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Texans Senior “Offensive Assistant” Jerry Schuplinski.

Mangler

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After reading up on Jerry I must say I’m impressed and optimistic about our offense going into the 2025 season. This man coached the GOAT (Tom Brady) getting himself three rings. Nick Caserio isn’t screwing around.

While I won’t claim to have any inside knowledge, or pretend to, I’m almost sure Demeco has 100% control (players and defensive assistants) of his side of the ball, and Nick has 100% control of the offensive side. If so, this will take alot of pressure off Demeco allowing him to solely focus on what he does best…DEFENSE!
 
Mangler said:
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After reading up on Jerry I must say I’m impressed and optimistic about our offense going into the 2025 season. This man coached the GOAT (Tom Brady) getting himself three rings. Nick Caserio isn’t screwing around.

While I won’t claim to have any inside knowledge, or pretend to, I’m almost sure Demeco has 100% control (players and defensive assistants) of his side of the ball, and Nick has 100% control of the offensive side. If so, this will take alot of pressure off Demeco allowing him to solely focus on what he does best…DEFENSE!
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I think the "100%" is where you lose me, in the sense that if DeMeco is against a particular offensive coach or style of offense Caserio isn't going to shove that hire/style down his throat. At the end of the day, DeMeco is in charge of the entire team and that includes offense. Now it makes tons of sense for DeMeco to outsource a majority of control to the OC including draft resources and FA, but again if the offense fails so does DeMeco. My guess is that they hired Caley, then asked him who and what he needs to be successful, and Jerry Schuplinski was on that list. It always helps the OC to have someone familiar with the system to bounce ideas off of as well.

Now I think that both Caserio and DeMeco seem to have very good chemistry towards building a consistent winner, and seem to see eye-to-eye on most matters--not letting their ego get in the way of who gets credit. I always feel like if the "who has control" discussion, is an issue for teams that are losing and looking to point fingers. Hopefully we don't get to that point in the near future.
 
Mangler said:
While I won’t claim to have any inside knowledge, or pretend to, I’m almost sure Demeco has 100% control (players and defensive assistants) of his side of the ball, and Nick has 100% control of the offensive side. If so, this will take alot of pressure off Demeco allowing him to solely focus on what he does best…DEFENSE!
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That's what it looks like to me & I like it. It helps with the issue of knowing our OC is a damn good season away from being poached.

What I don't like is how long has this been going on? Nick hired Culley's staff & I'm pretty sure Pep was in on the plan as well. Which means counting Slowik he's got three failed offenses on his hands.

Speculation of course.
 
thunderkyss said:
That's what it looks like to me & I like it. It helps with the issue of knowing our OC is a damn good season away from being poached.

What I don't like is how long has this been going on? Nick hired Culley's staff & I'm pretty sure Pep was in on the plan as well. Which means counting Slowik he's got three failed offenses on his hands.

Speculation of course.
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I'm still wondering why they thought Strausser and Slowik would be a good match. Especially, when Strausser had no experience with Slowik or Shanahan's scheme. Why hire someone on the verge of retiring instead of an up-and-coming assistant OL coach from the Dolphins, 49ers, Rams or Packers to pair with Slowik. It just didn't make sense.
 
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Earl34 said:
I'm still wondering why they thought Strausser and Slowik would be a good match. Especially, when Strausser had no experience with Slowik or Shanahan's scheme. Why hire someone on the verge of retiring instead of an up-and-coming assistant OL coach from the Dolphins, 49ers, Rams or Packers to pair with Slowik. It just didn't make sense.
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Who actually hired strausser?
 
thunderkyss said:
That's what it looks like to me & I like it. It helps with the issue of knowing our OC is a damn good season away from being poached.

What I don't like is how long has this been going on? Nick hired Culley's staff & I'm pretty sure Pep was in on the plan as well. Which means counting Slowik he's got three failed offenses on his hands.

Speculation of course.
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Slowik was Ryans choice
 
steelbtexan said:
No coaches were hired without Ryans approval. Caserio had no previous ties to Straisser

These new hires are Caserio hires
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Yes I get that but I am asking whose idea was it that thought Strasser who was supposedly going into retirement was a good fit? Somebody had the first idea
 
None of it matters if they don’t get big improvement from the line. Hiring Pop is an epic fail in the making. If he doesn’t get them working like a fine oiled machine….I’m calling into question this entire brain trust from Nick down. This is an extremely questionable decision. As always…it’s wait and see and hope and a prayer, and throw salt over my shoulder while wearing a garlic cross.
 
badboy said:
Yes I get that but I am asking whose idea was it that thought Strasser who was supposedly going into retirement was a good fit? Somebody had the first idea
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If you believe what both Ryans and Caserio say it does not matter which one has any idea first, the other one approves or at at least signs off on it. They seem to indicate they are in constant communication regarding football matters.
 
Earl34 said:
I'm still wondering why they thought Strausser and Slowik would be a good match. Especially, when Strausser had no experience with Slowik or Shanahan's scheme. Why hire someone on the verge of retiring instead of an up-and-coming assistant OL coach from the Dolphins, 49ers, Rams or Packers to pair with Slowik. It just didn't make sense.
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Seems like another time-eating (space saver) move. Beginning to think Caserio likes to make small moves while planning ahead. eg. Culley & Strausser. Perhaps Caley was his target but it was agreed that he needed another year or so and Ryans wanted to give Slowick a chance. Spitballing here while waiting for another hilarious Porky analogy.
 
IF Meco has 100% control over offense then Slow wasn't the problem and this offense will suck again next season.

Giving a rookie HC absolute control on a side of the ball that is not his strength is IMO stupid. Some say, absolutely.... cause he IS the HC.... but handing the reigns of an offense to a defensive guy so soon would be beetle headed.

I loved Meco the player, so far Meco the coach is meh.

I'd like to think that if I can realize you dont put a defensive guy solely in charge of the offense..... that at least someone with authority in the organization can see it too.

IF not we are a season away from watering our crops with Brawndo.

IF the man speaks to his strengths... listen. IF he speaks of his weakness as if it is his strength... resoectfully seek a second more informed opinion.

But what do I know... Im just an idiot that come preseason no matter what they do will be saying "Go Texans!" as always.
 
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badboy said:
Yes I get that but I am asking whose idea was it that thought Strasser who was supposedly going into retirement was a good fit? Somebody had the first idea
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Good question but I doubt anyone besides DeMeco and Caserio knows the answer. With his lack of experience and NFL contacts. I don't see Slowik being the one calling for Strausser to join the staff.

Also, watching this video with Strausser. He talks so much about creating a pocket to allow the QB to step up and get comfortable, I don't know how he watched Green constantly give up pressure and it took an injury to get him out of the starting lineup.

 
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badboy said:
Yes I get that but I am asking whose idea was it that thought Strasser who was supposedly going into retirement was a good fit? Somebody had the first idea
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Perhaps Strausser was the only experienced offensive line coach available at the time? I have no idea. The Texans have a way of always needing to fill important positions at the worst possible time. Be it draft position, free agency, coaching, etc.
 
thunderkyss said:
Are you though? Slowk was in trouble. It's possible he reached out to his staff for help.

We don't know that he did... we don't know that he didn't. We know it didn't get fixed.
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I'm confused. Did not Slowik call plays that had linemen attempt to make reach blocks they couldn't execute? Did someone interrupt his play call and create their own blocking scheme? That still sounds like speculation. So we all agree that the linemen did a poor job of executing their assignments, right? Those are facts. These plays calls that the offensive line could not execute continued, right? Also facts. Who killed Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with a candlestick is speculation.
 
thunderkyss said:
Are you though? Slowk was in trouble. It's possible he reached out to his staff for help.

We don't know that he did... we don't know that he didn't. We know it didn't get fixed.
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Are you saying Slowik drew up a play that had Schultz blocking a DE. He told Strausser and Popovich about this play design and they didn't say "That's crazy. During film study, didn't you see Schultz letting DEs go by like he was training to be a matador?"

Then they sat back and watched Slowik call the play, saw Schultz whiff on the block, then Stroud got sacked and came off the field with a WTF look and they still didn't tell Slowik? That is messed up. They really set that young man up for failure.
 
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badboy said:
Bringing an injured Kenyon Green off of IR wearing a shoulder harness that limited the use of his left arm rather than using Kendrick Green was another foolish thing in my opinion.
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I've posted forever that Green's performance was never going to improve.............especially with his injury history.

Per Pro Football Focus, Green was the second-worst guard in the NFL among 77 eligible players in that position. His 39.7 pass-blocking grade is atrocious. Even though the coaching staff had talked about him being a better option in the running game, his run block grade of 44.6 still leaves plenty to be desired. LINK
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Lucky said:
I'm confused. Did not Slowik call plays that had linemen attempt to make reach blocks they couldn't execute? Did someone interrupt his play call and create their own blocking scheme? That still sounds like speculation. So we all agree that the linemen did a poor job of executing their assignments, right? Those are facts. These plays calls that the offensive line could not execute continued, right? Also facts. Who killed Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with a candlestick is speculation.
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It's no speculation that the OL sucked.

What plays are supposed to be called that will work with a sucky OL is beyond me. Apparently it's not beyond many on this MB though.
 
Lucky said:
I'm confused. Did not Slowik call plays that had linemen attempt to make reach blocks they couldn't execute? Did someone interrupt his play call and create their own blocking scheme? That still sounds like speculation. So we all agree that the linemen did a poor job of executing their assignments, right? Those are facts. These plays calls that the offensive line could not execute continued, right? Also facts. Who killed Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with a candlestick is speculation.
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steelbtexan said:
It's no speculation that the OL sucked.

What plays are supposed to be called that will work with a sucky OL is beyond me. Apparently it's not beyond many on this MB though.
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Here's some (fairly random) speculation that kinda ties into the above. My feeling is that Slowik tried, at least in the beginning-mid part of the season, to run the classic Shanahan offense. The issue with that offense is that it completely ties into a successful zone-blocking system. All of the play-action, bootlegs, and misdirects are all about stretching the field laterally, because the opposing DL line is protecting against seams So while Slowik got his "star running back" to run it, he didn't realize that neither he or his OL coach had the experience to teach that system to the offensive line. And when it was clear that it wasn't working, he didn't have a back-up plan; or at least none that were working.

While this should have been in the OL Coach thread, Caley is from the McVay tree that dropped the zone-blocking out of their (Shanahan-like) offensive system. So hopefully the ZBS failure doesn't mar Popovich's resume if the team is going completely away from the zone system.
 

steelbtexan said:
It's no speculation that the OL sucked.

What plays are supposed to be called that will work with a sucky OL is beyond me. Apparently it's not beyond many on this MB though.
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I feel the same way. Are the majority of the guys we have just inferior mentally and physically or is it just the system? Seems like in most of the games I watch the O-lines don’t get beat as bad as we do. You put Mixon behind an average to good line he probably gets 1500+ if healthy. Why I would go for a couple of stud FA’s and at least 1 draft stud..
 
JRingo said:
I feel the same way. Are the majority of the guys we have just inferior mentally and physically or is it just the system? Seems like in most of the games I watch the O-lines don’t get beat as bad as we do. You put Mixon behind an average to good line he probably gets 1500+ if healthy. Why I would go for a couple of stud FA’s and at least 1 draft stud..
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It's a combination of the OL not having the athletic ability to run a ZBS. (They're more suited for a gap scheme) Mentally they were one of the dumbest OL's I've seen in a long time. I get guys miss stunts a few times. But to be that bad for an entire season tells you all you need to know. You can blame this on coaching and that's true, but you would think at some point the guys would take it upon themselves to get together and figure out their flaws.

This is why I'm hoping that Jackson falls to 1-26 and if Zabel falls to the 2nd rd that Caserio trades up to get him. Plus they sign Noteboom. That would shore up the IOL with athletic, tough, smart guys. It would also create competition between the IOL and create depth. (Patterson/Scruggs)

I hate that this needs to be done considering how much they already have invested into the OL. But protecting CJ is job number 1 because we've seen that CJ doesn't operate well when under pressure.
 
steelbtexan said:
It's a combination of the OL not having the athletic ability to run a ZBS. (They're more suited for a gap scheme) Mentally they were one of the dumbest OL's I've seen in a long time. I get guys miss stunts a few times. But to be that bad for an entire season tells you all you need to know. You can blame this on coaching and that's true, but you would think at some point the guys would take it upon themselves to get together and figure out their flaws.

This is why I'm hoping that Jackson falls to 1-26 and if Zabel falls to the 2nd rd that Caserio trades up to get him. Plus they sign Noteboom. That would shore up the IOL with athletic, tough, smart guys. It would also create competition between the IOL and create depth. (Patterson/Scruggs)

I hate that this needs to be done considering how much they already have invested into the OL. But protecting CJ is job number 1 because we've seen that CJ doesn't operate well when under pressure.
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That's a whole lot of hoping!:chef:
 
steelbtexan said:
It's a combination of the OL not having the athletic ability to run a ZBS. (They're more suited for a gap scheme) Mentally they were one of the dumbest OL's I've seen in a long time. I get guys miss stunts a few times. But to be that bad for an entire season tells you all you need to know. You can blame this on coaching and that's true, but you would think at some point the guys would take it upon themselves to get together and figure out their flaws.

This is why I'm hoping that Jackson falls to 1-26 and if Zabel falls to the 2nd rd that Caserio trades up to get him. Plus they sign Noteboom. That would shore up the IOL with athletic, tough, smart guys. It would also create competition between the IOL and create depth. (Patterson/Scruggs)

I hate that this needs to be done considering how much they already have invested into the OL. But protecting CJ is job number 1 because we've seen that CJ doesn't operate well when under pressure.
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I’d like to add the importance of Caley giving CJ the green light on audibles. When a defense blatantly overloads one side of the defense (funny, it always overloaded the left side) and the offense knows Mixon is coming right into the teeth of the overload (this only happens when DC’s know there’s no audible coming)….then CJ must be able to audible to make the defense rethink its plan of attack.

The Texans were the epitome of predictable offensive play calling.

Also worth noting, giving CJ audible power probably ensures even more time knowing the playbook and studying strategy with Caley.
 
It amazes me how well the Texans did with all of the negatives including coaching and the offensive line against them. I am so hopeful that the new offensive scheme will be effective. At some point I would like to see Caley explain how his system will work.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
I’d like to add the importance of Caley giving CJ the green light on audibles. When a defense blatantly overloads one side of the defense (funny, it always overloaded the left side) and the offense knows Mixon is coming right into the teeth of the overload (this only happens when DC’s know there’s no audible coming)….then CJ must be able to audible to make the defense rethink its plan of attack.

The Texans were the epitome of predictable offensive play calling.

Also worth noting, giving CJ audible power probably ensures even more time knowing the playbook and studying strategy with Caley.
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A big part of all that is the ability to get in and out of the huddle with plenty of time left on the play clock to look over and decipher what the defense is trying to do pre snap. This is the #1 thing that pissed me off about Slowik.. His ability to get the damn playcall in at a timely manner sucked.. We had delay of game penalties or had to burn timeouts, because he couldn't get his damn plays called in and when he did get them in by the time we snapped the ball there were only 1/2 seconds left.. Which kills a snap count and allows the defense to just pin their ears back, because they already knew when the snap is coming. That's when I was done with Slowik, because he couldn't even figure that **** out.

I think 75% of a play's success all happens before the ball is even snapped. I mean leave enough time on the clock where you can even use motion to tell if the defense is in man or zone. This is what Brady and Manning excelled at. They already knew what you were trying to do before the ball was even snapped.. but they had time to do it.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
I’d like to add the importance of Caley giving CJ the green light on audibles. When a defense blatantly overloads one side of the defense (funny, it always overloaded the left side) and the offense knows Mixon is coming right into the teeth of the overload (this only happens when DC’s know there’s no audible coming)….then CJ must be able to audible to make the defense rethink its plan of attack.

The Texans were the epitome of predictable offensive play calling.

Also worth noting, giving CJ audible power probably ensures even more time knowing the playbook and studying strategy with Caley.
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I'm still a big believer in CJ, but I do think that his 'audibles' need to come with some restrictions. I feel like he was too hung up on the deep ball, with a line that couldn't provide enough time for a 7-step drop. I'm hoping his read order gets rearranged to match the protection he has up front. He has said in a press conference that he is "stubborn", but hopefully that doesn't apply in the new system/new coordinator.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
I’d like to add the importance of Caley giving CJ the green light on audibles. When a defense blatantly overloads one side of the defense (funny, it always overloaded the left side) and the offense knows Mixon is coming right into the teeth of the overload (this only happens when DC’s know there’s no audible coming)….then CJ must be able to audible to make the defense rethink its plan of attack.

The Texans were the epitome of predictable offensive play calling.

Also worth noting, giving CJ audible power probably ensures even more time knowing the playbook and studying strategy with Caley.
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CJ needs to be on point next year. If the will fix the ol, (this can be done) and get some new weapons for CJ next year could be a great year. CJ needs to be really good though. Bringing in guys that know the system like Robinson and Ateell would really be beneficial for CJ.
 
I'm concerned we are running back same oline this season. It takes time to adjust to new scheme. If CJ Stroud gets sacked 10 times first two games, does he go to happy feet? How much should he have to put up with?
 
steelbtexan said:
It's no speculation that the OL sucked.

What plays are supposed to be called that will work with a sucky OL is beyond me. Apparently it's not beyond many on this MB though.
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Are you saying with a sucky OL, there was nothing the coaches could do? I have to ask the questions. Why did it take Green getting injured to get him out of the starting lineup? If Green doesn't get injured, would Patterson start over Scruggs? How is it that @CloakNNNdagger is on this forum predicting Kenyon Green's future performance and the coaching staff were so slow to make the same evaluation?

Yes, the OL sucked. But the coaches were also "slow" to hold players accountable and shuffle the lineup. I think it's an excuse to simply say the coaches couldn't work with a sucky OL. There were lineup changes and even play calling to make the sucky OL suck less.
 
Earl34 said:
Are you saying with a sucky OL, there was nothing the coaches could do? I have to ask the questions. Why did it take Green getting injured to get him out of the starting lineup? If Green doesn't get injured, would Patterson start over Scruggs? How is it that @CloakNNNdagger is on this forum predicting Kenyon Green's future performance and the coaching staff were so slow to make the same evaluation?

Yes, the OL sucked. But the coaches were also "slow" to hold players accountable and shuffle the lineup. I think it's an excuse to simply say the coaches couldn't work with a sucky OL. There were lineup changes and even play calling to make the sucky OL suck less.
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We saw what happened when Green go hurt. The OL improved but the OL was still ranked 31st for a reason. There was a lack of talent/Smarts. Coaching does matter. But with the IOL they had at the beginning of this yr, there was no coaching that was going to fix the OL.

Green= Bust
Scruggs = to dumb (Tunsil said this not me) and injury prone
Mason = Washed.
 
steelbtexan said:
What plays are supposed to be called that will work with a sucky OL is beyond me. Apparently it's not beyond many on this MB though.
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You should keep that in mind the next time you “like” someone’s post where they say there are some QBs who can function with a bad OL :)

But, I agree with that completely. And I absolutely disagree with anyone that says that playcalling can make up for a bad OL. Else, what would be the point of getting a good one.
 
Marcus said:
You should keep that in mind the next time you “like” someone’s post where they say there are some QBs who can function with a bad OL :)

But, I agree with that completely. And I absolutely disagree with anyone that says that playcalling can make up for a bad OL. Else, what would be the point of getting a good one.
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The point being made about play calling isn't that it can totally make up for a bad OL. However, there are things an OC can do to help that bad OL. For example. Going to the quick passing. Changing the QB progressions. More screen passes. More two TEs or heavy sets with an extra OL. Less condensed formations. Don't have a slow, aging RG move across the formation. Using your RB more in the passing game......

When you are averaging 7.5 points in the 2nd half. It takes everything I have listed, any combination and even more. Can anyone say that the play calling was consistently doing any of the things I mentioned to help the bad OL?
 
Marcus said:
You should keep that in mind the next time you “like” someone’s post where they say there are some QBs who can function with a bad OL :)
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Exactly! I had the same thought during the Super Bowl. Think about it. Pressure from a 4-man rush had Mahomes looking like an average, confused QB. He lost his pocket awareness and even footwork. Yet no one is thinking that Joe Burrow would have handle that pressure better than Mahomes.
 
Earl34 said:
Exactly! I had the same thought during the Super Bowl. Think about it. Pressure from a 4-man rush had Mahomes looking like an average, confused QB. He lost his pocket awareness and even footwork. Yet no one is thinking that Joe Burrow would have handle that pressure better than Mahomes.
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How would you feel if you lost your super power to manifest yellow flags? He probably felt betrayed.
 
Marcus said:
You should keep that in mind the next time you “like” someone’s post where they say there are some QBs who can function with a bad OL :)

But, I agree with that completely. And I absolutely disagree with anyone that says that playcalling can make up for a bad OL. Else, what would be the point of getting a good one.
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The thing is when you've got a bad ol and there are plays there to be made the QB has to make the plays because he will have far less chances to make big plays than a QB that's well protected.
 
steelbtexan said:
The thing is when you've got a bad ol and there are plays there to be made the QB has to make the plays because he will have far less chances to make big plays than a QB that's well protected.
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Be realistic.

Were there “plays to be made” for Mahomes? You and others have already said that about “S2roud” ad nausem.
 
steelbtexan said:
The thing is when you've got a bad ol and there are plays there to be made the QB has to make the plays because he will have far less chances to make big plays than a QB that's well protected.
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I agree. But it seems you are saying with a sucky OL, a QB has to suck it up and make plays like Joe Burrow. While also saying, with a sucky OL, there's not much an OC can do.
 
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