Kasey Studdard to Start for Injured Pitts on Friday

[Keith]

Originally Posted by popanot

How many false-starts or holding penalties will it take before Studdard replaces Pitts for good? Just saying...

You know, this is the sort of thing I wondered when I saw this news.

Yeah, Pitts has a "sore ankle", but what if this is underscoring something Gibbs is wanting to see, working Studdard with the 1's? What if Pitts isn't fitting what Alex Gibbs is wanting with the new scheme (speculation here, nothing I've heard specifically)? Then it stands to reason that Kubiak is going to let Gibbs get and try what he wants, especially in the preseason.

I dunno... I'm probably reading too much into it as I'm known to do from time to time.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Keith

You know, this is the sort of thing I wondered when I saw this news.

Yeah, Pitts has a "sore ankle", but what if this is underscoring something Gibbs is wanting to see, working Studdard with the 1's? What if Pitts isn't fitting what Alex Gibbs is wanting with the new scheme (speculation here, nothing I've heard specifically)? Then it stands to reason that Kubiak is going to let Gibbs get and try what he wants, especially in the preseason.

I dunno... I'm probably reading too much into it as I'm known to do from time to time.

I rewatched the first couple of games....Studdard has shown a lot of improvement. I don't think he's ready to supplant one of the starters....maybe by the end of the year. Pitts gets a bad rap, deservedly even if sometimes overblown because they aren't near as bad as when he was out of place at LT. He still saved Brown's but more than once in the pre-season so far on some stunts. Brown has been dead on 1vs. 1 in pass protection....he gets pushed on the bull rush, but doesn't give...but I noticed a few times when Brown seemed frozen by a twist by the D and Pitts picked up the slack. Brown will get it, but I think he needs the experience of Pitts right now.

Browns also wiffed in the run game a few times....usually when the play goes away from him. More than likely it was because he's just not had that many live reps cut blocking. I haven't seen anything yet that will keep him from being a long term solution yet....in my completely non-expert opinion of course.

[painekiller]

The guards have to be able to chip the DT, slide over and cutoff the MLB or backside LB. During that move they have to get around in front of the guy. That move takes quick feet and good hips.

So it's not about the distance, but what they can do in the phone booth. Quickly.

[Keith]

Well, Studdard was pretty much abused in pass protection on Friday. He did okay run blocking, but dude was a turnstile on most pass plays I saw.

I hope that's the end of the Studdard experiment for another year. Chester Pitts needs to be healthy.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Keith

Well, Studdard was pretty much abused in pass protection on Friday. He did okay run blocking, but dude was a turnstile on most pass plays I saw.

I hope that's the end of the Studdard experiment for another year. Chester Pitts needs to be healthy.

Every practice I saw Studdard was overmatched, I never understood Kubiak's praise of him.

[nunusguy]

Who played the best (or made the least mistakes) at guard Friday, Studdard or Chris White ?
I thought they were going to play Frye more at guard ? This preseason he's played primarily at RT.

[NBT]

Isn't White, at his listed 285, kind of light in the butt, even for the ZBS?

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Every practice I saw Studdard was overmatched, I never understood Kubiak's praise of him.

You know their history don't you PK ? Studdards family and Kubiaks family go way back with each other ? Studdard even babysitted Kubiaks little kids years ago back in Denver. Just good old-fashioned cronyism is probably what we're talking about here ?
And I wouldn't be suprised if Kubiak leaves us scratching our heads about cutting another OLineman while retaining Studard on his 53-man roster.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

You know their history don't you PK ? Studdards family and Kubiaks family go way back with each other ? Studdard even babysitted Kubiaks little kids years ago back in Denver. Just good old-fashioned cronyism is probably what we're talking about here ?
And I wouldn't be suprised if Kubiak leaves us scratching our heads about cutting another OLineman while retaining Studard on his 53-man roster.

Or the other theory is Kubiak has been trying to push Pitts. Paraphrasing here" Hey Chester, that kid sure looks like a starter and he has a long future, why should I leave him on the sideline?"

Kubiak has shown he will use this type of tool, so why not on Chester?

[KJ3]

the last game they replayed a run to studdard's side and talked about the great block he made....

....really it looked like he was just in the right place and got run into. i say this because he didn't block so much as he was just...in the way.