Rashawn Slater, Franchise LT - Discussion

[CivilBolt]

Guys Rashawn may be the best rookie Chargers have had since Justin Herbert.

I agree. Many thanks to Lynn’s blunders for making this possible.

[Blastttoff]

Nice find. If OL players were actually considered for such awards, we might end up with OROY and DROY in the same draft. Cheers Telesco.

On a side note, I don’t understand why Asante is rated as the 3rd best CB in the class. The article keeps talking about “degree of difficulty “ yet Surtain is rated higher? He’s played worse opponents and posted worse stats. And Newsome has done far less than either.

ya take these rankings from a grain of salt. Not sure why penei is so high. He’s been average to pretty bad IMO this year

[Lone Bolt]

Guys Rashawn may be the best rookie Chargers have had since Justin Herbert.

Defensive Rookie of the month Asante Samuel Jr would disagree...

Oh, what a wonderful debate to be stuck with, Charger fans...

[Topcat]

Baldy on Slater...good stuff:

[Maniaque 6]

Slater is a beast !

[CivilBolt]

Slater is a beast !

Indeed. A rookie winning against seasoned veteran rushers is very impressive.

[The Intellectual Assassin]

I will hold my hand up and say I didn't think he would be as excellent as he is. I have no problem eating crow and hope he is here for a long time to come.

[AKFlyFisher]

I too thought Slater was destined for the guard position. Three games in, I am happy to be eating crow.

[equivocation]

I was worried about his ability to anchor against longer, stronger NFL edge players like Sweat. Boy was I wrong. Dude's just tough as nails, even with a hand on his throat he's sinking his hips.

I didn't think he'd move to guard but would need scheme protection against certain guys.

[like54ninjas]

I was worried about his ability to anchor against longer, stronger NFL edge players like Sweat. Boy was I wrong. Dude's just tough as nails, even with a hand on his throat he's sinking his hips.

I didn't think he'd move to guard but would need scheme protection against certain guys.

His technical mastery really mitigates his slightly less than ideal physical measurements.

[equivocation]

His technical mastery really mitigates his slightly less than ideal physical measurements.

I think Duke Manyweather did a great job with him and Slater took full advantage of the opportunity. He's better than on his college tape after a year off.

[BoltUp InLA]

I will hold my hand up and say I didn't think he would be as excellent as he is. I have no problem eating crow and hope he is here for a long time to come.

I am right with you in that I did not think Slater would be so polished early on, especially since he didn’t play last season. I will more than gladly eat crow now!! I even thought he may have been a tweener and not long enough to stay outside and again I was wrong. Just think about it, Slater will certainly get better as the season goes along considering he did not even play last season.