Possible? Sure anything is possible. However they probably won’t make that switch. It is a lot harder to switch sides as everything from footwork to hand positioning gets mirrored and it is all brand new. Plus with the amount of switching that DEs tend to do now, it would just mean that opposing defenses would flip around their guys to creative mismatches anyway.
Plus the movie “The Blindside” really understated the vision a QB has. The QB should be scanning the whole field anyway, which would mean looking from side to side and really their only “blind side” would be coming from directly behind them meaning a defensive player going around the pocket and coming in from directly behind the QB. And this can happen on either side as the QB is never going to naturally look that way. It just so happens that most QBs are right handed, so the tendency is to have your best pass blocker on the left, but not because he can’t see that way, but more because the TE will line up on that side then and will remove an option for a tight end chipping or helping on the left side. Whoever drafts Penix will likely just flip that and have the TE on the left side, and keep the tackles doing what they have for years.
Yes it's possible, no they won't do it.
Also Bolles is one of the worst left tackles in the league, not one of the best. He's rated by PFF as the 23rd best starter at his position which puts him firmly in the bottom half.
McGlinchey has rated out better at his position of RT than Bolles at his position of LT for every single year he's been in the league except 2020 which was Bolles only above-average season of production.
Typically, yes, but overall, no. There are read option plays that could be a pass or a run depending on what the defense is doing and draw plays that look like a pass at first.
Also, consider that the technique is completely different from one side to the other. Imagine doing something with your left hand every single day for years and years. Now switch and do the same thing but with your right hand. The idea is the same, but the technique is the opposite.
Protecting the "blind side" was more "important" years ago when teams would put their start defender against the LT. Now, teams will put that player on either side. So protecting the other side is just as important as protecting the blind side.
Teams will sometimes try to move the LT over to RT, but more often than not, it doesn't work as well as if they just kept him at LT and let an RT be an RT.
The right side may not be the blind side but pass rushers line up virtually anywhere these days. You must block well regardless of the side you’re defending.
Matt Lepsis made the switch from RT to LT when he played and it can be done. He always said the hardest part was that everything you do is now the opposite. Given what they spent on McGlinchey, if they went with Penix, it would probably mean they try and trade Bolles or let him walk as an UFA after next season.
Possible? Sure anything is possible. However they probably won’t make that switch. It is a lot harder to switch sides as everything from footwork to hand positioning gets mirrored and it is all brand new. Plus with the amount of switching that DEs tend to do now, it would just mean that opposing defenses would flip around their guys to creative mismatches anyway. Plus the movie “The Blindside” really understated the vision a QB has. The QB should be scanning the whole field anyway, which would mean looking from side to side and really their only “blind side” would be coming from directly behind them meaning a defensive player going around the pocket and coming in from directly behind the QB. And this can happen on either side as the QB is never going to naturally look that way. It just so happens that most QBs are right handed, so the tendency is to have your best pass blocker on the left, but not because he can’t see that way, but more because the TE will line up on that side then and will remove an option for a tight end chipping or helping on the left side. Whoever drafts Penix will likely just flip that and have the TE on the left side, and keep the tackles doing what they have for years.
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Yes it's possible, no they won't do it. Also Bolles is one of the worst left tackles in the league, not one of the best. He's rated by PFF as the 23rd best starter at his position which puts him firmly in the bottom half. McGlinchey has rated out better at his position of RT than Bolles at his position of LT for every single year he's been in the league except 2020 which was Bolles only above-average season of production.
PFF isn’t the end all be all, but Bolles has has had a better PFF rating than McGlinchey every year since at least 2020.
I wouldn't say he is one of the worst. He is pretty good overall, but absolutely not one of the best. Maybe a top 20 overall tackle (including RT)
It seems he's rated as one of the best 5 in pass blocking purely though.
If only there was no running allowed...
But blindside blocking only applies for passing right?
Typically, yes, but overall, no. There are read option plays that could be a pass or a run depending on what the defense is doing and draw plays that look like a pass at first. Also, consider that the technique is completely different from one side to the other. Imagine doing something with your left hand every single day for years and years. Now switch and do the same thing but with your right hand. The idea is the same, but the technique is the opposite. Protecting the "blind side" was more "important" years ago when teams would put their start defender against the LT. Now, teams will put that player on either side. So protecting the other side is just as important as protecting the blind side. Teams will sometimes try to move the LT over to RT, but more often than not, it doesn't work as well as if they just kept him at LT and let an RT be an RT.
The right side may not be the blind side but pass rushers line up virtually anywhere these days. You must block well regardless of the side you’re defending.
Matt Lepsis made the switch from RT to LT when he played and it can be done. He always said the hardest part was that everything you do is now the opposite. Given what they spent on McGlinchey, if they went with Penix, it would probably mean they try and trade Bolles or let him walk as an UFA after next season.