Thread: Schofield

How did Schofield play? On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best.

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In a vacuum, or for a 2nd year guy getting his first NFL snap EVER? I didn't see any major screw ups, and every time I heard his name it was because of something good (or for playing his first NFL game.) For a generic OT, I'd say that rates at least a 5; for a guy playing his first NFL GAME, on a line that was pretty awful in the first place, it rates at least a 9.

Related question: How good was Harris? When he switched to that shaky lines more challenging side, several posters openly worried Griffen would end Mannings career; instead, Harris shut him out all game.

Perhaps the biggest question: We ran AND protected Manning better without Sambrailo than with him; if he's healthy next week, does he start or not?

Originally Posted by Northman

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I would give him a little higher grade than that. Maybe a six.

Originally Posted by TXBRONC

Originally Posted by Northman

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I would give him a little higher grade than that. Maybe a six.

Really? That's all? I would give him a 6 1/2.

Got beat like a drum by a rookie, iirc, but he was solid for the most part. He got less help than I would've have expected.

Harris turned in the type of performance we've come to expect at LT, one or two bad plays but not bad.

Best performance so far by the O-line, I thought. The only really bad plays I saw were by Evan Mathis. No idea what's going on with that guy. Really expected him to be better than he's been.

Will Harris take over left tackle for the season after this?

Originally Posted by Joel

In a vacuum, or for a 2nd year guy getting his first NFL snap EVER? I didn't see any major screw ups, and every time I heard his name it was because of something good (or for playing his first NFL game.) For a generic OT, I'd say that rates at least a 5; for a guy playing his first NFL GAME, on a line that was pretty awful in the first place, it rates at least a 9.

Related question: How good was Harris? When he switched to that shaky lines more challenging side, several posters openly worried Griffen would end Mannings career; instead, Harris shut him out all game.

Perhaps the biggest question: We ran AND protected Manning better without Sambrailo than with him; if he's healthy next week, does he start or not?

I would lean toward the negative. He is a rookie who was never supposed to play LT this year, anyway, and if we are playing better, they have to stick with it. Wasn't a proponent of drafting this kid, anyway. Wish we got Jake Fisher somehow.

Originally Posted by NightTerror218

Will Harris take over left tackle for the season after this?

I think Sambrailo is already better than Harris.

Btw, Harris didn't shut Griffen out at all, got beat like a drum twice that I can remember.

Originally Posted by 7DnBrnc53

I would lean toward the negative. He is a rookie who was never supposed to play LT this year, anyway, and if we are playing better, they have to stick with it. Wasn't a proponent of drafting this kid, anyway. Wish we got Jake Fisher somehow.

Pretty much what I'm thinking, but it's a tough call. Zimmers Vikings D isn't a bunch of stumble bums, but I'm not sure they're on the level of KC and Baltimores, so it's not an apples to apples comparison. Plus Harris is 30, has an injury history, and is only a one-year deal anyway, so Sambrailo probably needs developmental experience, especially if Clady's never himself again (or his cap hit's to big to hope he is.) But is it wise to give a rookie blindside tackler live-fire "practice" with an immobile surgically repaired HoF QB on the brink of retirement? Is it wise to throw his successor into his first starts with an inexperienced Sambrailo or however much of Clady returns next year?

There's a lot of competing priorities there, and some are mutually exclusive, but we've only got a few days before we must commit one way or the other.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Btw, Harris didn't shut Griffen out at all, got beat like a drum twice that I can remember.

Did he make a tackle, or break up a pass? Sincere question, 'cause I didn't see it.

Originally Posted by DenBronx

Really? That's all? I would give him a 6 1/2.

You tend to be overly generous.

Originally Posted by Joel

Did he make a tackle, or break up a pass? Sincere question, 'cause I didn't see it.

Had a pressure (might have even been a sack) on a sweet swim move and completely ate Harris' lunch on a tackle for loss.