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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Against an All Pro caliber DE -- yes.
Against the Ravens, he was fine. Not great, just adequate.
And against the Broncos he was fine except for Bonitto, who kicked his ass. But he neutralized the other Broncos DE pretty well.
I think that's a heck of a lot closer to an ordinary rookie OT learning curve than we want to acknowledge, especially when he was just being left out there on his own. The Madden sliders were set to All Madden for the kid and he just wasn't ready for it.
And man, why should we have expected him to be?
Coaching did him dirty this year, IMO.
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This for me is what I don't quite understand, I don't watch many full games outside of the Chiefs (red zone yes but that's not games), so its hard for me to compare with how other good tackles in the league started their careers.
Is it really common for a good tackle prospect to not be able to put a hand on a rusher repeatedly over and over again? like it happened with Bonito? I have watched the Broncos a couple of times outside of the chiefs but never saw Bonito fly by the OT like that. It's an honest question for better trained eyes than mine. Is there really hope that he could become a top 15 LT?