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redrobert

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Good 3rd round pick. RG3 has to be feeling good, although having a great WR corps, a shored up OL and very good RB/TEs put it all on him. I believe in him and Gruden and this offense certainly looks impressive on paper. It's just up to them to engineer it into a great offense on the field. 

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Per Rotoworld:

Long (6-foot-4 5/8, 320) made 33 starts for the 'Huskers, primarily at right guard, before suffering a season-ending left MCL tear six games into his senior year. He pumped 225 pounds 28 times at Nebraska's Pro Day. When healthy, Long is a huge-handed (10 3/4") drive blocker with tools to be a running-game asset. He has average athleticism for pass blocking, but upside to become a starting right guard. Long's senior-year injury could ultimately make him a draft-day steal.

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Like the writeup on his strengths from the combine:

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/profiles/spencer-long?id=2543620

 

STRENGTHS Very solidly built with a good frame. Good leg drive -- can create a push in the run game and position-sustain. Solid in pass protection -- good anchor, shadow and mirror. Good base and balance -- controls and steers defenders. Flashes some nastiness. Intense, competitive battler. Smart and instinctive. Lunchpail worker will do a lot of extras and is very ambitious and driven to succeed. Excellent weight-room strength -- can squat a small house. Good versatility -- has played inside and outside. Very tough and played much of final two seasons through knee injuries. Possessed the biggest hands of any offensive lineman at the combine.

 

 

 

and his weaknesses are mostly related to his injury:

 

WEAKNESSES

 Average athlete. Is tight-ankled and heavy-legged -- lumbers to the second level. Struggled with the quickness of Minnesota's Ra'shede Hageman (though he was noticeably playing through a knee injury that required surgery and forced him to miss the rest of the season after leaving the Minnesota game). Labors to cut off the inside rush. Struggles to adjust and pick off linebackers and is not efficient pulling and trapping.

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