How athletic is the Bears OL?

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How athletic is the Bears OL? Jun 2, 2019 11:12:46 GMT -6 JABF and weneedmorelinemen like this

Post by GrizzlyBear on Jun 2, 2019 11:12:46 GMT -6

Interesting article.

www.windycitygridiron.com/2019/5/31/18647459/chicago-bears-offensive-line-bobby-massie-cody-whitehair-charles-leno-kyle-long-james-daniels-ras

How athletic is the Bears offensive line?
By Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. - May 31, 2019

Using the Relative Athletic Scores compiled by @mathbomb, we check in on how athletic the Bears offensive line is.

All day on Friday, Kent Lee Platte, who writes for our sister site Pride of Detroit, has been Tweeting out the Relative Athletic Scores (RAS) for everyone on the Chicago Bears roster. Now before you dismiss the data because he’s a Lions’ fan, do understand that Kent approaches the RAS from a mathematical angle, and not from a football fan angle.

It’s only numbers and there’s no no room for bias in a math equation.

Read full article here.

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Post by weneedmorelinemen on Jun 5, 2019 15:17:59 GMT -6

I went through the link, and noticed they list arm length for all the starters, which of course, as we all know, is the single most important stat for an offensive lineman.

Even though Cody Whitehair has 32.375 inch arms, he plays like a player with longer arms.

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How athletic is the Bears OL? Jun 5, 2019 17:08:14 GMT -6 shark86, weneedmorelinemen, and 1 more like this

Post by JABF on Jun 5, 2019 17:08:14 GMT -6

Good article. The starting 5 are really good. I hope the depth players are too. Most importantly I hope the OL stays healthy all season.

ps. weneedmorelinemen - Massie has 35" orangutan arms. How can he NOT be an All-Pro? All I can think of is that he can't jump out of a swimming pool very well... that has to be it. :-)

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How athletic is the Bears OL? Jun 6, 2019 14:06:32 GMT -6 via mobile AlexM, JABF, and 1 more like this

Post by weneedmorelinemen on Jun 6, 2019 14:06:32 GMT -6

Jun 5, 2019 17:08:14 GMT -6 JABF said:

Good article. The starting 5 are really good. I hope the depth players are too. Most importantly I hope the OL stays healthy all season.

ps. weneedmorelinemen - Massie has 35" orangutan arms. How can he NOT be an All-Pro? All I can think of is that he can't jump out of a swimming pool very well... that has to be it. :-)

Massie holds back so he doesn't accidentally hurt someone.

Frank Omiyale had 36" arms. He was so bad at blocking because if he ever let loose, he might've punched his fist through a defender's chest. It's the burden of too much ability.

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How athletic is the Bears OL? Jun 6, 2019 19:43:35 GMT -6 AlexM and JABF like this

Post by shark86 on Jun 6, 2019 19:43:35 GMT -6

How athletic can these guys be if they're NOT jumping out of pools? I'm in no way athletic (not at my age anymore) and I'm barely able to climb out of a pool.

Maybe the problem is when they get orangutan arms, they also get orangutan smarts? There's precedence for this, watch the end of "Young Frankenstein".

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How athletic is the Bears OL? Jun 7, 2019 2:10:12 GMT -6 AlexM, JABF, and 1 more like this

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Jun 6, 2019 19:43:35 GMT -6 shark86 said:

How athletic can these guys be if they're NOT jumping out of pools? I'm in no way athletic (not at my age anymore) and I'm barely able to climb out of a pool.

Maybe the problem is when they get orangutan arms, they also get orangutan smarts? There's precedence for this, watch the end of "Young Frankenstein".

When you mention orangutans, I immediately think of the "right turn Clyde" scene in Eastwood's "Any Way but Loose".

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