Football 101 question

mikemac

Forgive the possible noob question.

In general, people say your left tackle is the most important player on your offensive line, they protect the QB's blindside.
Invariably, they are the highest paid member of the OL.

Suppose you now have a QB and they are left handed.
Would you switch your best pass protector to the right to protect their blindside?
For example Matt Leinart and Derek Anderson in the Cardinals. Would the left and right tackles swop depending on which QB played?

We've a few coaches here, anyone know?
Being left handed myself it's just something I've pondered

TITAN #1

I would guess that in the NFL ,the left and right Tackles would not swap positions should the QB change during a game but it would be interesting to see if their paychecks changed if the QBs changed from a right hander to a left handed.

Deffo not a factor at our level.

D3PO

you could do. Generally there seen as pretty specialist positions and swapping Left and Right tackles doesnt always translate well.

There is no set formula its going to depend on the player and what your right tackle is like. If it were say a Wille Colon at right tackle then your gonna probably want to switch as hes not the best pass protector.

If you had a Micheal Oher at right tackle though who has experience as a left tackle you probably would leave the line as is. (Not the best example as hes more a left tackle than a right tackle but you get the jist)

bobo the clown

feelingstressed wrote: »

Forgive the possible noob question.

In general, people say your left tackle is the most important player on your offensive line, they protect the QB's blindside.
Invariably, they are the highest paid member of the OL.

Suppose you now have a QB and they are left handed.
Would you switch your best pass protector to the right to protect their blindside?
For example Matt Leinart and Derek Anderson in the Cardinals. Would the left and right tackles swop depending on which QB played?

We've a few coaches here, anyone know?
Being left handed myself it's just something I've pondered

Winston Justice Played RT at USC while protecting for Matt Leinart and in his first year the eagles tried him out at LT because it was the eagles QB blindside but it didn't work out and he is now there starting RT. ( although he gave up 4 sacks in his first start)

tallaghtoutlaws

Left tackles need speed and that initial surge to fend away the rush of usually the best pass rushing defender. But it is hit and miss finding Tackles who can adjust to the right side for a lefty.

A coach once told me that the problem they find putting their best left tackle on the right side is that the tackle finds it hard adjusting away from the norm. Now you would expect him to translate over and some will say playing RT and LT is the same thing when you look at the mechanics of it but it is a fact LT who have played their all of their career sometimes find it hard adjust to block in the opposite direction.

As someone said there is no set formula. All blindside tackles have to be your fastest, sometimes strongest and most agile Tackle. I would say it is hit and miss. But it is something coaches have fix if they decide to use a left handed QB. Generally more reps in practice with your LT to RT in practice should fix the problem if he works on it hard enough and is top of his game. But again it is hit and miss.

I would say money wise re-adjusting your best LT to RT would be the first thing they do and hope it works.

Black Swan

feelingstressed wrote: »

Forgive the possible noob question.

Excellent thread question. Wish we had more like it in the future.

mikemac

Ah it's just something I wondered.

Maybe we should have a thread for technical questions.
The issues you wondered about but were afraid to ask

Football 101, the coaches here will know lots.
Well thanks all for answers here

tallaghtoutlaws

feelingstressed wrote: »

Ah it's just something I wondered.

Maybe we should have a thread for technical questions.
The issues you wondered about but were afraid to ask

Football 101, the coaches here will know lots.
Well thanks all for answers here

There is a fair few players and Coaches in the IAFL use this boards and like myself would be happy to answer any technical questions about the game. Having said that there is a few people in here who should give coaching and playing a go as there knowledge is very good.

davyjose

Strangely enough, the Colts left tackle, Charlie Johnson, wouldn't be considered one of the better LT's, by any means. Yet Manning gave away the fewest sacks last season.

Colts couldn't run the ball though, despite having two 1st round RB's, which was basically a deficiency in another part of the O-line.

tallaghtoutlaws

davyjose wrote: »

Strangely enough, the Colts left tackle, Charlie Johnson, wouldn't be considered one of the better LT's, by any means. Yet Manning gave away the fewest sacks last season.

Colts couldn't run the ball though, despite having two 1st round RB's, which was basically a deficiency in another part of the O-line.

I don't know I actually quite like Johnson. I feel his technique has proven why he is good enough to get that LT spot. He is fast, agile and very smart and makes it very hard for Ends to get around him.

davyjose

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

I don't know I actually quite like Johnson. I feel his technique has proven why he is good enough to get that LT spot. He is fast, agile and very smart and makes it very hard for Ends to get around him.

To be honest I don't know a huge amount about the o-line. I'll take your word for it, but a lot of what i hear is that he's ok - certainly not the best. Yet the Colts manage to get substantially fewer sacks than other teams. A lot of that is down to Manning, but even still, he's not very mobile.

Looks like johnson is out for a few weeks anyway, so we'll see what the difference is without him, I guess.

D3PO

davyjose wrote: »

Strangely enough, the Colts left tackle, Charlie Johnson, wouldn't be considered one of the better LT's, by any means. Yet Manning gave away the fewest sacks last season.

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whilst im all for the love in for the o line and especially left tackles in this thread you cant just attribute a lack of sacks to a good left tackle.

tallaghtoutlaws

D3PO wrote: »

whilst im all for the love in for the o line and especially left tackles in this thread you cant just attribute a lack of sacks to a good left tackle.

I don't think that is what he was getting at. But you have a bad left tackle in there and you will get an awful lot of sacks coming from his side. But yeah the Colts O-line in general are the reason for the least amount of sacks. Saturday is one of the best centres in the game and calls his blocks very well and they are generally all on the same page. Manning generally takes all the credit though :D:D

D3PO

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

I don't think that is what he was getting at. But you have a bad left tackle in there and you will get an awful lot of sacks coming from his side. But yeah the Colts O-line in general are the reason for the least amount of sacks. Saturday is one of the best centres in the game and calls his blocks very well and they are generally all on the same page. Manning generally takes all the credit though :D:D

Yep Saturday regularly jams the gap and completly stuffs the middle, but then again Peyton loves a quick release, play action and shotgun which all help reduce sacks.

Having a deep threat to keep the safties honest helps aswell as does having a decent running game.

lets put it this way if you put Jason Campbell behind the Colts o line its sackorama

disclaimer I dont think the colts have a good run game. Addai is medicre at best