When Decker resumes playing, will we continue to see Nelson get some snaps?
I could see the Lions running a few plays a game with an extra O-lineman to give a different look on offense.
Nelson has experience in the past as a TE, and may be just athletic enough to be a sneaky option on short yardage play action passes. And… if they run it really well with the 6 O-linemen package, they might get a defense to bite and hit a hit ball on play action.
Was already thinking about before today. The Ravens occasionally go with a jumbo group, and the Bengals shoved Jacksonville around on their 2nd scoring drive tonight. Might be worth a look for the Lions.
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When I saw Sewell go in motion on that trick play I felt immediately like they are going to have some packages with him as TE.
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Look, if the dude can’t play RT, why do you think he’ll be able to play TE?
Who do you think he is, Kyle Pitts?
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He trained pitts dang it!
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We actually used a 6th o-lineman vs the Ravens several times. Will Holden played 7 snaps as a 6th o-lineman in week 3.
From Pride of Detroit.
“The Lions opted to put in a third offensive tackle quite often against the Ravens, adding an extra level of protection for Goff against the blitz-heavy Ravens defense”
I expect Nelson to move into that roll for sure when Decker is back.
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