O Line

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I know Coach O wants the more nimble guys who can move and pass protect in the "new" offense

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People are basing this on?

Thomas And Bradford are listed at 350+
Perry is listed at 320

Parker and Turner are smaller but you have to assume we’re banking on them growing into their frames.

I don't think, based on his HS film, Rosenthal has the agility to play left tackle. Wire looked athletic enough and Bradford is very athletic, but Bradford has guard size. Really though, when you get to the heart of the matter, blocking is blocking regardless of height. You either have someone in front of you or you don't. With zone blocking it doesn't matter where the defense is lined up, you block in an area. The only real exception is left tackle where you must have someone fleet of foot enough to block edge rushers. An Olineman has to be the second smartest player on the field. And that attribute is important to understand blocking schemes and zones. But, if a guy can block, he can block, doesn't matter which position he actually lines up at.

Austin Deculus says hello.........

Yep, I love this coming O-Line recruiting class. Bradford is the tipping point. He is definitely too heavy right now, but is very athletic for that size. If LSU can slim him down, he absolutely has the tools to be a dominant L-Tackle in the SEC.

Will he hose the weight? Will he ut in the work? I have no idea. But to deny his potential - just based on the excess weight - is foolish.

Completely agree, we played Ruston in jamboree and I couldn't believe how athletic that kid was for his size, he's listed at 275, he looked closer to 285-290 to me,was also crushing multiple defenders on almost every play, crazy potential for this kid, he caught a swing pass, broke a tackle and outran our secondary for a 50-60 yard TD

You would have had to follow his recruitment in real-time. Those recruiting sites don't show historical information about ratings and position switches.

He was a highly rated OT committed to Bama, but he didn't want to play OT, he wanted to play DL. Bama didn't have a spot for him at DL, so he decommitted.

His recruiting ranking dropped because he wasn't nearly as good of a DL recruit as an OL recruit, but he was insistent about playing DL in college, so that's what the services had to rate him as.

Same thing happened with Chassen Hines.

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I don't think, based on his HS film, Rosenthal has the agility to play left tackle

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This has to be a troll. The first play on his highlight reel is Dare catching a jump ball in the end zone for a touchdown.

The video has him split out wide catching passes, running QBs and RBs down from behind in the backfield, blocking punts, and pancaking multiple defenders on the same play.

Dare Rosenthal has plenty of athletic ability and should be a very good left tackle. Now the coaches just need to go into juco and find a right tackle.

Looks like both Thomas and Bradford could stand to lose at least 30 pounds each. Thomas looked Really slow against some better competition, namely Jacquelin Roy! Luckily they will be teammates. Bigger isn't always better when it comes to o-line.