Bright side to the year: Trevor Penning (7 Viewers)

[The Unrest Cure]

He may not be the 2nd coming of Anthony Munoz (or even Ryan Ramczyk) but he did make himself fairly invisible this season. Bone-headed penalties still occurred (3 Unneccesary roughness calls all year!) and while 13 penalties total is not ideal from your RT, he didn't get lit up by anyone either. For reference, Fuagu had 11 at LT.

Considering most of us were worried he was going to be a horrible component on a good line, the joke is on us: he turned out to be a good component on a horrible line! He played 100% of the offensive snaps in 16 games, and only missed 5 or 6 snaps in the Dallas game. This year he showed himself to be durable and able to be counted on, so that is a win. I'm sure there is room for improvement, if not criticism, of his performance, but frankly he is an ascending player on a team full of descending ones.

 

[football]

Improve yes....pro bowl no..... inconsistency yes.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

I’m not going to say all that. He showed development, Yes. However a lot of his success was in the run game.

As a pass protector he was helped by the schemes that didn’t single him out often. When he was singled up more often than not his was beat.

I see a guy who is a backup RT and a 6th OL or jumbo TE in heavy packages.

He can be upgraded

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

He lead the entire league in pressures give up so while he's progressed from unplayable to playable it hasn't been much more than that.

But it's better than nothing and hopefully he can continue to progress.

 

[St.Dan]

For the first time, his career arrow is pointing upward. His fate and future hinges on the head coach selection, which affects the immediate future of the OC post, which affects the style on the o-line.

 

[MikeyF]

He is young!
He showed great improvement.
He is an excellent run blocker.

We have way too many other positions that have players that played a lot worse than him!

I was glad to see him step up this year.
Hopefully he only continues to get better.

Thank You!
Trevor

 

[MikeyF]

He lead the entire league in pressures give up so while he's progressed from unplayable to playable it hasn't been much more than that.

But it's better than nothing and hopefully he can continue to progress.

Pressure have to be the most misleading stat in professional sports.
How many games did we win this year due to C. Young pressures...

Pressures should only count if the QB throws a pick or throws the ball away!

 

[Infoman]

He wasn't an absolute train wreck / liability this year... He was good at times, and bad at times.... Which is a huge step in the right direction from his rookie season... I'll take that.

 

[Hank]

He may not be the 2nd coming of Anthony Munoz (or even Ryan Ramczyk) but he did make himself fairly invisible this season. Bone-headed penalties still occurred (3 Unneccesary roughness calls all year!) and while 13 penalties total is not ideal from your RT, he didn't get lit up by anyone either. For reference, Fuagu had 11 at LT.

Considering most of us were worried he was going to be a horrible component on a good line, the joke is on us: he turned out to be a good component on a horrible line! He played 100% of the offensive snaps in 16 games, and only missed 5 or 6 snaps in the Dallas game. This year he showed himself to be durable and able to be counted on, so that is a win. I'm sure there is room for improvement, if not criticism, of his performance, but frankly he is an ascending player on a team full of descending ones.

Probably improves---was one of the only healthy OLman all year-that's huge for this group. Should he be challenged for his position,- yes
Think he gives up way to much ground in pass protection-might not give up the sack but is right in the QB grill-not clean pockets. Bottom line stick with him and continue to coach him up.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

The real bright side of the year, was the signing of our WR coach. Keith Williams did a bang up job (no pun intended) despite the littany of injuries.

 

[SweetT]

Jokes not on me, I stood by Penning. I was only one of three of us. He will get even better. He now has the confidence that he belongs and he has a home at RT. His development, will allow us to draft other positions. Thank you TP, you made me proud.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

He wasn't an absolute train wreck / liability this year... He was good at times, and bad at times.... Which is a huge step in the right direction from his rookie season... I'll take that.

Seconded. He provided much more than I thought he would.
Hopefully he continues to improve.

 

[saintjay]

At the least, we need someone to compete with him. I'm hoping another off-season working on pass protection will be the solution.

 

[SirLoinSaint64]

I like the dogg in him. I don't like the salary he will soon command.

 

[BreesusSaves]

He showed improvement but if BPA is an Offensive Tackle the Saints should draft the Offensive Tackle.