This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Players discussed:LSU OTs Will Campbell & Emery Jones Jr. Texas OTs Kelvin Banks Jr. & Cameron Williams Ohio State LT Josh Simmons Ohio State LG Donovan Jackson Minnesota LT Aireontae Ersery Arizona RT Jonah Savaiinaea Alabama LG Tyler Booker Georgia RG Tate Ratledge Oregon OTs Josh Conerly Jr. & Ajani Cornelius

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more Topics covered this week Cam Heyward Zach Frazier vs Grover Stewart Quinn Meinerz on double-teams Vikings pass protection plan Cody Mauch vs Jalen Carter Jackson Powers-Johnson first start Ronnie Stanley JC Latham Bears pass...

Topics covered this week Chris Lindstrom vs. Chris Jones Quenton Nelson Will Fries Zach Frazier Zion Johnson Broncos DL JC Latham Dion Dawkins Spencer Brown Rams rookie DL Verse/Fiske Brandon Coleman Saints OL moving forward Browns OL Chargers OL/Slater (pec) & Alt (MCL) getting hurt Bucs OGs Titans right side of OL Cody Whitehair Bengals IDL Andrew Thomas True Pressure Rate introduction/methodology/overview This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers...

A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com A rundown of my weekly film study with a focus on the best/worst performances and adding context to each selection, including level of competition, outside factors & more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Andrew and I sit down to discuss his journey from a former top five pick to experiencing rookie struggles to becoming an All-Pro. We go into how he overcame a lack of confidence in a chaotic environment, having five line coaches in his first five seasons as a pro, how he watches film, which tackles he studies, pass-rushers and more.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Hjalte & I discuss his unique journey, breakout season in 2023, facing Dexter Lawrence, DJ Reader, the Cardinals scheme, expectations moving forward and more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Oregon O-Line coach A'lique Terry joins Brandon to have a wide-ranging discussion on his football journey from playing center at Wake Forest before focusing on his path into coaching as a graduate assistant at Oregon in 2019-2020 when Penei Sewell and other future NFL draft picks were there. We then get into his one year of coaching D-Line with the Minnesota Vikings before circling back to being hired as...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Welcome everyone to the second annual offensive line fantasy draft with myself, Andrew Whitworth and Geoff Schwartz sitting down to each select our starting five units with one special ‘25 & under’ addition as our top backup. These units were picked for the next three seasons and with salaries as a consideration. As we begin to approach training camp for the 2024 NFL season each off-season I have...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com In the first ever Trench Warfare D-Line fantasy draft, myself, Nate Tice from Yahoo! Sports and NFL defensive end Carl Lawson selected our front four unit with two additional ‘rotational’ players to build out our ideal D-Line room. The goal was to draft a unit for the next three seasons while taking contracts into consideration. We dove into the best defensive linemen in the NFL and some up-and-coming...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Brandon Thorn and Duke Manyweather discuss OL current events before selecting the top 5 OL at each position for 2024. Larry Allen's death Corey Linsley's retirement Eagles RG competition + expectations for Cam Jurgens first year at center Addressing a recent PFF top 10 OG list before selecting each of our Top 5 LTs, LGs, Cs, RGs, & RTs for the 2024 season, including our top 10 overall OGs For...

Brandon sorts through each team in alphabetical order and discusses every OL that he evaluated and was drafted. He shares his thoughts, takeaways and expectations for the player. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com In addition to the deep dive on the O-line class that Duke and I put together for you here, my first batch of scouting reports from this class were released today over at Bleacher Report as part of our updated top 100 big board. There were 19 total OL in the top 100 with nine blockers inside the top 30. Reports published so far: Penn State’s Olu Fashanu Notre Dame’s Joe Alt Alabama’s JC...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Geoff Schwartz and Duke Manyweather join Brandon Thorn to draft their O-line units for the next three seasons. The considerations are simple: Age & contract of the player + performance. They each provide background and rationale behind each selection while incorporating bigger picture topics all centered around line play.

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Brandon shares his notes, observations and key takeaways from the 6th annual OL Masterminds summit. He recaps the Legends panel featuring Andrew Whitworth, Steve Hutchinson, Will Shields, Bruce Matthews, Robbie Tobeck, Damien Woody and Richie Incognito before sharing insight from Lane Johnson, Terron Armstead and more current players.Lastly, he shares stories from dinners, exclusive video and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com OL Masterminds founder Duke Manyweather and NFL.com's Lance Zierlein join the show to break down our favorite day 3 OL prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft. What does a successful day 3 pick along the OL typically look like? How do you determine what position a guy can/can't play? And what is Duke's 'secret sauce' for developing OL? We cover that and much more during this wide-ranging discussion about OL...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit trenchwarfare.substack.com Duke and I discuss the most impressive offensive line units in the NFL, which lines are surprising us and letting us down the most and break down many of the players within those groups. We also draw on some metrics such as pass attempts, sacks taken, QB time to throw, play-action percentage and more to help paint a comprehensive vie…

Each year that we get together for OL Masterminds, I think back to the inaugural event in 2018 when we had 27 total people show up to the state of the art Baylor Scott and White Sports Therapy and Research Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. We first met in a classroom on the second floor of the facility. Duke Manyweather and I set up chairs and did early morning coffee runs prior to everyone showing up. It required us to adapt as we went over that first weekend and do what we could to make...

With the NFL Draft set to kick off in just over a week, I asked The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, one of the premier draft analysts in the business and someone I regularly discuss prospects with, to join me on a podcast. As Dane said in the opening of this podcast, this sort of conversation is one we’ve had almost daily on various prospects and evaluation methods, so it was mostly us peeling back the curtain for everyone else. Chances are if you are reading this you have heard of Brugler’s...