Quote:Zone blocking has been our method for years so that obviously is not the problem. Neither is coaching because we had the same offensive line coach last year. Players? We were very good run blockers for more than a deade with many changes up front. It did not matter who our tackles and guards were. We were always good at blocking for running backs. So what change can explain the sudden inability to block for running backs?

 

One idea I had that nobody has ever talked about is how many hours George Yarno works. Although we have offensive asistant coaches, only one is an OL coach. What are these offensive asistants doing? Is Yarno working less now while receiving cancer treatments? We have no interim or assistant offensive line coach.

 

Another crazy thought: We got lucky with a pair of great running backs, who made the linemen look better than they were because of their speed. The ankle injury makes Toby Gerhart run slower than normal and even when healthy, he is not as fast as MJD and Fred Taylor were. Maybe our line simply needs the right running back.

 

Then there are the Eagles. Perhaps their defensive line made our offensive line look terrible. Remember Philadelphia was a playoff team last season. The Redskins may validate this because they suck. Obviously that can't explain everything, but it must have been a factor Sunday.

 

What do you think? Am I nuts or could these be legitimate reasons we could not run block at Philadelphia?

 

In the past I  had noticed that other running backs didnt perform well only one did Maurice Jones-Drew made the Oline probably look a lot better than they actually were & that goes true for Freddy T.

Of course they had a great blocking FB which doesnt hurt ... whereas our FB is non-exisent.  


The Eagles are bad at pass defense but they are decent against the run (around average last year if I recall).  You have to beat the Eagles by throwing, and while Chad was able to captialize in the first half by our Defense getting 3 turnovers in good field position and a couple great catches by Hurns...  They eventually caught on and started to triple cover Hurns sometimes having four guys on him....

 

Sad that the rest of the Wrs couldnt step up and Lewis dropping the ball at critical times didnt help either...   You wouldve thought Chad wouldve learned from last year not to count on Lewis...

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