Bears Have a Massie-ve Problem at Right Tackle..............

I think Webb had challenges to overcome when we drafted him.  He came from a Division-II school, and had only been there 1 year.  Before that he was at Navarro Junior College.  He was on the Texas roster as a freshman, but he had academic problems and left.  All-in-all, he wasn't much more than a high school kid, football-wise, in his development when we took him in the 7th round.  Of course Bears fans have zero patience with our players, even 7th round picks like Webb.  The fan base got down on him pretty quick.  This kid had basically missed 4 years of college development at a quality school.  He was going to need years to develop, and he did.  Seattle benefitted in the end by signing him after that development.  Webb is still only 28 years old (just turned 28).

Webb really didn't seem to have the competitive nature for NFL football... or any level football for that matter.  He was just a big good-natured kid at heart who seemed to be too nice to ever be a hard-nosed offensive lineman.  The guy did a lot of good things off the field for a lot of people, volunteering.  He was just a humble guy who seemed to love everyone.  I used to follow him on Twitter.  He seemed like a child in a huge/powerful body.  

He also didn't seem to have a great football I.Q.  He was slow to develop.  He was inconsistent also.  He would have a great game against a great defender one week, and then perform poorly against a lessor opponent the next week.  

But as far as his raw physical attributes he was the full package.  Massie on the other hand looks like he is slow to me.  Slow reaction.  Slow feet.  I don't know if you can fix that in Massie.  Webb isn't a great player by any means.  But he has matured and improved a bit.  He'd be one heck of a solid swing-tackle to pull off the bench when needed for depth.  And Seattle has played him at tackle, but when their RG went down to injury, they made Webb the starting guard.  That's a pretty valuable bench player who can play 4 of the 5 OL positions.


 

I was out of town and it looks like I missed the birthday party. Was there cake?