Rashawn Slater, Franchise LT - Discussion

[CivilBolt]

Thats were your GM/Coaching comes into play. Gotta hit on drafts consistently to replenish the ranks.

I agree. That was the model at Indy that kept them competitive. TT is on it.

[Formula 21]

Slater might be setting a new path to the pros for OL. If you're a talented guy, skip your last year of unpaid college and go into training with a top pro for a year. Jump up your draft round by a few and make more money. Be less beat up and better prepared to start on day 1. I think the pros would pay for that.

[Bolt-O]

Slater might be setting a new path to the pros for OL. If you're a talented guy, skip your last year of unpaid college and go into training with a top pro for a year. Jump up your draft round by a few and make more money. Be less beat up and better prepared to start on day 1. I think the pros would pay for that.

I think he's an exceptional talent who already showed enough tape for the pro's to view and was able to opt out, only because of the pandemic. I like the idea, but the college coaches won't and GM still like game tape.

[Blastttoff]

Slater might be setting a new path to the pros for OL. If you're a talented guy, skip your last year of unpaid college and go into training with a top pro for a year. Jump up your draft round by a few and make more money. Be less beat up and better prepared to start on day 1. I think the pros would pay for that.

Those coaching academies and OL camps are not free. Rashawn had the financial means growing up from a wealthy family to afford them.
Unless college players are being compensated generously, this path may not be an easy path to replicate.

[like54ninjas]

Those coaching academies and OL camps are not free. Rashawn had the financial means growing up from a wealthy family to afford them.
Unless college players are being compensated generously, this path may not be an easy path to replicate.

He’s talking about post college working with Duke Manyweather down in Dallas.
Training facilities like this are available on signing a future’s contract based on your first NFL contract.

[Parcells]

Yeah, any decent agent will happily front a top prospect the money to do this for a year and pay for the insurance in case something happens. Now, if you’re a fringe 7th rounder UDFA, it’s a different story.

but Slater was a projected first rounder.

Also, Sewell was the better prospect, did the same thing, and he’s not exactly lighting the NFL on fire.

[Xenos]

[Xenos]

[Steve]

Garrett is the best pass rusher in the NFL right now. I think going forward, we may still see Slater getting some help, but I bet you don't see it very often.

Today may have exposed Slater a little, and it certainly was his worst performance of the season so far, but there are a lot of good, experience vets who can't hold Garrett in check the way Slater did.

Even Norton had a pretty good game. Hats off to both of them.

[jamrock]

Garrett is the best pass rusher in the NFL right now. I think going forward, we may still see Slater getting some help, but I bet you don't see it very often.

Today may have exposed Slater a little, and it certainly was his worst performance of the season so far, but there are a lot of good, experience vets who can't hold Garrett in check the way Slater did.

Even Norton had a pretty good game. Hats off to both of them.

His worst performance is the best performance by a Charger LT since ???

Norton got a game ball. Schofield came in and played well.

[equivocation]

Garrett is the best non-QB in the NFL.

[UglyTruth]

Garrett is the best non-QB in the NFL.

That’s still Aaron Donald.