Near miss and a possible Guard

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(03-12-2025, 02:20 PM)higgy100 Wrote: No they weren't but OL today weigh 50-60  lbs. more than they did back in the 80's/90's. They'e far more athletic as well. Ain't easy to get around /thru those guys without some Dinty Moore beef stew in their own system.

Yup

Anthony Munoz was 6'6, 278lbs at OT. ('80 draft)
Tim Krumrie was 6'2, 270lbs at DT. ('83 draft)
Dave Lapham was 6'4, 259lbs at G. (From ('74 draft)

30 years later Jermaine Gresham ('10 draft) was 6'5, 260lbs at TE (Gronk from the same class was 6'6, 265). The NFL has certainly gotten heavier in the box.

Of the ~50 OL at the combine this year, only 1 was weighed in at below 300lbs and he was 299.