steveishere
6 years ago
I think on back up OL this year I'd move Murphy to Guard and live with Spriggs as the swing T back up if you have to. Murphy looked better but not by much and I think he'd be a decent G. Most teams don't have a decent starting RT let alone back up so if we get an injury there we are just moved down into the boat with almost everyone else. Then we only have to activate one of our crappy back up Cs instead of needing a different back up OL active for every single individual spot. Unless Murphy just sucks as a G, I don't know.
beast
6 years ago

I think on back up OL this year I'd move Murphy to Guard and live with Spriggs as the swing T back up if you have to. Murphy looked better but not by much and I think he'd be a decent G. Most teams don't have a decent starting RT let alone back up so if we get an injury there we are just moved down into the boat with almost everyone else. Then we only have to activate one of our crappy back up Cs instead of needing a different back up OL active for every single individual spot. Unless Murphy just sucks as a G, I don't know.

Originally Posted by: steveishere 



On game day rosters, normally there is only 7 OL active, the 5 starters, a back-up OT and a back-up C. A few run first teams keep 8 active, especially if they use an OT as a blocking TE in some roles.

So moving a guy to Guard only means he's not going to be game active, just like OG Lane Taylor wasn't game active sometimes two years ago, even though he seems to become the best of those back-ups now.

I thought Murphy looked better than Spriggs... and Spriggs has a lot of problems, while Murphy's problem was simply he wasn't athletic enough... but remember you can help out an OT with chip blocking from a TE and RB, which is how they got through a season with Barclay (pre-knee injury) starting at RT... chip blocking on most pass plays to stop the speed rushers and force the DE into Barclay and at that time, you weren't going though Barclay quickly.... of course post-knee injury, it just hasn't been the same for Barclay.

But my post is, they could use the very same method to help Murphy, because he plays physical... he mainly just needs help with the speed rushes. So I'd go with Murphy and Patrick as the two back-ups right now. Just my personal opinion.
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steveishere
6 years ago
The reason I question that is they seem committed to Spriggs being LT. I don't remember seeing them practice Murphy there ever and it's possible Spriggs is better there. Like I said I'd only do that based on the idea of Murphy actually being decent as a G which we pretty much know Patrick is not
DarkaneRules
6 years ago
When I had looked back at cut-ups of their reps here and there through the pre-season, Spriggs was doing a lot of good things... shocking I know, but the issues leading to get beat off the snap are correctable, so I'm ok with giving him some more time.
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