Bottom line, Nixon could be an NFL running back just like Alonzo Harris. He won't get that opportunity as a QB.
Bottom line, Nixon could be an NFL running back just like Alonzo Harris. He won't get that opportunity as a QB.
I have thought pro teams should always use their #1 pick on linemen.
In college I have thought teams should double up on linemen O&D.
They are time machines. They create/buy/make time stand still for the offense.
They shrink/steal time from the opponents offense.
This makes average teammates good and good teammates great.
But for some reason we can't resist the skill players and try to skimp by on the Time Machines.
It isn't that teams skimp on lineman. It's the one position that has the fastest drop off in talent when you aren't talking about P5 programs. Great linemen are a rare breed. Believe me, our coaches are extremely excited when we have good prospective linemen bobbing the UL cork.
That's pretty much the rub. Building a lineman is much more difficult than building a skill player. It's not all size and speed. It's technique, it's repetition, it's position, it's leverage, etc. All those factors contribute to lineman being the majority of misses on the recruiting trail. Case in point...Sherrod Johnson. Size is not an issue for him. It's all the other aspects that keeps him from being an elite SEC defensive lineman. Sure he has contributed...but a person with this size should be dominating.
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