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We had reasonable success last year, we seemed reasonably happy with our draft/UDFA, and free agent pick-ups. I choose to remain patient for at least a half dozen more games to see if there is any progress, improvement, and growth. Could they/he could have foreseen the play of the offensive line? Even if they did, could we have prevented it this year? This team has been a complete rebuild. We are not done yet.Stranger said:okay, then it is unfair for me to be looking toward the people the designed and built the boat? Is that reasonable or unreasonable?DR RAM said:The offensive line woes seem to be a combo of declining players, guys not playing well individually, injury, and communication.Stranger said:Why have we not solved them? And who is accountable for not solving them?DR RAM said:OK, all of the things that you probably said yourself last season, all of the issues that we tried to address: poor protection, weapons, better field position, better execution, fewer drops, bad routes, playing from behind, effective running game, better game planning.jrry32 said:DR RAM said:I didn't say it defined them, nor that it was their only problem.
Point being made is that yea, they've had some dropsies but they're getting more separation than they're being given credit for...especially down the field.
How many of these things have we solved to this point?
I think that we would all agree that "on paper" we have potentially better weapons on offense, but Kendricks isn't himself yet, Pettis is nothing to write home about. Givens can't beat double coverage. Quick is still struggling to get on the field consistently, Tavon isn't running good routes and leads the NFL in drops, and do I need to even mention any of our RB's?
This is the last I'll say on this. I really can't make my points any stronger, unless I bold, or capitalize them :hehe:
The other pieces that were acquired to help the offense...it's also a combo of things, but you have to consider that most of our skill players have less than a full year in our system, and the league. Scheme seems to be a problem, but it's hard for me to point fingers at anybody when so many things are wrong. Blocking all over the field has been a HUGE issue, not just the lineman, but down field blocking has been downright horrible.
If we could just have individuals do their job, and execute, and then come together as a team, a cohesive unit, the it would be easier to pinpoint problems and fix them. Right now, it's like a leaky boat, you patch a hole, then another leak springs up, you fix that, then the boat won't start. If you go through all the troubleshooting, maybe the conclusion is to keep fixing the old boat, or buy a new one.
I can say for certainty that if this team doesn't improve, and start to get systematically better, that the boat designers are unquestionably Fisher and Snead, there is no mistaking that fact.