 total OL in the top 100 with nine blockers inside the top 30.
Reports published so far:
Penn State’s Olu Fashanu
Notre Dame’s Joe Alt
Alabama’s JC Latham
Washington’s Troy Fautanu
Duke’s Graham Barton
West Virginia’s Zach Frazier
Georgia’s Amarius Mims
Oregon State’s Teliese Fuaga
Arizona’s Jordan Morgan
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Geoff Schwartz and Duke Manyweather join Brandon Thorn to draft their O-line units for the next three seasons. The considerations are simple: Age & contract of the player + performance. They each provide background and rationale behind each selection while incorporating bigger picture topics all centered around line play.
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