100 Starts and the Robinson scenario...
As most of you are probably aware, with the projected OL starting lineup as it was after spring ball, the NYT's quad blog and a few other outlets made a deal over the fact that ND would be over the 100 starts threshold at OL, and that number seems to correlate with on-field success.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123984090891223207.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
If the Robinson to Right, Stewart to Left, Wenger on the bench idea actually gets put in play, where's that put us in terms of OL starts? And do we then still count Stewart's starts and Olsen's starts? I suppose we would since we're already counting Young's starts at LT.
I also wonder about questions of symmetry. To me, there's a lot of symmetry between moving from RT to LT and back. There's also a fair bit of symmetry moving from RG to LG and vice versa. But I start worrying when you pull someone from Guard to Center, particularly when thinking about zone blocking. Any thoughts from anyone on that matter? I'm thinking learning your read assignments, chips, scoops, etc from the center position is a little more difficult than taking what you knew from your right position and moving and applying it to a left position.
Note: I do feel that moving from RT to LT, in particular, is more difficult than simply applying everything you already knew, but in "reverse." Being the guy in charge of the QB's blind-side, and thus the man at whom so much is thrown is quite a change from the relative calm of the position to the right, I think.
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