More Lenny P: O-line manhandled in scrimmage

[GoSkins!]

Originally Posted by offiss

I have to say I agree with Lenny on this one, it's probably one of his more intelligent observations that he has made.

Get used to it guy's our offensive line was atrocious last season and hasen't faired much better so far, although it was the first scrimmage you would think after all the work in the offseason we would be a little further along than we are, this week's game should be a big tell on where we sit as an offensive line.

We are starting to here little by little that coaching may be the problem with the skin's and not personel, no one want's to jump to any quick conclusions about a hall of fame coach, but that speculation is starting to arise, as I stated in another thread, this season is bigger for Gibbs, than Ramsey, most management around the NFL believe Ramsey is the good's he's just being held back by inferiour coaching, I really hope Gibbs, AND Bugel, can catch up?

I agree that this is a huge year for Gibbs. He has to make progress. Spurrier proved that just because you had success in one league it does not mean it will translate into another. The NFL today is like a different league than it was in 1987. Here is why I think he will find success:

The biggest difference that I see is that Gibbs recognizes that there is a problem with the offense and his own plays and that some players did not fit his plays. He made changes last year to make his offense better by the end of the season. He sends Byner out to steal as much info about how to run the Denver stretch plays as possible. He finds faster, sure handed receivers to get the chunks that he couldn't get last year. He drafted a QB so that he can get rid of Brunnell. He drafted a power back (NEMO) to take the 1 yard 3rd down runs off Portis.

Most importantly, he brought in Musgrave. A guy with the total opposite offensive philosophy to himself. If this doesn't say that he is comitted to finding new ways to exploit defenses I don't know what does.

Last year was the first year that I honestly thought things improved as the year went on. In the past (except with Marty) it seemed like we always had a good start and then fell apart.