Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Willie Anderson retired from the NFL in 2007 but has yet to be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame, and he blames books and movies for that. The Blind Side for his plight.
Anderson is thinking about the story of NFL player Michael Oher, which is at the center of the book. The Blind Side And the movie of the same name brought attention to players who played left tackle and ignored anyone who played right tackle.
It’s the first time in 18 years that a right tackle has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Fox News Anderson blames the whole thing on Michael Oher, whose story was published in a controversial book in 2006.
“I think the media was biased because they didn’t understand the significance that the guys we were blocking there (on the right side) were some of the greatest rushers of all time. The ‘Blind Place’ element got lost in the film and the guys on the right side got pushed aside,” Anderson told Kay Adams. Up & Adams.
He added that Oher is the reason so many promising young players want to play left tackle.
Three-time Hall of Fame inductee Willie Anderson blames the movie “The Blind Side” for him not being in Canton yet.
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“It’s a big issue with kids, parents and the media pushing left tackle, but they don’t realize that guards are getting paid crazy amounts of money now. Things are definitely getting better because now rushers are coming from everywhere — right side, left guard, over center, everywhere,” Anderson added.
Anderson was a four-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time All-Pro selection as a right tackle and played 13 years in the NFL, 12 of them with the Bengals.
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