Mile High Report
While I wouldn’t consider Calvin Throckmorton to be at risk of not making the Denver Broncos roster, he still has plenty to prove this preseason. He’s here to not only solidify his spot as a second-string offensive guard, but he’s also making a case for the future. Throckmorton might be competing to surpass Ben Powers when his contract is up.
Last week we took a look at why RJ Harvey felt the need to bounce the ball to the outside so often, but now it’s time for the first single-focused film review of the season.
If you’re new to my film breakdowns this season, I’ve broken down each of Throckmorton’s snaps from their preseason game against the Cardinals so I can provide you with a tangible grade, a numbers crunch, and a look at some of the specifics.
Let’s take a look.
Calvin Throckmorton played 22 snaps against the Cardinals. Nine of those were designed run plays and 13 of those were designed pass plays.
Four of the rushes were ran behind Throckmorton, resulting in 23 yards gained (5.75 YPC) and a touchdown.
In the 13 reps of pass protection Throckmorton did not give up a single pressure, hit, or sack.
He finished the game with zero penalties.
The RGS (Ross Grading System) underwent a small change for this season as I’ve added a new score to it. On a specific play a certain amount of points are given out based off of performance. A “Bad” block earns zero points, a “Meh” block earns 0.5 points, an “Alright” block earns 0.75 points, a “Good” block earns one point, and a “Great” block earns 1.25 points.
According to the RGS Throckmorton had one “Bad” block, three “Meh” blocks, two “Alright” blocks, 16 “Good” blocks, and zero “Great” blocks for a total score of 19 or 86.4%.
His run protection grade was 6.5 or 72.2% and his pass protection grade was 12.5 or 96.2%.
Calvin Throckmorton was solid against the Cardinals and was dominating at times. You can really tell that every offensive lineman on this team is on the same page with each other, and that evidence exists in how smoothly their double teams and pass pro works. Shout out again to offensive line coach Zach Strief, who has quickly turned into one of the best in the league at what he does.
Throckmorton did a great job of staying in the hip pocket of his teammates on double teams (mostly done with working with Alex Forsyth, C), and his feet worked in tandem with them. And when his teammate was their to take over the block, he was usually quick to get up to the second-level block and made contact with the linebacker with good balance and never lunged.
He did have two lackluster examples of a double team block though. One of them he tripped and another we’ll be taking a look at in the specifics.
And his pass protection was very well...
