Recent content by Matt Bitonti

They keep reloading keep investing and I love moves that allow a player to go back to their natural position drafting Banks allows Fuaga to go back to natural RT where he can be a PB type player (or better) I also like the double move by TEN to sign Moore allowing JC Latham to go back to his...

Yeah so with Wirfs an All Pro with perfect cohesion they rank about 4th overall. With Charlie Heck starting at LT they drop to 29th. And I like Charlie Heck by the way. Son of a legend. This phenomenon does occur because LT (and RT) are weighted positions twice as important as guards. Centers...

Let me also add that I don't look at other sources so I don't know what is weird. I look at Brandon Thorn for individual grades but I purposely avoid PFF and other OL team rankings because I do not want to taint the well with their opinions. The model is what it is, it has been more or less...

Thanks so much for noticing the typos. Ugh. User error, fat fingers. I have given the editors a new version and this should be fixed today. to respond to this I watch every game condensed every week but do not break down film and grade players like other sources. I also do not assign an...

Hello Offensive Line fans, it is I, Matt Bitonti here to answer all your questions and concerns about big fat dudes. This is a fairly accurate statement. IT is almost impossible in August to tell how good an OL will be in December. You can hope that the good lines stay healthy and you can...

this week's ranking article is free if you register  it's probably going to be the last rankings update until post Week 1 regular season  https://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=2018-offensive-lines-preseason-week3

Nassib and Anthony Fabiano got into it a little before the Giants game. Fabiano, a Harvard grad, points out that 10% is not always a given. In fact, over the past 90 years getting a return of exactly 8-10% out of the equity market never happened once. But Nassib, with his Syracuse/Tony Robbins...

not enough Joel Bitonio 

New rankings, Preseason Week 2 for subscribers  Note this was written before Thursday night games.  https://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=2018-offensive-lines-preseason-week2

just finished watching the game and agree on most observations. I can't give away all my training camp report content but interesting the first team oL was left in the game even after Dalton left the game. They just need to gel. also agree RG Is probably the weak spot but if they can find a...

Hart is not particularly athletic getting to the 2nd level in the way that say Brian O'Neill fits the zone scheme. That being said Bengals.com lists Hart at 316 (down from his 330) and he's been doing fine in practice. Cordy Glenn at LT might actually be the bigger concern than RT. ...

Bobby Hart got railroaded by the Giants' local media after his tweet war with Geoff Schwartz, who called Hart a locker room cancer. It might be overstating the severity but as you say reclamation projects seem to have support system in Cinci.  looking at the Bengals' depth chart, Fisher listed...

this is a great idea, i'll take some notes during preseason week 1 games and see what sort of differentiation can be made.  I suspect everyone tries to run everything. 32 entries of "Hybrid" wouldn't be that exciting. 

Bobby Hart winning the RT job from Jake Fisher isn't good news for the front office but could be good news for the line. Hart is an underrated player and more of a prototypical RT than Fisher (335 vs 310). Hart played hurt last season and his season fell apart but his form from a couple seasons...

the rankings article is up for subscribers  https://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=2018-offensive-lines-preseason-training-camp