(09-13-2024, 06:22 PM)RicoTx Wrote:

(09-13-2024, 05:56 PM)carp8dm Wrote: Per PFF, the right side of the the O-Line was a disaster...  Needless to say, Harrison was really bad.  Scherff was also rated in the 50s.

The Center and left side of the line preformed adequately.  Morse, Cleveland, and Robinson were rated as average, in the 60s.

Take it for what it's worth.  I thought the first half, besides our opening drive, the O-Line was serviceable.  And the O-Line was looking fine up until the ETN fumble.

The O-Line should have been upgraded more than it was.  But Baalke and Doug decided that adding additional WR weapons was the right choice.  In the 1st half and part of the 3rd Quarter, it looked like it was working.  The fact that we stopped playing aggressive and allowed the Dolphin's D to key in on predictable plays put our mediocre O-Line under duress and resulted in catastrophe.  Our O-Line is not good enough to dictate games.  But they are good enough to put up 17 points in a half and move the ball, if the play calling is good.

Harrison was awful and I don’t need some PFF stats to show me.  He was standing around with his thumb up his [BLEEP] on a few occasions.  And people were pimping him as the heir apparent at LT.  LOL

(09-13-2024, 06:32 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(09-13-2024, 05:56 PM)carp8dm Wrote: Per PFF, the right side of the the O-Line was a disaster...  Needless to say, Harrison was really bad.  Scherff was also rated in the 50s.

The Center and left side of the line preformed adequately.  Morse, Cleveland, and Robinson were rated as average, in the 60s.

Take it for what it's worth.  I thought the first half, besides our opening drive, the O-Line was serviceable.  And the O-Line was looking fine up until the ETN fumble.

The O-Line should have been upgraded more than it was.  But Baalke and Doug decided that adding additional WR weapons was the right choice.  In the 1st half and part of the 3rd Quarter, it looked like it was working.  The fact that we stopped playing aggressive and allowed the Dolphin's D to key in on predictable plays put our mediocre O-Line under duress and resulted in catastrophe.  Our O-Line is not good enough to dictate games.  But they are good enough to put up 17 points in a half and move the ball, if the play calling is good.

Scherff was just like he was last year. Very good in pass pro and very bad in run blocking. Next year I want a dominant RG that can do both.  Hopefully we can get Tate Ratledge.

First off, I'm not defending the right side of our line.  I'm just saying that there are plenty of teams that have the same weaknesses.  My concern is that we don't have any help coming.  And yet there are teams that have similar weaknesses and can still move the ball down the field.

Heck, we did a great job in the 2nd half moving the ball, even with our weak O-Line.  We did the same against the dolphins in the 1st half and half of the 3rd quarter.  You have to keep the defense guessing.  If we're just gonna run up the middle on 1st down ever time.  And then try it again on 2nd down, we're cooked.

We got back in the game when Trevor was allowed to actually throw the ball 3 straight times.  He missed on 1st.  He missed on 2nd.  And then he hit on a big one on 3rd. 

Why are we not being more aggressive?

If the answer is because of the O-Line, I'd like to remind you that we played great when we were being aggressive.  I'd rather let Trevor have the ball in his hands and let him sling on 1st and 2nd down, then have him under pressure on 3rd and long when he hasn't even had a chance to throw it for 2 straight plays.

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