falcongoggles
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The top excuses I've read so far
1. That was one of the best, if not the best, front 7s in the NFL.
A - Agreed and guess what, we play another one next week and again later in the season. The fact that our arch nemesis, the 49ers, has a similarly built front 7 and we let ourselves get exposed by Carolinas is cause for alarm. If you roll the Rams into this conversation, that is 5 times out of the 16 games that we are going to play strong front 4/7s. If I'm a coach, I should probably address that.
2. Russell Wilson held onto the ball too long, it is his fault.
A - Yes he did hold onto the ball too long at times. Other times someone was running around Giacomini, blowing Unger backwards or laughing at how slow Carpenter was. There is blame to be shared, but people who are unwilling to put any of this on the O-line are crazy. Also, people who are rebutting that RW held onto the ball too long go on to post in another thread that he played an incredible game.
3. I watch the draft and there was no one available.
We rotated multiple undrafted, released defensive lineman through here this offseason, why wouldn't you do the same with the offensive line? If we can find Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse and convert Sweezy from defense to offense, I'm sure we can bring some guys in here to compete as the mantra goes.
3. We didn't draft any O-linemen because that would have broken up the continuity of the starting unit.
A - See above with bringing in competition and finding gems. We are one injury away on this line from very large holes.
4. My DVR says otherwise.
A - If your DVR tells you that today went well, then you need to unplug your DVR and throw it out of a window. These guys are just not passing the eyeball test, period.
Last season our pass protection was a weakness and when we didn't address it in the draft people continued to grouse. This game our pass protection got exposed AGAIN and the people who express unhappy with this are roundly ridiculed by the "brain trust" on here.
Did you listen to the announcers that watched a ton of our games and are regarded as rather knowledgeable by the "brain trust" on this forum? They said pass protection was an issue for this team at the end of the season, they had never seen RW hit so much in all the games they covered (including the six sack Rams game) and that pass protection continues to be a problem.
So I ask again, why all the hostility when people criticize our pass protection?
1. That was one of the best, if not the best, front 7s in the NFL.
A - Agreed and guess what, we play another one next week and again later in the season. The fact that our arch nemesis, the 49ers, has a similarly built front 7 and we let ourselves get exposed by Carolinas is cause for alarm. If you roll the Rams into this conversation, that is 5 times out of the 16 games that we are going to play strong front 4/7s. If I'm a coach, I should probably address that.
2. Russell Wilson held onto the ball too long, it is his fault.
A - Yes he did hold onto the ball too long at times. Other times someone was running around Giacomini, blowing Unger backwards or laughing at how slow Carpenter was. There is blame to be shared, but people who are unwilling to put any of this on the O-line are crazy. Also, people who are rebutting that RW held onto the ball too long go on to post in another thread that he played an incredible game.
3. I watch the draft and there was no one available.
We rotated multiple undrafted, released defensive lineman through here this offseason, why wouldn't you do the same with the offensive line? If we can find Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse and convert Sweezy from defense to offense, I'm sure we can bring some guys in here to compete as the mantra goes.
3. We didn't draft any O-linemen because that would have broken up the continuity of the starting unit.
A - See above with bringing in competition and finding gems. We are one injury away on this line from very large holes.
4. My DVR says otherwise.
A - If your DVR tells you that today went well, then you need to unplug your DVR and throw it out of a window. These guys are just not passing the eyeball test, period.
Last season our pass protection was a weakness and when we didn't address it in the draft people continued to grouse. This game our pass protection got exposed AGAIN and the people who express unhappy with this are roundly ridiculed by the "brain trust" on here.
Did you listen to the announcers that watched a ton of our games and are regarded as rather knowledgeable by the "brain trust" on this forum? They said pass protection was an issue for this team at the end of the season, they had never seen RW hit so much in all the games they covered (including the six sack Rams game) and that pass protection continues to be a problem.
So I ask again, why all the hostility when people criticize our pass protection?
