I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm a complete and utter football nerd, but you probably already knew that by now.
With that said, on Monday afternoon I elected to chart each and every 1-on-1 battle between the offense and defensive line while the skill positions were practicing in the flashy 7-on-7 drill.
Keep in mind, the player's records are subjective. I had to declare a winner and a loser. But I think we can all usually agree when an offensive lineman wins or loses a one-on-one battle.
Offense
LT Ed Wang
1-1
Merriman
LG Chad Rinehart
1-1
Sp. Johnson
C Geoff Hangartner
0-2
K. Williams
RG Mansfield Wrotto
3-0
Dareus
RT Chris Hairston
3-0
Carrington
RT Erik Pears
2-0
J. Kirlew
RG Kraig Urbik
2-1
D. Edwards
C Eric Wood
2-0
Troup
LG Andy Levitre
2-1
L. Dotson
LT Cordaro Howard
1-2
Maybin (2), Carrington
RT Jason Watkins
0-1
J. Kirlew
RG Isaiah Thompson
1-1
T.J. Langley
C Michael Switzer
0-1
Jasper
LG Colin Brown
1-0
L. Dotson
Defense
OLB Shawne Merriman
1-1
E. Wang
DE Spencer Johnson
1-1
C. Rinehart
NT Kyle Williams
2-0
Hangartner
DE Marcell Dareus
0-3
M. Wrotto
DE Alex Carrington
1-3
C. Hairston (3), Howard
OLB Jammie Kirlew
1-2
E. Pears (2), Watkins
DE Dwan Edwards
1-2
K. Urbik
NT Torell Troup
0-2
E. Wood
DE Lionel Dotson
1-3
Levitre (3), C. Brown
OLB Aaron Maybin
1-1
C. Howard
DE T.J. Langley
1-1
I. Thompson
NT Michael Jasper
1-0
M. Switzer
The offense should usually win these battles. As you can see, Mansfield Wrotto had a solid day in the 1-on-1's. But when it came to the team drills, the offensive line really lacked in protecting Ryan Ftizpatrick.
Just figured this would be something fun to look at.
