(08-07-2018, 09:33 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: I was just listening to Marrone's press conference and found this interesting: he was asked about AJ Cann who looks improved out there, what he thought was the biggest improvement he made and so on.
And he said that with the new helmet rule he put together a tape for the offensive line to show them exemples of their stance, who has a tendency to lower their helmet and put themselves at risk and the first player he noticed was AJ Cann.
Marrone said he noticed Cann had a tendency of lowering his head too often, putting himself in danger and with the new rule they are emphasizing to him to keep his head up,showing him tape on how he's supposed to play with the new rule and sutuff like that and as a result in addition to a better posture he said he noticed he's playing with better technique and better overall than he did in the past, at least so far.
Will be interesting to see if that translates to the actual games as well.

Surprised that so many finger A. J. Cann as if he is some kind of lousy player while a so-so player like Linder heaps accolades he frankly does NOT deserve. In reality, what we've lacked is devout attention to developing a well-synchronized, efficient, offensive line unit. The greatest aid any head coach can give an offensive line is more than enough time for the comrades to develop continuity. A truly great offensive line performs silently and remains anonymous day in and day out. They don't make a lot of noise. They just perform like rock stars do. All it takes is eye contact between two offensive linemen and they know the next measure.

We've also lacked a understanding of how crappy a zone-block scheme is as it loosens up accountability across the offensive line and is easy for a veteran defensive line to foil.

Adjusting A. J. 's posture should NOT have been a result of rule changes, no? A major reason the Jaguars are turning things around directly relates to Doug Marrone's ability to schmeld a terrific offensive line.


If all you can do is point the finger and RANT about A. J. Cann you obviously know nothing about football!

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