pittpnthrs":3jseknt6 said:
A-Dog":3jseknt6 said:
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I’d like to draft a guard with our #1 in April (Will Hernandez PLEASE), and put him at RG.
Not in favor of this
The "we don't invest in the OL" argument no longer holds water
Ifedi - 1st round draft pick
Brown - 1st round draft pick (traded 2nd and 3rd round picks)
Joekel - 1st round draft pick (signed as a FA for $8M APY)
Britt - 2nd round draft pick (re-signed for $9M APY)
Pocic - 2nd round draft pick
Odhiambo - 3rd round draft pick
Glowinski - 4th round draft pick
We have to develop these guys. At this point, if we can't, we probably need to re-think our blocking scheme and OL coach.
Just now we need to rethink our blocking scheme and OL coach? Look at that list of linemen. Brown is good. Britt is good, but had to be moved from his original position before he finally clicked. Joekel has never been any good regardless of where he was drafted and we should have known what we were getting before or when we ignorantly over paid for him. Ifedi, Odhiambo, and Glowinski will never be any good. Ifedi might possibly make it at a guard position I suppose, but he's just way to slow to play tackle. Pocic needs another year before we can really judge him but right now he's not very good, but I truly believe they drafted him thinking Britt was going to leave anyways. Hell Fant was a dumpster fire last season and it was highly unlikely he was going to be any better this season. Cable has never been shown to be able to develop the linemen since he's been here. Why would he start now?
Cable has been credited for having top notch run games using the ZBS, that was before the rule changes, then look at the casualty list of QB's that have been behind those lines. He admits that he doesn't worry about pass blocking, the QB's in Oakland can attest to that from their IR reports over the time he was there. He had the same issues there as here, Gallery was drafted as a can't miss LT but failed in the ZBS, was moved to Guard finally and was very good for them and initially was here just to teach the concepts to our players.
Pete is enamored with the ZBS because it with the right back can be very dominating, if the lineman are allowed to crack back and cut block, which they are not anymore. Denver used it well with Terrell Davis also.
The league has changed the scope of whats allowed and the ZBS has been neutered, it's core was smaller quick and agile lineman, we have big powerful athletes trying to be quick and agile and make it to a spot and or target. Defenders now are the quick and agile guys that simply side step around our guys and plug holes or are in the backfield before the play gets started because were blocking a zone and not a man.
When we go power run we are on a man to man target for holes many times with a FB leading to take out the safety and or linebacker so the RB can read and cut. Now the RB has to wait and hope the hole develops then make his cut and run, if the hole doesn't develop then it's oh shit now I have to make something happen and or run thru a guy. Lynch was strong enough and had great balance and could run thru a lot of initial hits to get to the line and make yards, not every back is like that. Carson is really strong in his legs so can also run thru tackles.