Mike McGlinchey-OT-Denver Broncos

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

Originally posted by TheRickestRick:

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
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I stand corrected...it was Richburg. McG had a good game, and was not the culprit of the two fouls stacked upon one another. Mea culpa. I'm getting too old too fast.

Richburg's penalty was meant for McG. IIRC RIchburg actually makes a clean block, McG had his arms on the outside of his guy keeping him from turning but the ref called it on Richburg who disagreed prompting something along the lines of "lame a$$ zebras" to a ref and gets the second penalty.

Thanks Rick...shoot , now i;m not sure WTF i saw. I highly doubt i saw the foul on McG but they called it on Richburg . I guess it could have happened, but honestly, not having taped the game, I dunno. Odds are pretty good i meant to say Richburg, and then muffed that. But thanks, Rick. If there is a gif, i would love to see it...and that probably means Thl or Hero. I am curious what exactly i saw for the foul. For the 2nd penalty, there I just confused McG for Richburg. I thot he was telling the ref how good his new shoes looked.

....Nah, maybe not.

@ 29 min in the video. Theres two angles... on the initial play it transitions but compare the blocks between Richburg and McG. Richburg has his hands inside and the defender is able to rip and dive for the ball carrier, where as McG's right arm is on the outside grabbing the shoulder pad and pulling down the defender to the point he then falls back over him from not letting go.In the slow mo angle you can see him at the bottom of the screen with the defender throwing his arms up for the refs right as he gets tossed.

Thats just what I saw.. could all be coincidence.

Originally posted by NorthernLights:

Originally posted by MK_Ultra:
I guess that they gave Brown to the Pats as pay back for the Jimmy G trade, otherwise it makes no sense. Brown is on a cheap rookie contract and perhaps the best pass protector in the NFL. He's only 9 months older than McGlinchey and Brown is a much better player. Trading him was not a good move by Shanahan/Lynch. Below is an article from today...

Trent Brown's 'dynamic skills' secured starting LT job
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000952046/article/trent-browns-dynamic-skills-secured-starting-lt-job
"Trent has some dynamic skills, and he's working hard to be a really good player on every down. This is a really compliant guy," Scarnecchia said. "You say, 'Hey Trent, we got to' and he'll do it. He wants to be better. You can't ask for more than that." "He definitely has the skills to play out there. There's no doubt," Scarnecchia said. "He's long, he's big, he's a powerful guy. We like what we see,... - offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia

Brown's rookie contract was up and the FO didn't trust him enough to pay him. McG is on a 5 year rookie deal and is looking good so far.

Bingo!

Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

Originally posted by Heroism:
Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

This. He struggled initially against Danielle Hunter and then cowboy'd the hell up and more than held his own from what I saw.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

This. He struggled initially against Danielle Hunter and then cowboy'd the hell up and more than held his own from what I saw.

Didn't notice him much, for a linemen that's great news.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

This. He struggled initially against Danielle Hunter and then cowboy'd the hell up and more than held his own from what I saw.

Dude didn't take 1 snap at G all off season; not fair. Given the circumstances, he did OK. He'll grow. Just needs to stay with his blocks longer.

McGlinchey deserves some serious props, he never played a single snap at right guard in his entire career until today and did relatively well. Incredible.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

This. He struggled initially against Danielle Hunter and then cowboy'd the hell up and more than held his own from what I saw.

Agreed. Nice game from him

Looks like our top three picks all had good games today against a very good team. Only one game, of course. But draft isn't looking as bad as people initially thought it was

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Looks like our top three picks all had good games today against a very good team. Only one game, of course. But draft isn't looking as bad as possible initially thought it was

Agreed. Looked solid.

Tough draw but you can't lunge esp. at G. Learning lesson.

^ It probably would have been picked either way.

Originally posted by ninerjok:
McGlinchey deserves some serious props, he never played a single snap at right guard in his entire career until today and did relatively well. Incredible.

Him, Pettis and Warner all looked pretty good for the circumstances. Alot of youth to look forward to!

I wouldn't be too hard on him. Dude went from dealing with Hunter's speed off the edge, to fighting Wilkerson's strength at a new position. There's a difference between guard and tackle that people don't really see. The one that is to blame is the 'vet' Gilliam who should've been more prepared to play guard since he's a no doubt backup.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Props to this rookie. It wasn't pretty, but he battled out of position after both guards went down against arguably the toughest DL in the league.

This. He struggled initially against Danielle Hunter and then cowboy'd the hell up and more than held his own from what I saw.

I agree with both these posts.

And I would add that he showed a lot of leadership potential--being willing to shift positions in the middle of his first real NFL game--and doing so with enthusiasm. It took some courage and showed a willingness to put the team first. Staley has to be proud of his protege.