![]() ![]() His final contract was with the Detroit Lions, who released him in August 2016. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants. He was then drafted in the seventh round by the Carolina Panthers, where he played through 2011. At Oregon, he started for three years at right tackle and helped the team lead the Pac-10 in rushing for two consecutive years. While at PaliHi, Schwartz was named first-team All-City and All-Westside by the L.A. “I work for ESPN Radio on weekends,” Schwartz said, “and I host for Clay when he’s out.” (Visit: /podcast/86-geoff-schwartz-is-smart-than-you/). He also has a website, “Geoff Schwartz Is Smarter Than You,” where twice a week he examines misinformation, hot takes and theories-and anything social media offers about football and dissects it. His most recent stories have been “Should Chiefs, Cowboys and Rams Fans Be Panicking?” on October 14 and “4 Ways to Fix the NFL’s Officiating Problems” on October 17. He is a columnist for SB Nation, a spots blogging network owned by Vox Media (visit: ), where he shares his insights on football. for work.” Now married and living in Charlotte, North Carolina, he said he returns here about three times a year. Schwartz has good reason for not coming back sooner during the football season: he was ab offensive tackle with the University of Oregon and then played nine seasons in the NFL.ĭuring halftime, Schwartz told Circling the News, “I’m back in L.A. He came to the Stadium by the Sea on October 5 and watched the Dolphins beat Westchester, 28-21. ![]() Geoff Schwartz, who lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Pali, recently made one of his first football visits since graduating in 2004. The two watched the Dolphins beat Westchester.įormer Palisades High football players often come back on Friday nights to watch their old team. We need to get it done this week.Former NFL Player Geoff Schwartz, came down to his alma mater PaliHi with his father Lee. This is the week to do it and there really is no other way to put it. “We need to end drives with touchdowns and we need to show all the progress we’ve made on our offense. Manning has completed 1-of-9 passes for six yards in the two outings. In New York’s last two games, the offense has struggled immensely moving the football and establishing any kind of rhythm. No matter who lines up in front of Manning, Schwartz knows it is imperative the team establish some form of offense versus the Jets. That leaves 10 snaps where the new-look offensive line may get some playing time together. All other starters will play close to 30. With Beatty still rehabbing from a fractured leg suffered in the final game of the regular season, Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Beatty will be limited to 20 snaps in the team’s preseason matchup with the New York Jets on Friday. “You are more on an island and really have to focus in on pass rushers because you don’t have the help you have guard.” “You have those speed rushers that you don’t have at guard,” Schwartz said. When at tackle, Schwartz doesn’t have the advantage of having a player to both his right and left. The 28-year old says the biggest adjustment he had to make was going from facing defensive tackles, to defensive ends. A positional coach turned to a rookie Schwartz and told him to move over one spot. In his first season with the Carolina Panthers, struggles across the offensive line led to a shakeup up front. Originally drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, Schwartz said his transition to guard came almost by accident. ![]() I played right tackle at college and I was drafted as a right tackle.” “I started 11 games at right tackle in my career and played pretty much an entire game there last year. “It doesn’t matter to me, I’m comfortable at a lot of different positions,” Schwartz said. Schwartz – the Giants free-agent acquisition from Kansas City who signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract this offseason – had been working entirely at left guard during camp. Then, there was Geoff Schwartz who, for first the first time all camp, slid over to the right tackle position during Wednesday afternoon’s practice. Weston Richburg lined up at left guard and right. This week at practice saw Justin Pugh get reps at left tackle and Brandon Mosley at right. With New York Giants backup left tackles Charles Brown and James Brewer nursing injuries, the team has been rolling the dice on several different offensive line combinations.Īfter all, if anything happened to left tackle Will Beatty, quarterback Eli Manning’s blind site probably shouldn’t be protected by Mark Asper. Geoff Schwartz was the Giants big signing in 2014 – © USA TODAY Sports Images ![]()
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