FB Commit: Matt Lipski

[grizd]

6'9" would be, by far, the tallest interior DL I've ever heard of.

Too Tall Jones, 6'9" DE, Dallas Cowboys

He said interior, and there is no way at 6'9" he could get enough leverage to play DT. However, I would love to see them get a big body to play DT.....say 6'2" 315 or so.

 

[SAVAGE PAW]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

 

[BWahlberg]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

 

[AG2]

6'9" would be, by far, the tallest interior DL I've ever heard of.

Too Tall Jones, 6'9" DE, Dallas Cowboys

Yes TTJ was that tall but his 40 time was probably a second faster than chunky boy.

TTJ was tall and quick for his size, this guy looks slow. DL requires some quickness and right now this dude doesn't have it.

I hope he pans out and remembers to keep his ass powdered so some "good fans" don't get chapped lips.

 

[SAVAGE PAW]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

I think this kid is a total waste of money. Does not look like nor move like an athlete. His chances of being on our very athletic defense are slim. His strength numbers are poor as well even for a HS kid given his size.

 

[SAVAGE PAW]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

He does have one good thing though. He is big and that means he's hard to get around. This kid smells of OT.

 

[kemajic]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

I think this kid is a total waste of money. Does not look like nor move like an athlete. His chances of being on our very athletic defense are slim. His strength numbers are poor as well even for a HS kid given his size.

You should have seem Mike Tilleman early in his UM career. He couldn't get out of his own way. He was about 6'7" and 275 (in the 60's) and was drafted into the NFL as a DL project after his jr. season as I recall. He wound up with about 9 years in the NFL, mostly with the Saints. What they taught him was mean; he was way too nice a guy while at UM. And he got much stronger when he was introduced to a barbell. He had big feet and wasn't that fast. In those days, the OL were the smaller of the two, because of all the pulls, traps and sweeps; they had to run a lot. Mike came raw out of class B Chinook as I recall.

 

[Big One 25]

I wonder if they'll maybe groom him to be a DT instead, be one of those big run stopper guys.

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

He does have one good thing though. He is big and that means he's hard to get around. This kid smells of OT.

Everybody knows that you have one of the best man smellers on you.

 

[SAVAGE PAW]

ReMax don't be dumb.

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

I think this kid is a total waste of money. Does not look like nor move like an athlete. His chances of being on our very athletic defense are slim. His strength numbers are poor as well even for a HS kid given his size.

You should have seem Mike Tilleman early in his UM career. He couldn't get out of his own way. He was about 6'7" and 275 (in the 60's) and was drafted into the NFL as a DL project after his jr. season as I recall. He wound up with about 9 years in the NFL, mostly with the Saints. What they taught him was mean; he was way too nice a guy while at UM. And he got much stronger when he was introduced to a barbell. He had big feet and wasn't that fast. In those days, the OL were the smaller of the two, because of all the pulls, traps and sweeps; they had to run a lot. Mike came raw out of class B Chinook as I recall.

I just going to go head and assume that this kids HS program had a weight training program. The kid could become more coordinated as time passes but lets face it he's never ever going to be fast enough to play defense. IMO The kid is a OT prototype through and through. If he is fast off the ball for 10 yards then maybe he'll get a shot at starting.

 

[Grizbacker1]

I like being dumb from time to time. :thumb:

I think this kid is a total waste of money. Does not look like nor move like an athlete. His chances of being on our very athletic defense are slim. His strength numbers are poor as well even for a HS kid given his size.

You should have seem Mike Tilleman early in his UM career. He couldn't get out of his own way. He was about 6'7" and 275 (in the 60's) and was drafted into the NFL as a DL project after his jr. season as I recall. He wound up with about 9 years in the NFL, mostly with the Saints. What they taught him was mean; he was way too nice a guy while at UM. And he got much stronger when he was introduced to a barbell. He had big feet and wasn't that fast. In those days, the OL were the smaller of the two, because of all the pulls, traps and sweeps; they had to run a lot. Mike came raw out of class B Chinook as I recall.

I just going to go head and assume that this kids HS program had a weight training program. The kid could become more coordinated as time passes but lets face it he's never ever going to be fast enough to play defense. IMO The kid is a OT prototype through and through. If he is fast off the ball for 10 yards then maybe he'll get a shot at starting.

Hard to see this guy as anything other than an OL, but maybe we shoul dcut him a little slack, he has only played FB a coupl, eyears, has obviously never been in a committed weight program. There have been some other freshmen in the past who replaced a lot of fat with muscle. In two years we will either see a major transformation, or he will be history. :twocents:

 

[grizpack]

I bet that, by the time he is a sophomore, we won't even recognize him.

 

[Big One 25]

I bet that, by the time he is a sophomore, we won't even recognize him.

Hell, I dont recognize him right now.

 

[grizpack]

Good one. :laugh: :clap:

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I believe he only started playing football his sophomore year so he's still got quite a bit of unused potential.

Regarding his weight room maxes: He's 6'9''! Look at his wingspan. Long arms and long legs make it diffucult to lift huge amounts of weight. He's still got brute strength. It's not common to see guys with damn near 7' wingspans bench 350+ 300+ etc.

Also, Rivals.com, traditionally the most accurate and reliable recruiting database in the country, rated Lipski a 5.4 which is the same as Cody Balogh who started 4 years and was an all-American. Lipski was also ranked the 6th best prospect in the state of Oregon.

Waste of scholarship??? He could be an NFL draft pick in 5 years.

 

[OldtiredGRiz]

I'm anxious to see how Lipski looks in a couple years. He certainly is huge -- that's a lot of human at age 18. He's sort of a baby giant still. I trust that the staff saw enough potential to offer him.

Absolutely, I think he's an OL all the way. Another tall defensive lineman was none other than Buck Buchanan, although I think Buchanan was 6'7" or 6'8." Ernie Ladd, who also played for the Chiefs was 6'9" or so, but like Too Tall, Ladd and Buchanan were tall and rangy, not tall and beefy like Lipski. Give the kid a couple years of conditioning and we just might have a force on the O line.