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Ken Crippen wrote:John, I am guessing you already considered it, but how does Dilweg's 1929 season stack up at DE? With incomplete stats, he still had 7 interceptions from the DE position, which was far more than any other DE that year.
I just didn't see him play DE, I wish I could . . . I am not familiar how he got those, or if it was more like a outside linebacker, so I went with him on offense... there were lots of players (Hein, Bulldog Turner, George Conner, Dilweg) that could have had multiple slots, offense and defense . . . but I went with them on thier ALl-Pro selections. But, if someone did the same excercise and put Dilweg as a DE, I certainly would have no problem with it at all. Or Hein as a linebacker or Turner as a linebacker, etc.
JuggernautJ wrote:Wouldn't Hein have been more of a "Middle Guard?"
The problem is that many of the older players played positions that don't exist in modern football.
Blocking Back, anyone?
What I have seen of Hein is behind the LOS, I saw bits of 1943 games and going by photos, looks to me like he lined up as a backer. I could be wrong, but TBH I have seen 3 full games from 1943, and I don't remember him making any plays. I do remember Blozis being all over the place in those games.
Ken Crippen wrote:John, I am guessing you already considered it, but how does Dilweg's 1929 season stack up at DE? With incomplete stats, he still had 7 interceptions from the DE position, which was far more than any other DE that year.
I just didn't see him play DE, I wish I could . . . I am not familiar how he got those, or if it was more like a outside linebacker, so I went with him on offense... there were lots of players (Hein, Bulldog Turner, George Conner, Dilweg) that could have had multiple slots, offense and defense . . . but I went with them on thier ALl-Pro selections. But, if someone did the same excercise and put Dilweg as a DE, I certainly would have no problem with it at all. Or Hein as a linebacker or Turner as a linebacker, etc.
From the film I have seen of him (granted only one game in 1929. The other film was too difficult to see the players), he had his hand on the ground as a pure DE. I did not see him line up in any other position.
JuggernautJ wrote:Wouldn't Hein have been more of a "Middle Guard?"
The problem is that many of the older players played positions that don't exist in modern football.
Blocking Back, anyone?
What I have seen of Hein is behind the LOS, I saw bits of 1943 games and going by photos, looks to me like he lined up as a backer. I could be wrong, but TBH I have seen 3 full games from 1943, and I don't remember him making any plays. I do remember Blozis being all over the place in those games.
Funny, I was just watching film of the Giants from 1943 ... three games in fact. Hein lined up as a linebacker and he was terrific! Very mobile and very aggressive. At times he lined up as an outside backer but other times he was inside. He was more impressive on the defensive side of the ball than offense.
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JuggernautJ wrote:Wouldn't Hein have been more of a "Middle Guard?"
The problem is that many of the older players played positions that don't exist in modern football.
Blocking Back, anyone?
What I have seen of Hein is behind the LOS, I saw bits of 1943 games and going by photos, looks to me like he lined up as a backer. I could be wrong, but TBH I have seen 3 full games from 1943, and I don't remember him making any plays. I do remember Blozis being all over the place in those games.
Funny, I was just watching film of the Giants from 1943 ... three games in fact. Hein lined up as a linebacker and he was terrific! Very mobile and very aggressive. At times he lined up as an outside backer but other times he was inside. He was more impressive on the defensive side of the ball than offense.
I guess I had my eye more on Blozis, I need to re watch and focus on Hein. I remember seeing him, but don't remember any splash plays, but also I was watching Sammy Baugh a lot, so focus there, too
