Marshall Newhouse: Best Backup Tackle Since ...?

[pbmax]

Excluding present roster (Sherrod this year and Bulaga last year), who in recent Packer history seems more capable than Newhouse?

He is a decent run blocker and is not a Moll/Barbre catastrophe at pass blocking at all. Plus he seems capable of playing right and left.

And is he the frontrunner for the coveted Bruce Wilkerson Thanks for Saving Our Ass award in 2011? Previous winners include Bruce Wilkerson, Ahman Green and Howard Green.

[Upnorth]

Whose to say he is strickly a backup? Do you think when (if) Cliffy comes back he is that much better than Newhouse at this point at pass blocking?

[Harlan Huckleby]

The Cliffy vrs Newhouse choice will be tough call

Me, I'd alternate them and grade performance

[pbmax]

Whose to say he is strickly a backup? Do you think when (if) Cliffy comes back he is that much better than Newhouse at this point at pass blocking?

Its a bit of a moving target, but with his struggles with Allen twice, I think Clifton definitely gets the call when healthy. So I think in his second year, he qualifies for backup status. I will miss his mobility run blocking. I think its no surprise that the Packers had success running right which meant Newhouse had cutoff blocks.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I think Newhouse did acceptable job with Allen, take 2

[hoosier]

Do you count starters at other positions who have to fill in at LT when the regular goes down? If so, I would say best backup LT since Flanagan.

[Brandon494]

Clifton will get the starting job back and it won't even be close. We are a passing team and Clifton is a far more better pass blocking tackle.

[Upnorth]

Clifton will get the starting job back and it won't even be close. We are a passing team and Clifton is a far more better pass blocking tackle.

Better, yes, far more better, i dont think so. Before Cliffy went down, he was getting beat this year unlike last year. With a return from injury will he be as good as before the injury is the real question. If he is not playing up to preinjury level I would say Newhouse and Clifton would be very similar in pass rush, with Newhouse the clear winner in run blocking. Harlan's suggestion is the right one, let them compete and if there is an outstanding difference in pass blocking then go to Cliffy.

One last thought, we are getting into bad weather season when the run game means more, does this add to Newhouse's stock?

[Harlan Huckleby]

it won't even be close.

you know what I like about you?

not a goddamn thing.

[Gunakor]

Chad Clifton stoned Jared Allen last season. Stopped him cold. Not a sack, not a goddamn tackle. If we are to measure our linemen against the best the NFL has to offer, Chad Clifton is very obviously the best left tackle on our roster. If he's healthy he starts. Newhouse is his backup.

[sharpe1027]

Excluding present roster (Sherrod this year and Bulaga last year), who in recent Packer history seems more capable than Newhouse?

He is a decent run blocker and is not a Moll/Barbre catastrophe at pass blocking at all. Plus he seems capable of playing right and left.

And is he the frontrunner for the coveted Bruce Wilkerson Thanks for Saving Our Ass award in 2011? Previous winners include Bruce Wilkerson, Ahman Green and Howard Green.

Amazing job considering only a few years ago their experiments with Barbre as a starter were far far far far far far far far far worse.

On another note, it is an amazing coincidence that an award named "Bruce Wilkerson ..." was won by someone named Bruce Wilkerson. How often does that happen?

[Upnorth]

Chad Clifton stoned Jared Allen last season. Stopped him cold. Not a sack, not a goddamn tackle. If we are to measure our linemen against the best the NFL has to offer, Chad Clifton is very obviously the best left tackle on our roster. If he's healthy he starts. Newhouse is his backup.

You are 100% correct for the 2010 season. Was clifton that dominante this year prior to injury?

[Brandon494]

Has Newhouse been dominate to keep the starting job away from Clifton? The clear answer is no.

[Brandon494]

you know what I like about you?

not a goddamn thing.

I don't mean to prove you wrong all the time on purpose, it just comes natural.

[Upnorth]

So going back over the Mcginn ratings, against NO Clifton allowed 1 pressures and 2 against Car.
Newhouse has given up 1 to bronco's, 3 to SD. Allen and the Vikings is where it gets to him with 4 completley missed blocks in the first game and 1 pressure and 1 sack in this game.

With out factoring in run blocking, which may actually be important but I might be wrong, I don't see Clifton being [I]dominant[I] over Newhouse. Lets see how he comes back from injury before you crown him.