Trevor Penning is PFF’s top graded Saint; Penning is highest graded NFL OT in Week 10 (10 Viewers)

[sfidc3]

LSU has 2 LTs, but Emory Jones is playing RT because Will Campbell is the best LT prospect heading into the draft and IIRC, the best LT recruit when he was going to college.

I think preseason this was the feeling, I think that feeling is gone.....I don't know if Campbell has played himself out of the 1st round, but I certainly don't think he will go in the top 10 picks, he has majorly underwhelmed this year like most of LSU's offensive line.....

 

[St. Geezy]

This. Imagine how inept it was of Allen to treat the men on his team as responsible professionals dedicated to their livelihoods rather than entitled teenagers who apparently need to be forced to be prepared for their jobs. \s

If you want to blame anyone for this, blame the veterans on the team for not sufficiently setting the example of what it takes to make a living as a professional athlete.

Meh…with our injury issues over the past several years, this is something a real HC would take by the horns and force the issue on.

Sure, these are professionals, but clearly we had major problems in the injury prevention area, and to ignore this issue was gross negligence on the part of Allen and thankfully quickly rectified by Rizzi.

 

[dtc]

DA develops them fine I question how he uses them though with Baun, Ellis, and Anzelone being examples of how they flourished elsewhere

Anzalone couldn't stay on the field. Baun wasn't a system fit and DA had nothing to do with cap management.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[BreesusSaves]

Dude put in the work this offseason. Glad to see it pay off.

 

[St. Geezy]

A professional football player should KNOW that he has to do warm up stretching. I guess DA should have treated them like children and told them not to put their hands on the hot stove. SMH
A lot of HCs leave things voluntary

If your child is doing something that harms themselves, including something like touching a hot stove, do you continue to allow them to do it and hope they learn the lesson eventually, or do you step in and fix the situation so that your child doesn’t suffer anymore?

If we had players not smart enough to know the benefits of warming up, or were too lazy to partake, all while in the midst of an unprecedented string of annual injures, then you step in and correct it, just as Rizzi has.

 

[St. Widge]

I think preseason this was the feeling, I think that feeling is gone.....I don't know if Campbell has played himself out of the 1st round, but I certainly don't think he will go in the top 10 picks, he has majorly underwhelmed this year like most of LSU's offensive line.....

Agreed. LSU's entire OL has been disappointing. Some of that may be Nuss holding the ball to long and not doing a good job moving in the pocket as well as a bad run scheme, but I don't think any of those guys have lived up to what they were supposed to be. Probably still first round picks, but I can't see Campbell in the top 10.

 

[Covington Saint]

If your child is doing something that harms themselves, including something like touching a hot stove, do you continue to allow them to do it and hope they learn the lesson eventually, or do you step in and fix the situation so that your child doesn’t suffer anymore?

i'd just disown the kid and try again.

 

[Belfast Saint]

I stopped focussing on Penning after about week 5 because he was consistently doing what he needed to do. Having said that, I probably stopped focussing on anything at that point.

Well done to him anyway for working through his issues and becoming a solid starter.

 

[Jesse Custer]

There were a few of us who were hopeful that he'd be able to turn the corner as a pro player and I'm glad he's done it, for his own sake. And yes, I got crapped on for posting the RAS comparison between him and Armstead because people claimed Penning was only worth a 3rd rounder at best.

Like @Belfast Saint , I went from watching him on every snap to not worrying about his reps in the past few weeks.

 

[Cajun Chat]

I guess some people take longer to develop.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

I guess some people take longer to develop.

It was less than just 2.5 seasons for Penning. His first year was marred by injury. The problem is we are ready to call players busts too early when they’re a couple years into their careers.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I guess some people take longer to develop.

Injuries...also, Marrone is bad at his job.

 

[St. Widge]

It was less than just 2.5 seasons for Penning. His first year was marred by injury. The problem is we are ready to call players busts too early when they’re a couple years into their careers.

I think part of the issue is the Saints drafted Penning when we had a clear need at LT and really had no other options to start at LT at the time. And the Saints then installed him as the starting LT as a rookie which lead fans to believe that he must be ready to start.

He clearly wasn't and we the fans should have been more patient with him and other guys who take more time to develop, but the team didn't help by handing him the starting LT job as a rookie before he was ready and then doubling down on that and starting him in his 2nd year before he was ready. They really should have brought in a vet to start at LT or figured out that Peat could play LT before later last year.

 

[SweetT]

Injuries...also, Marrone is bad at his job.

Correct. Dude just needed better coaching and a reason to believe in himself. I’m glad he never mentally crumbled under the pressure