Kasey Studdard to Start for Injured Pitts on Friday

Keith · #1 08-24-2008, 08:22 PM

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 · #2 08-25-2008, 08:29 AM

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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 · #3 08-25-2008, 09:34 AM

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 · #4 08-25-2008, 09:26 PM

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

nunusguy · #5 08-26-2008, 07:39 AM

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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 · #6 08-26-2008, 08:13 AM

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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 · #7 08-26-2008, 10:25 AM

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.

painekiller · #8 08-26-2008, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

And that is how the ZBS works on the front side, just shield your guy for an instant. The back should be gone.

NBT · #9 09-01-2008, 05:24 PM

Anyone else concerned that we will have a rookie OLT and a second year OLG playing on the same side (AND a new OC!), against one of the best defenses in the NFL? Yikes, don't we have enough troubles at RB without this? This game could be harder than it should be, and that was hard enough. I am now not too optimistic about this first game, if I ever was.

southtexan · #10 09-01-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NBT

Anyone else concerned that we will have a rookie OLT and a second year OLG playing on the same side (AND a new OC!), against one of the best defenses in the NFL? Yikes, don't we have enough troubles at RB without this? This game could be harder than it should be, and that was hard enough. I am now not too optimistic about this first game, if I ever was.

I'm concerned about our rookie letf tackle, I hope that he doesn't get confused by the 3-4 defense but if I'm not mitaken Pitts is the left guard.