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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
Wade will need to work on his leverage as Buges has already pointed out, but he's only 2 inches taller than Dockery so it's not unheard of for taller guards to be successful.
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Yeah I should clarify myself. Wade is taller, but the key is his center of gravity is so much higher. If you look at Dock, his (ahem) ample midsection and tank-ass helped keep his center of gravity lower to the ground. That's why he was an effective drive-blocker in the run game. He was strong, big, and he stayed low.
Wade is taller and doesn't have the same midsection and ass (I'm feeling a little light in the loafers writing this). He carries a lot of his bulk in his shoulders.
But really, this just means that Wade will be more of a mobile G than Dockery was. Wade's probably not going to be good at lining up and drive-blocking around the goalline or on short yardage. Well maybe he can overcome the center of gravity issue, I dunno, but it will be a challenge for him. But I think he'll be good at pulling and getting out on the edge and lead-blocking on sweeps and whatnot. So that's probably a good thing really, because that's how Saunders likes to run the ball.
As long as the coaches adjust the schemes to take advantage of Wade's skills and don't ask him to do what Dockery was good at, then it'll probably work out decently for us.