Shanahan: Williams is a natural for zone-blocking scheme

[CRedskinsRule]

It's interesting that Alex Gibbs, Zone Blocking Guru (as I understand it), was willing to take Okung.

"He's nasty, and football is his life ... He's football. He'll come early, stay late. We're gonna throw him right in. He will be our starting left tackle -- day one, hour one -- and we will live with him through whatever the pain is. He's a line coach's dream. Thirty-one other line coaches are sad right now.''
--Seattle offensive line coach Alex Gibbs, on first-round tackle Russell Okung,

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[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

It's interesting that Alex Gibbs, Zone Blocking Guru (as I understand it), was willing to take Okung.

I agree w/the overall sentiment that taking Williams was smart, but w/the caveat that it's being viewed as a good decision simply because he's a LT. I do have some fear that Okung was the better choice & he sounds like a guy that is more of a sure thing.

As always w/a top pick, they have to be motivated beyond $, cause he's gonna get a big chunk of that before he even puts all the pads on. I don't think it's fair to expect him to be that good in his first year, maybe his second. Just hope that deja vu of the bradford hit doesn't happen in the process!

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

It's interesting that Alex Gibbs, Zone Blocking Guru (as I understand it), was willing to take Okung.

Well, it would have been more interesting if both Gorilla and OKUNGG!!!! were both on the board when they picked. No one ever said that Okung was a bad fit for a ZBS, it's just that Williams is apparently tailor made.

[Dirtbag59]

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