Originally posted by jdbolick
Wrong. Pancakes are great, it's the Pancake SA that isn't because it has minimal benefit to actually pancaking a defender.
Sorry JD... what I meant was that chasing pancakes alone wasn't a good idea.
Not if it hurts the overall aspect of the build and makes your dot vulnerable to giving up sacks and hurries. Cakes as an aspect of a good build are great. Just gotta be careful of chasing the wrong things. That's what I was trying to say, anyways. 
I will give a caveat to that though. If you have an OC that is really good and has a Guard/Tackle/Center that is a cake monster on running plays... but wear as a pass protector... and has access to a second (not really a backup but a specialized player) Guard/Tackle/Center that is weak as a caker and run blocker but awesome as a pass protector... then it doesn't matter if you're building a cake monster.
Wrong. Pancakes are great, it's the Pancake SA that isn't because it has minimal benefit to actually pancaking a defender.
Sorry JD... what I meant was that chasing pancakes alone wasn't a good idea.


I will give a caveat to that though. If you have an OC that is really good and has a Guard/Tackle/Center that is a cake monster on running plays... but wear as a pass protector... and has access to a second (not really a backup but a specialized player) Guard/Tackle/Center that is weak as a caker and run blocker but awesome as a pass protector... then it doesn't matter if you're building a cake monster.
