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FRPLG · 11-16-2004, 09:45 AM

I think the left side has been just fine. Dockery is not a pro bowler but he run blocks well adn does a decent job in protection. Center has actually been very good if you study game film(don't we all?). Our left side has been a hit or miss. Thomas is good...very good but OL play is really a team sport broken into the two sides and our play at RT has really brought down the production. Where we are getting beat consistently is on blitzes. Correct me if I am wrong but it is not the job of the OL to pick up blitzing safeties and LBs(at least not usually). This is the job of the protection scheme it self to roll players into the correct position to block these guys. It seems our pass protection to me has been spotyy in two ways. One: we get beat by a gun coming free and unblocked...this is usually unavaoidable but it is up to the QB to recognize this and get us itno a play that will mitigate it. Throw a quick slant or a TE out etc... Two: coverage sacks...how many times have we taken a sack when Brunell held the ball more than three seconds. Three is it in the NFL...you have to get rid of the ball or get your ass moving after that. I think our line has taken heat because Bugel is so outspoken and his theory is that they should give the QB 10 seconds to make a play but that is not reasonable to assume. The coaches have been defelcting criticism of Brunell for weeks and most of it ends up on the OL by default. The guys seem to ahev taken it in stride but I think our line has been good enough for us to win.

11-16-2004, 09:45 AM	#7
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	I think the left side has been just fine. Dockery is not a pro bowler but he run blocks well adn does a decent job in protection. Center has actually been very good if you study game film(don't we all?). Our left side has been a hit or miss. Thomas is good...very good but OL play is really a team sport broken into the two sides and our play at RT has really brought down the production. Where we are getting beat consistently is on blitzes. Correct me if I am wrong but it is not the job of the OL to pick up blitzing safeties and LBs(at least not usually). This is the job of the protection scheme it self to roll players into the correct position to block these guys. It seems our pass protection to me has been spotyy in two ways. One: we get beat by a gun coming free and unblocked...this is usually unavaoidable but it is up to the QB to recognize this and get us itno a play that will mitigate it. Throw a quick slant or a TE out etc... Two: coverage sacks...how many times have we taken a sack when Brunell held the ball more than three seconds. Three is it in the NFL...you have to get rid of the ball or get your ass moving after that. I think our line has taken heat because Bugel is so outspoken and his theory is that they should give the QB 10 seconds to make a play but that is not reasonable to assume. The coaches have been defelcting criticism of Brunell for weeks and most of it ends up on the OL by default. The guys seem to ahev taken it in stride but I think our line has been good enough for us to win.