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Anyway, I think he'd be much better at Guard...
At first, you indicated a belief that Robinson doesn't possess the mental capacity to play LT. But in the same vain, you think that he has enough to play G. Why is that? Do you believe that LT's are, overall, smarter than G's? I'll agree that they're generally taller, lengthier, and typically more athletic. But smarter? I don't knlw about that.
I've maintained for a couple of seasons now that remembering the playcall
and the snap count takes up way too much bandwith for Robinson to play free enough to take full advantage of his athleticism.
As he'll still be counted on to remember both the playcall and snap count at G, I fail to see how a move to that position will help him to become a serviceable player.
Can you help me with that?
But what would you attribute it to? He's obviously got all of the physical attributes you'd want but he's just not very good playing tackle.
Again, I just don't think that he has the mental capacity to play on the pro level. I recall the initial excuses for his poor play was that he was a raw player who only had to learn four run plays and 1 protection. Now, what was never really answered was
why he only had to learn four run plays and 1 protection. Was it because that was all that was necessary for Auburn to be successful against SEC defenses? Or was it because
that was all GRob's hard drive could store? I believe that it was the latter. And thus, the very difficult (if not impossible) transition to pro-style offensive line play that will likely have significantly more run plays and protections. He's simply mentally overwhelmed and needs to think entirely too much. So much so, that's he's unable to simply go out and play. That's why he looks as though he's playing on skates or simply blowing assignments.
I just have my doubts that this will get better with a move to G. You need more than a "hit the guy in front of you" philosophy in the pros.
