Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Foerester, who never hides anything about what he thinks:
How did your undrafted rookies do in their first ever NFL game? OL Corey Luciano, OL Ilm Manning and OL Joey Fisher?
"They all had first game issues. They didn't play as well as they could have. There were some mental errors, there were some physical breakdowns. Of the three guys, Ilm's really played very well this camp. And in the preseason game."
I don't know that his long-term career is at tackle, but he's played very well there. And you're right, he doesn't quite fit the prototype, but he's done a good job this preseason."
What do you see from Manning at guard or at center?
"He's got really good bend, flexibility, balance, things that you need inside. He's got good quickness. He'll have to learn. It's quicker; things happen, the steps have to be shorter. [OL Spencer] Burford goes through it a little bit still. He still sometimes kicks bigger like a tackle and needs to keep his feet underneath him a little more under control, like a guard. So, it's more of a quickness and I don't want to say quickness, it's more of just your footwork has to be, everything has to happen a little bit quicker at guard. And that's what Ilm will have to learn if he ever makes that transition in."
Dude seems like he could be fantastic at C but also excel at G with the ability to fill in at OT if necessary.
Have we found our next Brunskill?
That's a fair question. I think C would be a blast, honestly. But that requires a very cerebral player and I don't know enough about him in that facet yet. He's going to be a fun case study. At G, McGlinchey said, that's the most demanding position on the team (outside of QB).
He seems like a blue collar worker so maybe he becomes our next Jesse Sapolu!
@OTC & NC
Man we eye to eye, I literally was saying the same stuff about him in another thread!! I saw Ilm play a lot, being from Hawaii, dude played every game from the start. Now, trying not to be biased, he isn't great or anything like that, but he did do his job for the most part, especially compared to the rest of Hawaiis garbage bin oline. I don't think Tackle is his best position in the pros, I honestly think it's at C. He has great feet, really quick. What I don't know about is his mental capacity that the C requires in our scheme. But man, after this game, maybe he can play OT. Nobody can say he can't do it when he literally did it all of college. Maybe we really do have the next Brunskill in him and he can play all 5. Or maybe even better, Jesse Sapolu 2.0
