Quote:Blake's mechanics went awry and his arm was soon shot. I don't feel any coaching change would have done all that much to salvage the situation.


 

Last year we went head first with a passing game genius at the OC spot, and I still believe Oley is that much. Oley's entire outlook depended on Blake's arm remaining strong, and that's where everything went wrong. Blake couldn't even throw, but Oley has one huge fault... he knows absolutely nothing about rushing in the NFL. He's by far the most inept coach I've ever seen when it comes to running the ball, and it's clear he's really at best a top-of-the-line QB Coach despite Blake's issues. Henne certainly was not an option even for a snap, so we kept on passing with Blake at the helm. Watch the Raiders game again. It's just sad watching Blake trying to throw in that game, and he had over 50 attempts.


 

So even with Marrone we were sunk in 2016 due to Blake's arm. The defense at least kept us in games. This year, should Blake's arm go out there might be a slim shred of hope that we'll have Brandon Allen backing up and capable of taking over. But should that somehow fail to be the case, at least we'll have Fournette to lean on as well as coaches who understand the run game. Morever, because of the balance added with the run game, we hopefully never have to worry about his arm experiencing fatigue and subsequently injury again.

 

Does Blake have arm problems in 2016 if Marrone is coach and the whole team and gameplan are different? Maybe not. Still I think the biggest difference would have been in 2015, not 2016.

 

Remember this gem? https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/01/06/housto...l-playoffs

 

Bradley and co seemed to never have good preparation or gameplanning, and it's why the team continually lost against teams it either matched in talent, or had more talent than.

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