Jon Jansen: Starter Next Year?

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Originally Posted by Daseal

Please explain to me, besides tackling someone, with the setup Jansen had he COULD hold anyone. That said, this discussion has come up before, Jansen got a holding penalty, showed his thumbs to the ref and seemingly yelled 'how.' Its not impressive that someone with 4 fingers on each hand didn't get a holding penalty, Id be more impressed if he did =p

Jansen a rock? Next time hes on the field, watch him. When he gets worked all preseason in 1v1 simple scheme type deals, there's an issue. I havent been impressed with him for some time. Regardless of what everyone feels on this issue, I think we can all agree its time to start reloading our line from the draft now. That gives them time to learn and by the time expensive contracts come, they'll be ready to step in and start.

I was pointing out the fact that he played essentially with 8 fingers and had to use more footwork and technique than being able to grab the jersey inder the pads which oline man generally do. The fact that he was able to move DE and Dt's around at a sizeable disadvantage. IF he struggles(d) how come our Oline was the obvious strength last season, how come 3 if not 4 of the oline man were considered probowl material by some of the NFL "experts".

I do agree that we need to start addressing the Oline through the draft (mid round selections) to mold into starters. Like I previously stated, Heyer seems to be on that path. I do think we can all agree, when all 5 of those guys are healthy, which for the most part of their career, they have been, is an above average (5th in the NFL in ranking last season).