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“Well, I have like a million reasons to be mad at any given moment, so I just pick one of them,” Samia said. “You definitely need to be mad because (linemen) are the ones that make contact every single play.”
Pressed for what makes him angry, Samia demurred.
“You guys don’t get to know that,” he said. “That’s my little secret.”
It has worked wonders so far. Samia started four seasons at Oklahoma and was named a second-team All-American last season after blocking for the No. 1 overall pick, quarterback Kyler Murray.
“He fits the zone scheme very well,” Spielman said of Samia. “He was the highest-rated player on our board at the time, and we were going to stay true to our board, and continue to add to that competition on the offensive line.”
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
Quote: @Wetlander said:
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
That's the thing: no boneheaded penalties. And its the NFL, guys he is going against are bigger and stronger. He's got the right idea as he's up to 311 lbs. via strength training, he needs to put on another 5 of muscle. He's got things to work on, he was a 4th rounder initially for a reason. I like him very much in the mix next season.
Quote: @Wetlander said:
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
It might be a give and take until he dials it in. And I'll take the penalties in exchange for the attitude he should inject into the offensive line. How many unsportsmanlike conduct penalties do you ever see from an OL anyway? When it comes to OL, the holding and false starts are what kill you and I don't know that he has a problem with that.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ Wetlander said:
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
It might be a give and take until he dials it in. And I'll take the penalties in exchange for the attitude he should inject into the offensive line. How many unsportsmanlike conduct penalties do you ever see from an OL anyway? When it comes to OL, the holding and false starts are what kill you and I don't know that he has a problem with that.
And I love the "next play" mentality. He didn't retaliate for getting beat on that play, but drove the guy to the ground on the next play. All good and legal.
Quote: @greediron said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ Wetlander said:
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
It might be a give and take until he dials it in. And I'll take the penalties in exchange for the attitude he should inject into the offensive line. How many unsportsmanlike conduct penalties do you ever see from an OL anyway? When it comes to OL, the holding and false starts are what kill you and I don't know that he has a problem with that.
And I love the "next play" mentality. He didn't retaliate for getting beat on that play, but drove the guy to the ground on the next play. All good and legal.
Watch the whole clip... He throws him down and then gives him a yank backwards when they are on the ground. Stuff like that will get flagged if it happens too often.
There's a difference between being tough (imposing your will and throwing him down) and being dirty (going for heads or yanking guys backwards where they can get hurt).
Quote: @Wetlander said:
@ greediron said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ Wetlander said:
As long as he can keep from stepping over the line, he definitely has that tough guy mentality that Zimmer likes in his offensive linemen.
It might be a give and take until he dials it in. And I'll take the penalties in exchange for the attitude he should inject into the offensive line. How many unsportsmanlike conduct penalties do you ever see from an OL anyway? When it comes to OL, the holding and false starts are what kill you and I don't know that he has a problem with that.
And I love the "next play" mentality. He didn't retaliate for getting beat on that play, but drove the guy to the ground on the next play. All good and legal.
Watch the whole clip... He throws him down and then gives him a yank backwards when they are on the ground. Stuff like that will get flagged if it happens too often.
There's a difference between being tough (imposing your will and throwing him down) and being dirty (going for heads or yanking guys backwards where they can get hurt).
Hard to tell. I thought that was the guy on the ground retaliating, but watching again, you may be right.
He's definitely got some Conrad Dobbler in him...that's both good and bad...
It pisses me off when people question my pissedoffedness...! B)
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