Unless Carberry used some sort of voodoo magic to injure all of our OLs, I don't think it's fair to blame him for his unit not performing when we lost like 7 of our top 9 OLs to injury and are relying on street FAs at multiple starting spots.
It made sense to me to leave if he wanted a shot at being a NFL HC. But after the way this year went, he wasn't going to get considered for a promotion in the short term, so heading back to Kentucky is understandable.
Lexington isn't LA, but it's definitely not a rural setting, my friend.
True but just outside of Lexington is, there’s not much of that left between Semi Valley and San Diego. And, no one wants to live around BakersfieldLexington isn't LA, but it's definitely not a rural setting, my friend.
Our OLs have gotten zero push for years, before Carberry got there. That's a result of McVay and Snead's preference for OLs who are lighter and more intelligent, skilled, and agile.
Havenstein is not light. Whitworth was not light. Edwards was an OT playing G. They are/were big enough. Denver always had light linemen and they could run the hell out of the ball.
David Edwards is 6'6" 308. He's not a large OG. Reality is reality. McVay and Snead have a preference. That preference is not for 340 pound OGs.
You should have a talk with the HC, then.
Crosby is one of the best EDGEs in the NFL this year. Havenstein's job is made harder by the fact that the interior OL isn't effective, which limits the QB's ability to step up in the pocket, and our LT is a street free agent, which limits the help Havenstein can get with Crosby. Havenstein, while a very good RT, has always had his limitations against top EDGE rushers when he's not getting help.
And who also happen to be available with lower picks. Maybe if the Rams had, or had used, higher picks they might have gotten skill and power.
Regardless of all that...they are big enough and as you said the scheme is a problem. So not sure what the disagreement is here regarding the run game.
Don't blame Havenstien. It's a shame to waste him with this pass first run last offense.
Agree but have no idea who that would be. Maybe someone from Cleveland? Callahan perhaps????RT Rob Havenstein is at his best when the offense runs the ball. The problem is McVay has had no running game for years now. Waste of one of the best run-blocking RT's in the NFL.
I would hope that McVay would look for a new OC who has a great mind for building a run game to go with what McVay has created thus far in the passing game.
Rams won the SB with Carberry as the OL coach. I have been critical of Carberry this season.
The disagreement here is that we don't have an OL designed to push guys around. We have an OL designed to create horizontal movement, not vertical movement. And McVay is the guy who schemes the offense. When the offense struggles, people have a tendency to blame the assistants. McVay is the guy pulling the strings. He's a great coach, but he has some weaknesses.
Let's be clear, Havenstein having some limitations against speed is not a good reason to release him. There are ways to cover for that weakness, particularly for an OL like Havenstein who is great in many other respects. He's a top 10 player at this position. But it's harder to mask that weakness when you're having to mask the weaknesses of the rest of the OL.
