<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Wade Makes Move to Left GuardBy Gary FitzgeraldRedskins.comMay 23, 2007When Todd Wade opted to re-sign with the Redskins last March, the longtime offensive tackle agreed to move to left guard.Wade, a seven-year NFL veteran, has never played guard in his pro career. There's a reason for that. His 6-8, 317-pound frame appears to be best-suited for playing tackle.Moving inside, he'll be the tallest guard in the NFL. Derrick Dockery, who started at left guard last year before departing to Buffalo via free agency, stood at 6-6, so there won't be a significant difference.With tackles Chris Samuels and Jon Jansen entrenched on the Redskins' offensive line, Wade knew his only chance for a starting opportunity was at guard.On the interior, Wade will need to angle his body lower to get better leverage against burly defensive tackles."I'm 6-8, so it's something I have to deal with," he said. "I feel like I'm doing a good job of it--playing lower--but I'm not where I want to be. I just need to focus on my technique and go from there."Any difficulty for quarterback Jason Campbell, who stands at 6-5 himself?"He shouldn't have a problem with [seeing over me]--it's more about me blocking my [opponent] and staying lower than they are," he said. "So I haven't been hit in the back of the head with any passes yet."Wade first joined the Redskins just prior to the 2006 season, adding quality depth at tackle. He was coming off a 2005 knee injury and had been released by the Houston Texans.He backed up Jansen last season, starting one game when Jansen was sidelined with a hip injury.Wade's strong blocking Week 15 at New Orleans--a 16-10 win for the Redskins--impressed Redskins coaches and convinced them that Wade was worth retaining. To replace Dockery, coaches wanted a veteran, and Wade fit the bill.Wade made no secret earlier this offseason that he wanted to land a starting job at tackle. In the end, it was the Redskins that offered the best chance to start, even though it was at guard."There was [some hesitation]," Wade admitted. "It's something I spoke with Coach Gibbs about, and when I decided to come back here, I decided to be a guard 100 percent."It should help that he has familiarity with Samuels, Casey Rabach, Randy Thomas and Jansen."It definitely helps out that we've played together for a while," he said. "It's the same terminology, too. I'm getting better each day."Wade is expected to compete for the left guard spot with Mike Pucillo, Will Whitticker, Taylor Whitley and Ross Tucker in training camp.Should Wade earn the left guard job, he'll make his first start at guard against the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 9. Wade began his NFL career as a second-round draft choice of the Dolphins in the 2000 NFL Draft.</div>http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=26358This guy is quite a question-mark at his size, I just hope that he can effectively get low the entire season, and they are asking a lot out of him at that height. TALLEST GUARD IN THE LEAGUE? Yikes, im gritting my teeth.
Turnstyle.He wasn't very good to begin with, and now he's playing a position that requires you to be able to get underneath your opponent to be effective, and it's all that much more difficult when you are 6'8. Sorry, but I cant see him being effective there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ May 26 2007, 10:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Actually if you take away his lean torso and very long neck/head, he's about 6'5 or 6'6.</div>Buuuuuuuuut you can't take that shit away because it's still there. He's 6'8.
