https://twitter.com/StepnerWMAR/status/1167248586574376964Gotta love Lamar's personality. And Harbaugh's.
Quote (Flopps @ Aug 29 2019 01:07pm)
was just about to post and ask - did we get stomped?
or is he about to play like a god for us?
Eluemunor was a project when we drafted him. Only played like 2 seasons at TAMU after coming to America from England. His technique was sloppy, and he didn't have a good feel for the game.
These past couple seasons he was pretty hard to watch. Sloppy technique and poor awareness for who to block. This season (his third), the coaches gave him every opportunity to win the vacant LG spot, but he couldn't separate himself from the crowd. His first preseason game was pretty sloppy, his second was good (especially connecting on pulls), and his third he was out due to an injury suffered in joint practices against the Eagles.
There's a local reporter, Ken McCusack, who writes good articles about the Ravens. Check out his grades for Eluemunor:
https://www.filmstudyravens.com/blog/offensive-line-evaluation-nightQuote
Eluemunor: Jermaine had his best game as a Raven. He began with a 20-for-20 blocking performance at LG, where he moved well, connected on all 5 pulls, and made 2 blocks in level 2. Since the 4 lineman scored here totaled 19 pulls among 131 snaps at G (a significantly higher rate than would be employed normally), it’s clear the scheme was developed to test these players in particular. Not all of Jermaine’s pulls allowed him to perfectly conserve momentum, but he turned as necessary to find work and helped lead plays for 7, 12, 3, 5, and 13 yards (8.0 YPC). After 2 full drives at LG, he moved to LT, where he anchored the pass blocking for the rest of the night. He did not surrender a pass blocking event of any sort and had enough lateral quickness to push his assignments past the “back pylon” of the pocket so they were unable to turn back to the QB to generate pressure. Of his 2 missed blocks,1 was a failure to maintain a block on a pass that was out quickly. The other was a failure to find a block on a run right. He had 4 blocks in level 2 and delivered 1 pancake. His highlight was a pull to drive back LB Blake Martinez 4 yards in level 2.
Scoring: 57 plays, 55 blocks, 2 missed, 55 points (.96 per play). That’s an A.
https://www.filmstudyravens.com/blog/offense-ravens-preseason1-2019Quote
Eluemunor (-1): Jermaine was ineffective as the starting LG. He was bulled twice for shared pressures and failed to pick up DE Smoot when he stunted for a QH (Q2, 7:20). He missed 6 blocks in 35 scored snaps, but remarkably the Ravens piled up 66 yards on those plays. He made 2 blocks in level 2, delivered 1 pancake, and connected on 2 of 3 pulls. His highlight was a well-maintained pull vs LB Goode in level 2. Scoring: 35 plays, 26 blocks, 6 missed, .83 (1/2 + 1/3) pressures, 2/3 QH, 22.33 points (.66 per play). That’s a high F at guard.
Jermaine is getting his chance at the starting LG spot based in part on size, but he is not using that asset to move or even wear his opponents as Powers did in this game.
My thoughts: that glowing game 2 performance was definitely an aberration compared to the rest of his career, so seems like the Ravens were selling high, not unlike when they traded Kaare Vedvik, whom we traded for a 5th rounder to the Vikings, and who has started 0-3 as a kicker for them.
From the Ravens perspective, if they had four equivalent LG prospects in Ben Powers, Bradley Bozeman, James Hurst, and Jermaine Eluemunor, then it makes sense to trade one of them, since you're not going to keep all four. I'm very happy getting a 4th rounder for Eluemunor + a 6th, considering we had to cut one of those 4 players.