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What about Mario? Did you see him push Clady into the rb twice and completely blow sh*t up along the line?
Mario looked good, but call me spoiled because I expect that from him...
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What about Mario? Did you see him push Clady into the rb twice and completely blow sh*t up along the line?
I agree. There was a play early in the game where Taylor had a good running lane and he was just barely tripped up by one of their DTs (Marcus Thomas I think) and you could tell he was frustrated cause he knew he should have had 10-15 yds on that play. Another thing about this running scheme, you here them say one cut and go, What I think they mean is that if you can just make that one player miss then you can have good gains on the ground. I think our RBs struggled cutting and making that one guy miss, before exploding up the field.OK, so I went back and I was able to watch the first half for the first time.
Chris Taylor had some problems. I think we can all agree on that. But some of the problems were him not making the right read, some of the problems were missed blocks, and some problems were him not hitting the hole quick enough. We left yards on the field in the rushing game. They were there.
I saw Brown totally miss hooking his man on one play and that guy was able to get to Taylor before he got started. However, if Taylor had been quicker to the hole, he would have had at least 5-6 yards.
On another play, Jacoby Jones totally missed his block on the CB and the CB was able to get in there and stop Taylor before he got started. If Jacoby makes that block, Taylor gets several yards.
On another play, Taylor has a choice of running straight or cutting back... he cut back right into a linebacker filling the hole. If he had kept following his blockers, he would have had 7-8 yards.
On at least two of those plays I've mentioned, I think Slaton would have been able to break them for some yardage (not that he WOULD have.)
So I don't think we're that far away.
Yeah, that's a concern. I don't know if our O-line will be able to get alot of push of the LOS, We're a little light inside, with Brisiel and Meyers both weighing under 300. I don't know if this is accurate or not but during the game it said Meyers weighed around 283.The team also allowed too much penetration...
ZBS will struggle when penetration is applied...Hell..any running scheme will struggle with defenders getting penetration...
Positives = Duane Brown looked like he belonged. Huge positive. Anderson looked really good and Sage had a few nice play action moves. Mario looked dominant at times and from different spots on the line.
Negatives = Smith still relying on 4-man pass rush and soft coverages entirely too much. Green getting a noncontact injury on the first play of game. Running attack was ineffective and they continued to struggle in the red zone.
Positives = Duane Brown looked like he belonged. Huge positive. Anderson looked really good and Sage had a few nice play action moves. Mario looked dominant at times and from different spots on the line.
Negatives = Smith still relying on 4-man pass rush and soft coverages entirely too much. Green getting a noncontact injury on the first play of game. Running attack was ineffective and they continued to struggle in the red zone.
Teams do nothing but vanilla offense and defense so they don't show teams anything before the season starts
Teams do nothing but vanilla offense and defense so they don't show teams anything before the season starts
Yeah, that's a concern. I don't know if our O-line will be able to get alot of push of the LOS, We're a little light inside, with Brisiel and Meyers both weighing under 300. I don't know if this is accurate or not but during the game it said Meyers weighed around 283.
Teams do nothing but vanilla offense and defense so they don't show teams anything before the season starts
i keep hearing this by people as some excuse as why the coaching is so bad. I heard it about Carr, I have heard it about our defenses in the past, and at some point Richard Smith needs to grow a pair and blitz...if we can't blitz, get some players that can. Stop making excuses and start producing....this whole Richard Smith laundry list of excuses gets really freaking old.
for my money, the guy just sucks. I hope he proves me wrong but it seemed like same ole Richard Smith to me.
dude better update his freaking resume because its getting old
However, I'm not going to criticize him for not blitzing in the first preseason game of the year. That's crazy!
Positives = Duane Brown looked like he belonged. Huge positive. Anderson looked really good and Sage had a few nice play action moves. Mario looked dominant at times and from different spots on the line.
Negatives = Smith still relying on 4-man pass rush and soft coverages entirely too much. Green getting a noncontact injury on the first play of game. Running attack was ineffective and they continued to struggle in the red zone.
I was actually dissappointed in Chris Myers. I just rewatched the first couple drives in slow motion watching the offensive line play. Our RB's were consistently getting hit in the backfield.
One play our C/G got did a good job letting the DT's get by on a swing pass. Then it was either 55 or 65 (Myers/Brisiel) instead of blocking LB's ahead of the RB, he waited... turned around... and waited for the DT to get up and chase after the RB. I guarantee you whoever it was got chewed out today when they were watching film.
Another was miscommunication between Pitts and Myers. Can't tell who's fault it was but the DT went right by Pitts (could have been expecting help?) and got to taylor in the backfield.
I'm watching the Packers game so I'll finish watching our game again later. But all in all our run blocking was awful... awful. No.. it was AWFUL. (as if nobody has mentioned this before).
I feel like we go absolutely no look at our RB's this game as to how well they may do. The only thing we learned was the Green needs to go see his gynecologist.
I do believe it was Brown that missed this block. It was a zone right play where the C and G were stretching to the right and the guy shot the gap right in front of Brown.
As a fan, it's hard to point blame at an individual without knowing the play and the pre-snap calls. Let's just say the Oline needs to tighten up a bit as group.
The RB's didn't help much either. Heck, the entire game was kinda ugly. I'm going to chalk this one up as a typical 1st pre-season game.
Teams do nothing but vanilla offense and defense so they don't show teams anything before the season starts
I haven't watched that play yet but on the radio didn't they say it wasn't a blindside hit? The blindside would be his backside.
I do believe it was Brown that missed this block. It was a zone right play where the C and G were stretching to the right and the guy shot the gap right in front of Brown.
As a fan, it's hard to point blame at an individual without knowing the play and the pre-snap calls. Let's just say the Oline needs to tighten up a bit as group.
The RB's didn't help much either. Heck, the entire game was kinda ugly. I'm going to chalk this one up as a typical 1st pre-season game.
Got a chance to watch my recording of the Denver game (I also watched the live telecast Saturday), and for those of you who said all the positive things about Okam's performance in the game - you guys defintely nailed it ! He played with a lot of hustle and intensity and showed excellent quickness, especially for such a big man. He's talented and should help us.
Also watched Stanton more closely and though he's not a hard runner, he was a little more scrappy than what I thought during the first look see. And he is quick. So getting him along with Duane in that first round trade is looking better all of the time IMO.
Dont forget we also got Dominique Barber who looks like he'll send Glen Earl his walking papers.