(09-15-2024, 05:59 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

(09-15-2024, 05:44 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: I agree the playcall wasn't great for that situation but it was a simple 4 man rush from Cleveland and the Oline are all over the place. I agree we should have called something to buy us a few yards but the Oline should have done a better job there.

We just make moving the ball look the hardest thing to do. We get all these deep threats then don't call plays that utilise that skillset.

But I'm with you, watching Arizona ripping the Rams a new one and thinking we don't do any of that stuff

To the bolded...  If you watch any other team, you see how much the O-Line of other teams are just as bad as ours.  That's all I'm trying to say.

Our O-Line is not great.  But they aren't worthless.  Dude, we got up to 17-7 against Miami with our "trash" line.  In that same game, we were dominating the 3rd quarter untill the ETN fumble.

And then today, when we let Trevor actually throw the ball we moving the sticks.  Then we got a bad bounce that put us at the 1.  

We're at the 1, and we decide to run a 5 step drop?  Of course the O-Line isn't going to hold up.  I get it.  People are going to say I'm talking madden.  But, there are plenty of offensive play callers that would not call a 5 step drop.  

At that down and distance, it's a quick throw.  You don't shot gun and then step back 2 steps.  It should be a quick read to the open reciever...  It was a horrible play call.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I agree that it was a bad call for the situation, I'm just saying the Oline did a bad job on the play. They had a 2 on 1 and managed to lose that duel and that was the safety. It's just getting frustrating seeing our Oline struggle against 4 man rushes. When you can drop 7 and get pressure with 4 of course Trevor is going to have to hold the ball longer.

I don't think there's any team with a great Oline, every team works around what theirs can do but not us. It's frustrating seeing us struggle to find a way to make it work. I don't expect us to score every drive and we'll have bad drives but the playcalls and what they want the O to be doesn't seem to be working with what they have.

I don't think we're terrible and all is lost but the O has had problems for a long time now and they don't seek to have the answers for the problem.

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