Oline fixable?
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I'm in the camp that if the line can be mediocre instead of terrible (and maybe even decent in run blocking), Whipple and the skill guys can work with it. That is assuming the defense also continues to grade up. More reliable play on the interior DL allows for rotation with more confidence. We will see what the edge guys can do against Perdue.
Excuses or reasons. Greg Austin got fired in part because of his recruiting busts
why? I know it's not normal, but why can't you snap it to the QB in shotgun, and for your line to stand up the defenders, or even push forward, instead of backpedaling?
That clip I was referring to looked like we had problems backpedaling and blocking in a typical passblock scenario, especially with the guards..
I know they want to create a pocket around the QB, but if your guys have trouble with the footwork in back pedaling, why not have them do more neutral or even forward blocking (as long as you don't get guys downfield).
Yeah it doesn't create a pocket for the QB, but my thinking was if we have guys that can't backpedal at all, maybe you help yourself getting a hat on a hat for a longer period of time by eliminating the whole backpedal and pocket concept altogether
Could def be done. Treat pass plays as run plays blocking scheme wise. Pull guys on both like we did in that TD pass to Volkolek.
D ends and linebackers will run circles around your OTs if you just stand up in pass pro.
I really hope Joseph has enough control of the game plan that he can insist that the offense is kept as simple as possible this Saturday and the OL can be serviceable not great just serviceable. We need the offense to be plain vanilla going forward and hopefully keep penalties to a minimum and we just might win a few more games this year.
I believe he meant to stand them up as in more of a run block than pass pro. Our guys seem to at least do a tad better on run plays when they can maybe get all up in the defenders grill on the los.