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[QUOTE="Cuseregular, post: 5478843, member: 185"]
Now that he’s no longer here and “our guy”…..can give an honest assessment as someone who played OL, went against OL (and OT specifically), and recruited coached a bit (not sure if you knew all that or not)

Good kid as we all know but athletically at this level he was lacking foot speed, a quick reaction time and lateral mobility.  Saw it day one and sadly made mention to Mark and was hoping that it could be improved upon.

Unfortunately, that is difficult as athleticism is generally baked in and is the type thing of what you have is what you have.

Technique can be improved upon certainly but not raw athletic ability so much and was why I always thought he should’ve been moved to center or even guard as his straight on ability and strength was pretty damn good.

Glad he found a spot in the power four and much like I made the comment that if Collins Beats out Angeli it would mean to me we have the next Donovan McNabb, similarly here, if a good capable lineman, albeit not elite, like Enrique has been beaten out, it means to me we have some real good kids on the OL.

Can’t wait to see what that means for the season as the way the pieces are coming together (along with I think for the first time ever (!) no major injuries in preseason fall camp!), this season is shaping up to be much better than I would have anticipated if anybody asked me six months ago.
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