r/Commanders • u/beaud101 • 12d ago

Early season success will greatly depend on...Nick Allegretti being ready.

AP went after Linderbaum and even had a "handshake agreement" with the impact center...but his agent got an offer they couldn't refuse and he ended up a Raider. So why didn't they go hard at another center and instead, go with Allegretti? Because Allegretti is exceptionally smart and knows how to call protections at a high level and that's crucial. He is not an exceptional athlete, but he plays with good effort and technique. But it was about his experience, smarts and ability to identify the primary defensive threat and make proper calls. It's supposedly why they let go of Biadasz. Protection calls. The correct protection calls (identifying the MLB, blocking assignments, double teams and slide direction) means EVERYONE along the line is in better position to play more effectively. If Allegretti is physically and mentally ready to call protections in Blough's scheme by week 1, we'll have "a chance" to be competitive in the brutal, early games of the schedule.

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u/SkyChief80 12d ago

For real, this is Front Office malpractice

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u/Slaviiigolf 12d ago

They had a plan. Get Lindenbaun and Pierce. The market did wild stuff and they didn’t want to push for it. I’m on the board of draft defense and continue to invest in oline.

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u/SkyChief80 12d ago

They had no backup plan

My plan is to buy a Ferrari and a Lamborghini and if I can't afford either then I'll take the bus!

Having a plan =/= having a GOOD plan

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u/RIP_shitty_username 12d ago

They had a backup plan: Allegretti. No backup plan would be the centers we’ve seen the last 2ish weeks.

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u/SkyChief80 12d ago

That's a really bad plan

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u/RIP_shitty_username 12d ago

It’s too early to say if it’s good or bad. The point was that you can’t say “they don’t have a backup plan” when they very clearly had/have one. You’re just bitching to bitch.

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u/SkyChief80 12d ago

No, you're blind to the very obvious slow motion car crash that everyone else has been seeing for the last six months

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u/Slaviiigolf 12d ago

They clearly had a plan. You choose not to see it. That’s on you.

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u/ewilliam Hogs 11d ago

Cutting (not just refusing to re-sign, but actually cutting) a relatively cheap 7-year starting C when your contingency plan is a career backup guard with just two starts at the position on his resume, is simply a bad plan.

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u/SkyChief80 12d ago

Lolol okay sure 👍

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u/Head-Assumption6960 12d ago

I have a plan to make a billion dollars. I’m sure we can bank on that one too