Yanda Starting At RT

[Joe5Flacco]

Sorry if I'm late but @Ravensinsider just tweeted "Source:Marshall Yanda to start at right tackle for Ravens against the Jets"

Heres the link to the story: [url="http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Source-Marshal-Yanda-to-start-at-right-tackle-for-Ravens-on-Monday-night.html"]Yanda starting at RT[/url]

Chris Chester to start at RG

[berad]

Eh, not too excited about this..

Cameron has publicly expressed that he didn't want to take Yanda away from RG, so this is a little surprising. I guess the coaches didn't want to put Moll or Cousins out there for an extended period of time. Hopefully Yanda improved since the last time we saw him at RT - that was a trainwreck.

Missin' Gaither

[DrMoonTooth]

Odd. I guess this means the staff wasn't comfortable with Cousins. Not a good sign.

[RavingRaven]

I like it. I'll take Yonda over Cousins.

[Joe5Flacco]

I think we should be fine at O-Line untill Gaither returns. Hopefully Yanda steps in nicely(as does Chester into Yandas position)

[color="#4B0082"]MOD EDIT: Changed "Grubbs" to "Chester", avoiding confusion [/color]

[DrMoonTooth]

[quote name='Joe5Flacco' timestamp='1284352474' post='473336']
I think we should be fine at O-Line untill Gaither returns. Hopefully Yanda steps in nicely[b](as does Grubbs into Yandas position)[/b][/quote]
? You said Chester was starting at RG. That is Yanda's position. Grubbs plays LG.

[Alexir]

Love this move. Chester is a great guard, not as great as Yanda but Yanda is better than Moll, if you get my drift.

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[Joe5Flacco]

[quote name='DrMoonTooth' timestamp='1284352574' post='473337']
? You said Chester was starting at RG. That is Yanda's position. Grubbs plays LG.
[/quote]
Oh sorry I did mean Chester, I just screwed up there!

[DrMoonTooth]

[quote name='Alexir' timestamp='1284352841' post='473340']
Love this move. Chester is a great guard, not as great as Yanda but Yanda is better than Moll, if you get my drift.

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I agree. I think Chester is a better RG than Moll is a RT. I just wonder what this means about Cousins. I hope they scratched him because of the concussion and not because he looked awful in practice.

[DrMoonTooth]

[quote name='Joe5Flacco' timestamp='1284352846' post='473341']
Oh sorry I did mean Chester, I just screwed up there!
[/quote]
No apology needed. I was just making sure.

Chester is an underrated guard. I just hope Yanda can hold his own. Like Berad said, Yanda didn't look good the last time he played RT.

[Joe5Flacco]

Really there is no better time for a guy like Yanda to redeam himself at RT then Monday Night, Season opener in NY against the Jets. Maybe its a test to see if he can be the guy at RT if Gaither is out for longer than we expected(or suffers another injury) and if Chester can be the guy at RG filling in for Yanda.

[Andrew Glass]

Yanda is close to a pro bowl guard, he's a avg at best tackle. I don't know if I like the move. All I can say is cousins must not be ready to go.

[ravensfan160]

I thought Moll played pretty well in the preseason. My concern is this game will be more mental than anything. The Jests don't have 1 or 2 dominant pass rushers. They have several above average guys and their best (Pace) will miss the game. It is all about reading the blitzes. The coaches probably trust Yanda more in that regard.

[Andrew Glass]

Yanda is more mentally along in his game then cousins is and playing the orginized chaos is more mental then anything I guess. J

[jonnyloback76]

The move might be permanent with how they tagged Gaither with a first round tender earlier on in March. That makes it KINDA obvious that the team was in all likelihood going to shift the offensive line around at some point. Gaither had a tender put on him March 3rd was it? So it being 7 weeks from the draft (at that point), I don't know if the Ravens planned on taking another O-lineman or not.

It probably doesn't help his trade value if he doesn't play much even when he does come back, but he is Jared Gaither so it may not effect it at all. Cousins, Yanda and Chester were all 2nd or 3rd round picks if I remember correctly. Maybe the Ravens are trying to boost one of their trade values.

I don't see Gaither returning as a Raven next year IMO. With the first-round tender being applied earlier in the offseason, the current injury and how the offensive line is being moved around, it just seems unlikely that he'll be back. The tender being reason #1.

[organizedchaos007]

I honestly would rather see Yanda at RT, and chester at guard rather than have cousins or Moll to face the jets D at RT.

[Juviebest]

I'd feel more comfortable with this if Yanda took reps at RT during the off season. I know he's played there before but I still would have liked time for my line to gel.

[1/28/01]

This further cements my thought of us keeping Heap in more for blocking duties tonight as opposed to using him as a receiving threat.

[PuRock]

[quote name='Joe5Flacco' timestamp='1284351801' post='473316']
Sorry if I'm late but @Ravensinsider just tweeted "Source:Marshall Yanda to start at right tackle for Ravens against the Jets"

Heres the link to the story: [url="http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Source-Marshal-Yanda-to-start-at-right-tackle-for-Ravens-on-Monday-night.html"]Yanda starting at RT[/url]

Chris Chester to start at RG
[/quote]

I'll take Yanda over Cousins in this game. I think Cousins will let the Jets blitzers get inside his head to much. Yanda will play solid, he'll get beat with talent on occasion, but he'll play tough.

[JO_75]

[quote name='1/28/01' timestamp='1284382212' post='473478']
This further cements my thought of us keeping Heap in more for blocking duties tonight as opposed to using him as a receiving threat.
[/quote]

Yeah I would agree. Plus with Dickson and Pitta we could actually run a 2 TE set make it look like Heap will go out but keep him in to block and only send Dickson/Pitta out.

This will be interesting... all I know is if we can get through this night with a win and our offensive line in tact I'll be happy.

[BloodRaven]

So who's on the depth chart behind Birk, Chester and Yanda?

[JEEPercreepermd]

I think Yanda will be fine. Cam will probably just have to max protect a lot.

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='BloodRaven' timestamp='1284391166' post='473550']
So who's on the depth chart behind Birk, Chester and Yanda?
[/quote]
This site has a depth chart above..quit being lazy lol

[PuRock]

[quote name='BloodRaven' timestamp='1284391166' post='473550']
So who's on the depth chart behind Birk, Chester and Yanda?
[/quote]

Chester.

Our depth at Center is a concern without Hale.

[BloodRaven]

What I meant was if C Hale and RT Harewood are out for the year, backup C/G Chester is starting at RG and Yanda starting as 3rd string RT... who backs up Birk, Chester and Yanda?

[TSizzle00]

Heap will be helping the RT most of the game.

[Ed_Reed20]

Marshall is a beast when it comes to run blocking; I'm hoping he has a good night in pass protection though.

[ravenight]

The Jets pass rush is fearsome-I hope we can hold up to their blitzes and the overall youth of that team!

[PuRock]

[quote name='ravenight' timestamp='1284405888' post='473809']
The Jets pass rush is fearsome-I hope we can hold up to their blitzes and the [b]overall youth of that team[/b]!
[/quote]

NYJ average age 26.13
Ravens average age 26.68

That's pretty negligible.

[Clutch Ravens]

[quote name='ravenight' timestamp='1284405888' post='473809']
The Jets pass rush is fearsome-I hope we can hold up to their blitzes and the overall youth of that team!
[/quote]

'Cause youth wins championships?

I think Yanda should be solid at Right Tackle, nothing more though. With Calvin Pace and Shaun Ellis out their blitzes may be slowed somewhat.