Charles Brown
 

Well the 10 ton elephant in the tent was Charles Brown. I just re-watched our drive against KC, and Charles kept his guy out of the play, and off of Drew the entire drive. I've also not seen mention of his performance as of yet.

Good job Charles

Re: Charles Brown
 

Charles and Armstead both played well when they were in

Re: Charles Brown
 

Yeah, I was waiting for a tackle f*** up and the line looked pretty solid all the way across. Now Charles, do that in all of the real games and Who Dat Nation will put a statue of you up somewhere.

Re: Charles Brown
 

I'm hoping he will be the next Pro Bowl left tackle out of nowhere.

Re: Charles Brown
 

He graded excellent. Gave up zero pressures. It was encouraging to say the least

Re: Charles Brown
 

Bushrod who?

Re: Charles Brown
 

He certainly looked every bit as capable as Bushrod so I don't foresee any drop-off. Hell, he could end up being better than Bushrod once he gets comfortable and starts to get more confident at left tackle.

Re: Charles Brown
 

Now if we can replace Zach Strief with Marcel Jones on the right side, we might be in business.

Re: Charles Brown
 

Strief played a good game. Marcel struggled against backups. He's got a long way to go.

Re: Charles Brown
 

He did a good job

Re: Charles Brown
 

I dont think that his performance was in question as much as his durability. I hope he can stay healthy.

Re: Charles Brown
 

No way Marcel is better than Strief at this point. He completely whiffed a block and seemed flat-footed out there. I think it's gonna take a lot to develop thos guy.

Re: Charles Brown
 

Everything was in question and still may be. Performance was in question because ... well... he hasn't been healthy long enough for us to know what his performance is.

That play where drew was nearly sacked in that pile was on Grubs, he didnt handle his man and that caused the pocket to collapse..


We still have a lot more play time before I am going to be comfortable enough with Brown where I am not watching only him, but we are off to a good start.

Re: Charles Brown
 

I liked him.
Armstead looked good too.
I'll sleep a little better now.

Re: Charles Brown
 

Regarding OT's, I watched Strief throughout his time playing in the game and thought to myself, "What a solid RT the Saints have."

Re: Charles Brown
 

A healthy Strief is the best RT we've had since Jammal Brown. He just needs to stay healthy.

Brown is a very servicable LT, if he can stay healthy too.

Re: Charles Brown
 

If Armestead and Brown continue to play well and stay healthy.. Strief could possibly be replaced by moving Armestead to RT next season.

Re: Charles Brown
 

:)

Re: Charles Brown
 

IMO Charlie Brown was always the best left tackle on the roster including Bushrod, he couldn't stay healthy to prove it. Lets all hope he stays healthy this year bc there is absolutely no one to take his place if he goes down. No Way I trust Armstead with my franchise QB, he's still a rookie and did nothing to prove otherwise Friday night.

Re: Charles Brown
 

Brown doesn't have to be a stud, he just has to be decent. The only thing that semi-concerns me is that Bushrod was an awesome run blocker and Brown hasn't been seen as a guy that will push people around like that.

Strief is a very solid RT. I wouldn't even mind him at LT if the situation changes. People forget but he played there a couple of times in 09 and looked real good.

Re: Charles Brown
 

There is nothing statistically that shows that we run better to the left than to the right.

If anything we run better Middle/Right off of Evans.

Not sure how you get Bushrod was an awesome run blocker.

Re: Charles Brown
 

The O line was a huge positive. I am worried about LB.

Re: Charles Brown
 

It's preseason. I like what i see.

Re: Charles Brown
 

You mean there's hope?

Re: Charles Brown
 

I would love to see Farmstead play well enough to supplant Strief and play RT until he grows into LT. Lots of teams groom LTs at RT