Marshall Newhouse: Best Backup Tackle Since ...?

[Harlan Huckleby]

newhouse has really quick feet. he can run with DE after getting beat and turn disaster into near miss

newhouse dlooks a little light for the position, but no question he is athletic

[Brandon494]

Also have to factor in that NFL teams had no training camp which I think really hurt rookies like Sherrod. Its pretty clear though if Clifton is healthy enough to play he'll get the start over Newhouse without any trouble. Its nice to know we have some depth at tackle though with Clifton entering maybe his final year.

[Iron Mike]

Paging Tunch Ilkin, your Bruce Wilkerson award is awaiting you.....

[smuggler]

Meh, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Clifton will ride pine until they need to break the emergency glass.

[bobblehead]

I don't know. Remember the struggles of Bryan Bulaga last year? He struggled the first half of the season. At RT. Newhouse has a tougher assigment at LT. I just wonder if Newhouse were a 1st round pickw would we be giving him the benefit of the doubt more. Guy is starting for the first time. At LT. And he's holding his own. I like his upside. It also tells me something that he beat out a first round pick to earn the starting gig with Clifton out. I'm betting the coaches thought Sherrod would win that battle, and they gave him every chance to do so. Sure, Newhouse has been here a year, but he didn't get much playing time (if any).

I don't disagree with most of this. I am not saying Newhouse isn't surprisingly effective. I am not saying he sucks. I am saying he wouldn't start for about 25 teams at LT right now. I can't say about RT for sure. He still has upside, and I hope he improves more. He at least fights and scraps which is very important for an OL.

[Fritz]

Which also seems to vindicate what I watched on the replay. Newhouse wasn't as bad as it appeared initially. Allen got in on several tackles when Newhouse had him blocked, but Rodgers got pressure up the middle and scrambled. Great hustle plays by Allen, but Newhouse was doing a decent job. He needs to learn to keep hitting Allen until the whistle though.

I agree with harv. I saw a couple plays in which he blocked Allen but seemed to stop when he thought the play had gone away from him. On one in particular, Allen fell down and Newhouse just stood there, looking at him. Then Allen got up, and sure enough tackled Rodgers, who was trying to run/scramble up the middle. Rodgers got about two yards when he could've gotten six or seven. The young man Newhouse needs to get meaner.

[Upnorth]

Teams which would likely start Newhouse: eagles, bears, packers (hehe), tb, ari, mia, pitt, jac.
Teams which might start newhouse: indy, kc, den, was, det, sea, stl,
So there are 14 spots where newhouse is better than or at least as good as the existing lt and I am being generous to the existing lt's.
Feel free to argue this list by the way, but for what its worth I look at oline from a running backs perspective.

[RashanGary]

Gotta love a thread where there is clearly an open bar and everybody is drunk on Kool Aide at the same time

Newhouse..........he's ok but he doesn't start for many teams.

Last year he wasn't qualified to carry Clifton's Jock strap. This year he is. I'm elated with his development but like bobble I think he has a ways to go

Oh, come on Eeyore

Newhouse just turned 23 years old. He came from a non-pro style college blocking system. He's been bounced from Guard to LT to RT and then back to LT. He played against the best 4-3 DE in the game last week. He was outclassed and outpowered at times, but he's holding up alright.

Harlan Huckleby did something like this one time.


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Where he's been is known. Where he is is known. Where he's going? ? ? He could flatten out, or he could be a guy who just turned 23 and is on the verge of becoming a legit LT. If I had to go with a hunch, I think he'll continue to get better for the next two seasons and progress into a darn good LT.

[Pugger]

Meh, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Clifton will ride pine until they need to break the emergency glass.

You play the better player at every position if available. Cliffy might not be the best run blocker in the league but when you are a passing team and you have a superior pass blocker protecting the backside of your league MVP you put in the wily vet.

[Brandon494]

You play the better player at every position if available. Cliffy might not be the best run blocker in the league but when you are a passing team and you have a superior pass blocker protecting the backside of your league MVP you put in the wily vet.

THIS!

No one is saying Newhouse sucks but priority #1 is keeping #12 off his back.

[sharpe1027]

Don't be so literal or you kill all the humor.

It was not intended to be literal. The entire line of that conversation was tongue-in-cheek...