The Tempered Expectations Thread

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Peter King and Randy Cross this morning were talking about the OL on NFL radio, and they were discussing the fact that it doesn't take as long to get the zone blocking scheme up and running effectively over man schemes. I guess because it's more scheme over talent.

True, but Shanahan's zone blocking scheme relies on quickness and athleticism, something we're lacking along the line.

Heyer's slow, Randy Thomas is older and losing quickness, Mike Williams (if he plays G) is still built to be a masher as opposed to an athletic type, Rabach is still alright, Dockery is more of a drive blocker but athletic enough I guess, and Levi Jones is alright but not good enough to be the long-term answer at LT.

The scheme may go in quickly, but still won't be truly effective until we get the guys who can execute it.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

True, but Shanahan's zone blocking scheme relies on quickness and athleticism, something we're lacking along the line.

Heyer's slow, Randy Thomas is older and losing quickness, Mike Williams (if he plays G) is still built to be a masher as opposed to an athletic type, Rabach is still alright, Dockery is more of a drive blocker but athletic enough I guess, and Levi Jones is alright but not good enough to be the long-term answer at LT.

The scheme may go in quickly, but still won't be truly effective until we get the guys who can execute it.

Obviously we need new guys in here, I wasn't clear in saying that. The point King/Cross were trying to make was with Shanahan's system we can expect a quicker turnaround than with other schemes.