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OL Alex Boone (Official Thread)

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3074326;2216117; said:
If he would've just progressed a little more he would've been a first rounder easily.. maybe top 15. Unbelievable that he went from that to undrafted.
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He didn't progress because he was an alcoholic. He got charged with public intoxication while training for the NFL combine in California. It really wasn't that surprising he went from a first round talent to undrafted given his problem (which is now obviously resolved, so good for him).
 
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Buckeye86;2216156; said:
He didn't progress because he was an alcoholic. He got charged with public intoxication while training for the NFL combine in California. It really wasn't that surprising he went from a first round talent to undrafted given his problem (which is now obviously resolved, so good for him).
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I'm aware. That made it unbelievable. He almost threw away the NFL.
 
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He had a fantastic game last night! I watched every play he had, he seriously shut down one of the best D linemen in the league... there was only one play, a running play where they still gained a couple yards, where he got beat and it resulted in the tackle..
 
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75-Alex Boone: Started at right guard and played every snap, including the final seven at left tackle. It was Boone's best performance. . . . He took out linebacker Demario Davis on Gore's 6-yard run for a first down in first quarter

Finished off Scott to allow Kaepernick easy sailing at end of his 7-yard TD.

He made a block at the line and another on Scott at the second level on Hunter's 8-yard run on a third-and-4 in the third quarter.

On fourth-and-1 in third quarter, he pulled around the left side and took out Coples, who was engaged with Walker, to enable Gore to score on a 2-yard run. . . Pulled to make block on Harris on Hunter's 1-yard TD run in fourth quarter.
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http://www.csnbayarea.com/football-...-vs-Jets-Offensive?blockID=782941&feedID=5936
 
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Pondered in the NFL locker room this season, as some players try on their new tighter, sleeker Nike uniforms, is a question usually reserved for Nordstrom fitting lounges: Does this make me look fat?
"I hate them. They are built for thin guys," said Alex Boone, a 300-pound starting guard for the San Francisco 49ers. "It makes me look like I have big old love handles."

Boone, who complains that his stomach hangs out the bottom of the jersey, said it makes him feel self-conscious. "It makes me look fat," he said, "and I'm not fat."
When Boone's wife first saw him in the new garb, he reports, "she said, 'It looks like you ate a small baby.'"
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WSJ
 
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Alex Boone is Right Man for 49ers at Right Guard
Lone new starter on offensive line this season has been a boon to Niners' offense
By Doug Williams
Thursday, Oct 4, 2012

NFL players this season are wearing new, more form-fitting uniforms by Nike.

For many, the uniforms are a fashion upgrade.

For 49ers starting right guard Alex Boone and his 6-foot-8, 300-pound body, they are not.

?I hate them,? Boone told the Wall Street Journal. ?They are built for thin guys. It makes me look like I have big, old love handles.? Or, as he said his wife told him, ?It looks like you ate a small baby.?

But nobody in San Francisco ? with the exception of perhaps Mrs. Boone ? cares what big, old Alex looks like in his uniform this season, because Boone is looking great on film.

The only new starter on the offensive line this season, Boone won the position in training camp and has been a force in the 49ers? 3-1 start to the 2012 season.

Though there were some doubts that Boone ? who had always played tackle ? was too tall to play guard, Boone has answered those doubters by consistently turning in terrific performances.

Against the Jets this past Sunday in the Niners? 34-0 victory, Boone had a key block on Colin Kaepernick?s 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and also had big blocks on touchdown runs by Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter later in the game.

In the first game of the season, a 30-22 victory over the Packers in Green Bay, he was graded the top-performing 49ers offensive lineman by Pro Football Focus in his very first NFL start at guard.

So far, Boone has excelled at pulling to make blocks on the outside, and at pass protection.

No longer are there any questions about how the third-year player from Ohio State will mesh with the rest of a very strong and veteran offensive line. He?s doing quite well, thank you.

?Well, those questions haven?t really been coming up,? said 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh this week. ?I think he?s proven that he?s a fine, talented football player, no matter how tall he is. Question is answered there, I?d say.?

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http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/spor...t-Man-for-49ers-at-Right-Guard-172660621.html
 
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Alex is playing lights out for the Niners...

Alex Boone, guard, San Francisco. OK, so holding the Bills' interior defensive line without a sniff all of a sudden is not such a big accomplishment. But Boone, the fourth-year college free agent from Ohio State with the big wingspan, played every snap for the Niners Sunday and allowed no quarterback hits or sacks on Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick -- and he helped pave the way for one of the great offensive days in 49ers history, a 621-yard monster. He's strong enough to have neutralized Marcell Dareus when they competed, and even though his 6-foot-8, 300-pound frame is not a classic guard body, he's been an upgrade at a spot that frustrated San Francisco the last couple of years.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/10/08/week-5/index.html#ixzz28j2DcgTt
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Thrilled to see such a dramatic turnaround. The talent was always there...looks like his head has finally caught up. At this point, I'd be shocked if he isn't in the Pro Bowl. He has been incredible this year.
 
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NFBuck;2230281; said:
Alex is playing lights out for the Niners...



Thrilled to see such a dramatic turnaround. The talent was always there...looks like his head has finally caught up. At this point, I'd be shocked if he isn't in the Pro Bowl. He has been incredible this year.
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Makes you wonder how much of his improvement was technique...
 
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