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It's a luxury 31 other teams would love to have... win a Superb Owl then proceed to go 3-1 in the first quarter of your following season... but with that, I think there are plenty of things to focus on that are gaping holes in our team - for this post, I want to pick on the O-Line a bit.
It seems that we have been perpetually concerned with the O-Line. I thought the concept of the ZBS and the wrinkles we have with the option plays we run would hide some of those concerns - however, I'm finding that even after 3 consecutive seasons of modest improvements in personnel, we are still miles away from even sniffing an assessment that we are nearing an elite offensive line.
Okung looks terrible this year
Bad snaps and protection calls
Poor blitz recognition from the right side
Stupid penalties - to erase big gains and in presnap.
I would like to think that having a Tom Cable run offensive line with multiple years of philosophical consistency would begin to heal this, but it really seems like it's getting worse. On the plus side, the run blocking is and has been very good.
In contrast, look at the elite lines - QB jersey stays clean, they pick up blitzes, etc.
Gripe over... but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking these thoughts....
It seems that we have been perpetually concerned with the O-Line. I thought the concept of the ZBS and the wrinkles we have with the option plays we run would hide some of those concerns - however, I'm finding that even after 3 consecutive seasons of modest improvements in personnel, we are still miles away from even sniffing an assessment that we are nearing an elite offensive line.
Okung looks terrible this year
Bad snaps and protection calls
Poor blitz recognition from the right side
Stupid penalties - to erase big gains and in presnap.
I would like to think that having a Tom Cable run offensive line with multiple years of philosophical consistency would begin to heal this, but it really seems like it's getting worse. On the plus side, the run blocking is and has been very good.
In contrast, look at the elite lines - QB jersey stays clean, they pick up blitzes, etc.
Gripe over... but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking these thoughts....