On Guard

NFL guards are getting new props – and bigger paychecks. And yet this article highlighting the new appreciation offensive guards are getting (cause they have to handle elite defensive tackles) makes no mention of the best guard in the NFC – Shawn “The Big Kid” Andrews. Interestingly, the article mentions that good guards used to be converted to tackles, whereas Andrews, a tackle in college, got converted to a guard (though we’ll see if shifts to tackle after his linemate Jon Runyan retires.