A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more

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A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more

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Andrew and I sit down to discuss his journey from a former top five pick to experiencing rookie struggles to becoming an All-Pro. We go into how he overcame a lack of confidence in a chaotic environment, having five line coaches in his first five seasons as a pro, how he watches film, which tackles he studies, pass-rushers and more.

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Hjalte & I discuss his unique journey, breakout season in 2023, facing Dexter Lawrence, DJ Reader, the Cardinals scheme, expectations moving forward and more

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Oregon O-Line coach A'lique Terry joins Brandon to have a wide-ranging discussion on his football journey from playing center at Wake Forest before focusing on his path into coaching as a graduate assistant at Oregon in 2019-2020 when Penei Sewell and other future NFL draft picks were there. We then get into his one year of coaching D-Line with the Minnesota Vikings before circling back to being hired as the head OL coach at Oregon prior to last season.A'lique shares details and insight into his rapid rise and success as a coach, what he looks for in O-Line recruits and how he identifies, moving into the Big Ten this season and much more.

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Welcome everyone to the second annual offensive line fantasy draft with myself, Andrew Whitworth and Geoff Schwartz sitting down to each select our starting five units with one special ‘25 & under’ addition as our top backup. These units were picked for the next three seasons and with salaries as a consideration.

As we begin to approach training camp for the 2024 NFL season each off-season I have found value in taking a big picture look at the offensive line position from a few different vantage points. From my annual top 75 overall O-linemen, OL Almanac (both coming over the next few weeks) to a fantasy draft, these exercises offer fun, insightful and unique ways of gauging the position group as a whole entering the season while also allowing room for deep dives into the nuances of players and units.

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In the first ever Trench Warfare D-Line fantasy draft, myself, Nate Tice from Yahoo! Sports and NFL defensive end Carl Lawson selected our front four unit with two additional ‘rotational’ players to build out our ideal D-Line room. The goal was to draft a unit for the next three seasons while taking contracts into consideration. We dove into the best defensive linemen in the NFL and some up-and-coming guys that provide surplus value due to their age and/or contracts.

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Brandon Thorn and Duke Manyweather discuss OL current events before selecting the top 5 OL at each position for 2024.

Larry Allen's death

Corey Linsley's retirement

Eagles RG competition + expectations for Cam Jurgens first year at center

Addressing a recent PFF top 10 OG list before selecting each of our Top 5 LTs, LGs, Cs, RGs, & RTs for the 2024 season, including our top 10 overall OGs

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Brandon sorts through each team in alphabetical order and discusses every OL that he evaluated and was drafted. He shares his thoughts, takeaways and expectations for the player.

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In addition to the deep dive on the O-line class that Duke and I put together for you here, my first batch of scouting reports from this class were released today over at Bleacher Report as part of our updated top 100 big board. There were 19 total OL in the top 100 with nine blockers inside the top 30.

Reports published so far:

Penn State’s Olu Fashanu

Notre Dame’s Joe Alt

Alabama’s JC Latham

Washington’s Troy Fautanu

Duke’s Graham Barton

West Virginia’s Zach Frazier

Georgia’s Amarius Mims

Oregon State’s Teliese Fuaga

Arizona’s Jordan Morgan

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