(11-12-2024, 09:37 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(11-10-2024, 08:39 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: This is because there's no interior rush. Ends target a spot, they count on the interior guys to push the QB to that spot. Ours let them step up the the line and run for 20 if there's nothing open.

No matter how much you cry, coaching does not fix weak and soft interior play.

BINGO!

we are spongy in the middle. We spent a heap of capital in both FA and darft and fixed nothing on the interior. Seriously, why don't we fire the scouts and just get a roulette wheel or random number generator and try that instead?

I said earlier that it's just Baalke's philosophy to take high potential guys higher than he should which means our rookies are rarely ready to play the first year. BTj is really the only one I can think of who had any kind of first year impact, all the rest had little impact regardless of how many snaps they actually played. I expect the same of Smith and Jefferson, both will likely be very strong in the middle in another season or two, but neither is what was needed today, that should've been taken care of in free agency and it was a half-hearted effort there at best.

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