New Offensive Line Strategy at UT

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Anybody else think we could see Coach Kiffin get away from the big, thick, fat, slow uglies we have had lately? Ramone Foster ran a 5.57 40 yard dash at the combine apparently. Now that is shockingly slow for anybody.

I hate to use the USC analogy but...wait, no I dont. They are a dominant program so Ill use them. Watching USC vs Ohio State this year, the USC was creating mack truck size holes all game for their running backs. Those USC lineman were big guys, but not tubs of lard like we see in the SEC, they were much leaner and stronger it seemed. I notice that USC recruits a lot of linemen below 300 pounds. Think we are going to to this route under Kiffin?
 
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I wouldn't call 5.57 shockingly slow for anybody. If the average person can break 5 flat thats fast. I do think we will want quicker lineman up front, but with that you don't really look at a forty for linemen. The first 10 yards are the key factor for linemen.
 
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Volst53 said:
I wouldn't call 5.57 shockingly slow for anybody. If the average person can break 5 flat thats fast. I do think we will want quicker lineman up front, but with that you don't really look at a forty for linemen. The first 10 yards are the key factor for linemen.
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I would say a 5.57 is pretty damn slow for an SEC football player.
 
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Volst53 said:
I wouldn't call 5.57 shockingly slow for anybody. If the average person can break 5 flat thats fast. I do think we will want quicker lineman up front, but with that you don't really look at a forty for linemen. The first 10 yards are the key factor for linemen.
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5.57 40 yard dash for a person with NFL dreams = you need another career choice.
 
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When I saw the thread title, I thought "please let it be effectively run blocking"
 
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Volst53 said:
I wouldn't call 5.57 shockingly slow for anybody. If the average person can break 5 flat thats fast. I do think we will want quicker lineman up front, but with that you don't really look at a forty for linemen. The first 10 yards are the key factor for linemen.
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I'm pretty sure it was the slowest time at the combine.
 
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I think I read or heard somewhere recently that UT has only produced 2 offensive lineman that have been drafted in the past 10 years... Am I mistaken or is this the case?
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jason smith (baylor) finished with a 5.22. He was tenth and listed as a top performer RJ ran a 5.5. Now if you can manually stop a stopwatch that fast then you have fast fingers. Otherwise you dont know what you are talking about. You had a better argument by saying he is not that good and not using stats to back it up.

Then again I dont remember too many people clamoring about RJ being a prime example of our oline and one of our best models. Last I remember he is a guy just trying to make a roster.
 
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Spens said:
I would say a 5.57 is pretty damn slow for an SEC football player.
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That's largely because 40 times are usually exaggerated and subject to hand timing variance.

Guys who run 4.4 40 electronically timed aren't that common. People poo-poohed the recruitment of Austin Roger's brother but the kid ran an electronically timed 4.47... that will probably make him one of the fastest 2-3 WR's on the team if that's where he plays.

Not very many OL's run a legit 5.0.
 
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I can remember not that long ago when opponents would comment after the game how hard TN hit on both sides of the ball. It will be refreshing once we get stronger and leaner and get back to hearing those comments once again.
 
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I'm not altogether sure whether I care which direction UT goes with its OL as long as run blocking improves significantly. Bama and UGA seem to do it with bulk. UF seems to do it with quickness.

The indications are CLK is going for quickness and power. One of the new O coaches noticed something I'd noticed watching last year's team and stated that a priority would be placed on finishing blocks/plays. Many times UT's guys seemed to let their blocks go too soon.
 
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I wasn't saying a 5.5 is fast for an NFl player. That is about the average time of a normal person.
 
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