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Post by wingt74 on May 7, 2007 8:06:42 GMT -6
First see if he can tackle. If he can break down, and make solid tackle, then look for him as a DE...teach him to use his hands. But if he can't tackle, don't put him on defense. My experience with a really tall kid (6'5" in 7th grade) was LOTS of grabbing on defense...resulting in face mask penalties and missed tackles
Offense - Whole other ball game. Can he block? Long arms like that gives quite the avantage. But if no strength, forget about TE or anything interior.
Poor blocker...than in my book he's a WR that comes in on passing downs.
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Post by jhanawa on May 7, 2007 15:29:00 GMT -6
Can he throw it? When I was in college our QB was 6-8 with a cannon, his backup was 6-7. The many comments about WR or Flexed TE drawing out defenders from the box certainly have merit and the FG block is a no brainer, with his arms up the kick probably won't be able to see the goal post....LOL. Nice problem to have.
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Post by coachmathis on May 8, 2007 7:31:23 GMT -6
I love football but I a favor basketball so can you please be nice to the basketball coach and send this guy to the gym please!! LOL. All the ideas about spliting him out are great and you probably won't have any problem scoring inside the 20.
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Post by tedseay on May 9, 2007 3:44:15 GMT -6
I have a kid that is 6'10 that wants to play fb next season. He is a basketball player with good hands, ok feet but not really fast. He is pretty thick for a 6'10 kid and I am not sure what to do with him. TE? DE? SE inside the 20yd line? Coach: A big part of the equation here is what you normally do on offense. For me, it would be a total no-brainer to stick this kid into my Wild Bunch offense as a flexed Y end (3-14 yards from his tackle) and run Bunch stuff at the defense all day. Watching a SAM backer try to "blow up" a 6'10"+ hulk would be amusing, to say the least. Mesh, Y Space, Y Stick, Bunch Crunch toss play...OK, I'm drooling. ;D ;D
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Post by wingt74 on May 9, 2007 7:01:20 GMT -6
I love football but I a favor basketball so can you please be nice to the basketball coach and send this guy to the gym please!! LOL. All the ideas about spliting him out are great and you probably won't have any problem scoring inside the 20. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jk ;D
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Post by spartanworld44 on May 9, 2007 7:51:04 GMT -6
Put him at DE. With those long arms an good feet, he would be able to use alot of leverage aganinst TE or OT. Also the quick step passing game with his hands up will be tough to through over.
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