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Right Tackle
For two games, Smith has looked like a real NFL tackle. For a team in the a rebuild mold like us it would be sweet indeed. If Smith can hold down the rt position, I think we have a shot at actually having a good offensive line. And right now Smith has a good shot at being a real NFL tackle. Watching him gives me something to root for during games anyway.
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I agree he has looked very solid, not perfect, but i am not expecting that, he has been as good as anyone we have had for a 2 game stretch over the last 3 or 4 seasons.
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considering he's a rookie and that he was a guard, he's doing very well.
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It looks like the first 2 rounds of the 2018 draft have produced 3 quality starters and 1 quality rotational player thus far. Considering the other guy has been injured, that's pretty impressive.
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Holder had a podcast last week and discussed Lewis, saying some members of the organization were really high on him as a 3T in this defense.
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For what it is worth, PFF grades:
80+ = NFL Elite 70 - 80 = NFL Superior 60 - 70 = NFL Average Below 60 = NFL Substandard Colts 2018 OTs: 76.1 = Braden Smith, 162 snaps, 115 passing, 47 rushing 69.3 = Le'Raven Clark, 296 snaps, 218 passing, 78 rushing 64.5 = JaMarcus Webb, 81 snaps, 59 passing, 22 rushing 59.7 = Joe Haeg, 174 snaps, 117 passing, 57 rushing 54.8 = Anthony Castonzo, 69 snaps, 48 passing, 21 rushing 49.8 = Denzelle Good, 119 snaps, 98 passing snaps, 21 rushing snaps Obviously, I think Castonzo will improve as he gets his "playing" feet back under him but Smith and Clark have not only passed the "eye" test for looking solid, their pure NFL stats have been good as well and PFF has rated them pretty well. Smith has the 14th highest OT grade in PFF for this season and the 2nd highest rated rookie OT behind Mike McGlinchey with SF at a 76.9 PFF rating. For those interested: 68.3 = Quinton Nelson, 445 snaps, 325 passing, 120 rushing 60.3 = Mark Glowinski, 81 snaps, 53 passing, 28 rushing 73.7 = Ryan Kelly, 445 snaps, 325 passing, 120 rushing Going Forward in 2018: Castonzo / Nelson / Kelly / Glowinski / Smith Depth = Clark, Good, Haeg (when he returns from IR) Assumiong no more injuries (yeah, right!) , our O-line is shaping up. Draft an OG in the 2nd round with one of our two picks next year and we are good to go on the O-line for the medium term. One last note: 68.3 = OG Quinton Nelson, IND (445 snaps) 59.4 = OG Andrew Norwell, JAX (398 snaps) Free agency does not always fix everything. Walk Worthy,
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He said the coaches thought he could have a Leonard type impact at 3-tech.
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He played T in college
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You must be thinking of someone else. Smith primarily played Right Guard for Auburn. He may have played some spot duty at LT as a Freshman in a back-up role when there were upperclassman blocking his path / playing time. But he was recruited to Auburn as a Guard and mainly played Guard for the Tigers.
Here were the beginning of the season depth charts for Sr / Jr / Soph / Fr years: https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/in..._chart_fo.html https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/in...depth_cha.html https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/in...depth_cha.html https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/in...cial_2014.html |
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10 Regular Season Games, Plus 2 Postseason Games Later The Colts selected Braden Smith as a guard out of Auburn in the second round of the 2018 draft. The staff had to convince general manager Chris Ballard that Smith could also play right tackle. Several injuries at the position forced the coaching staff to start Smith at right tackle in Week 5. He started there against New England and then became the permanent starter at that position. Smith helped the Colts give up an NFL-low 18 sacks this season. "Braden is like the best-kept secret in the NFL, as far as I am concerned." --- Coach Frank Reich, during the Regular Season "Quenton [Nelson] has gotten a lot of attention, [but] Braden has played lights-out." --- Mike Wells Players Who Leveled Up for All 32 NFL Teams in 2018 Season (NFL Nation) http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...ms-2018-season o
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