(05-26-2024, 07:08 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote:

(05-25-2024, 10:47 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: They had a pretty good situation at left tackle and right guard. They had an injured rookie at right tackle all year who had ups and downs. They had 4 different left guards, the best of whom was acquired at the trade deadline after he'd missed 5 weeks with a foot injury and he played like it. They had a terrible center all year. The run blocking though, they were just terrible there as a unit. So, yeah, they have pieces but the group as a whole was pretty much the worst in the league.

I think a lot of people don't understand that working together as a cohesive unit is incredibly important when it comes to run blocking. Pass blocking is a helluva lot more about one on one technique rather than I'm gonna maul you in a particular direction

It's mental as well. Pass protection is more about understanding gap assignment and keeping your head on a swivel to understand that you can pancake or handle your first assignment while digging your head out of your [BLEEP] to help a brother out alongside you.

Run blocking should be easier, the play is either flowing right, flowing left or going right up the middle. That's all weight training, size and leverage there. You can either move somebody or you can't. This line simply can't do it until they prove otherwise. Comes down to sheer will. You have to impose your will on your opponent.

I loved this as a kid when I saw it. You can skip to the 35 mark. It's Russ Grimm in 1982 in the NFC Title game against Dallas telling Gibbs and Theismann, "50 GUT", let's try this play, why not we try this play? Russ Grimm, "No, 50 GUT". Russ wanted to make a statement and bury that [BLEEP] team. I love that. Always stuck with me. That's what you need to get it done. Grit, toughness, determination, WILL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObbtiM7Ylg

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