Why all the complaining?

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm just amazed that people seem to be shocked that the offense is sputtering with 3 starters out on the offensive line and two others banged up. Samuels is our only healthy starter right now.

Anyone recall the Green Bay game at the end when we couldn't even get a pass off??

Considering how poor the line play was last week I think Buges and company did as good of a job as he could have getting a patchwork line together today.

100% agree. Remember our line is 4/5 new from last year and down 3/5 of the starters from opening day. It is destroying our offense.

Today:

-Cooley was kept in for pass protection far more than normal.
-Sellers and Co. were kept tighter for pass protection.
-We took no shots downfield because they coaches were afraid we couldn't pass block for any extended period of time. Gibbs said as much in his post game presser
-Our run blocking was average and with the lack of any downdfield attack they were able to devote their front 7 to run stopping almost singularly.

So we coulcnd't run because of bad not so great run blocking and the lack of any pass threat and we had no pass threat because we couldn't pass protect.

All in all our line is killing us and nothing will get better until we get healthy there.

Interesting note: Joe Jacoby said he thought Pucillo missed a lot of line adjustments whih to me is to be expected from the backup center who hasn;t played there in awhile.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

100% agree. Remember our line is 4/5 new from last year and down 3/5 of the starters from opening day. It is destroying our offense.

Today:

-Cooley was kept in for pass protection far more than normal.
-Sellers and Co. were kept tighter for pass protection.
-We took no shots downfield because they coaches were afraid we couldn't pass block for any extended period of time. Gibbs said as much in his post game presser
-Our run blocking was average and with the lack of any downdfield attack they were able to devote their front 7 to run stopping almost singularly.

So we coulcnd't run because of bad not so great run blocking and the lack of any pass threat and we had no pass threat because we couldn't pass protect.

All in all our line is killing us and nothing will get better until we get healthy there.

Interesting note: Joe Jacoby said he thought Pucillo missed a lot of line adjustments whih to me is to be expected from the backup center who hasn;t played there in awhile.

Having Rabach out is huge, not only is a superior blocker than Puccillo but he's great at making all the line calls.

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

100% agree. Remember our line is 4/5 new from last year and down 3/5 of the starters from opening day. It is destroying our offense.

Today:

-Cooley was kept in for pass protection far more than normal.
-Sellers and Co. were kept tighter for pass protection.
-We took no shots downfield because they coaches were afraid we couldn't pass block for any extended period of time. Gibbs said as much in his post game presser
-Our run blocking was average and with the lack of any downdfield attack they were able to devote their front 7 to run stopping almost singularly.

So we coulcnd't run because of bad not so great run blocking and the lack of any pass threat and we had no pass threat because we couldn't pass protect.

All in all our line is killing us and nothing will get better until we get healthy there.

Interesting note: Joe Jacoby said he thought Pucillo missed a lot of line adjustments whih to me is to be expected from the backup center who hasn;t played there in awhile.

Very well put, and it all boils down to us being one dimensional on offense, or perhaps "none dimensional."

As long as the o-line is this banged up and patched together opposing teams, especially teams like New England, are just going to hone in on the fact that this offense is inept without an offensive line (just as any team would be.) If you can't trust your line to pass protect for more than a second or two then all of your pass plays are going to be short. Add to that having to keep the backs and Cooley in to block just to manage what little pass protection can be scrounged up and you lose even more weapons.

Basically everyone but the WRs are in blocking all so we can manage a 10 yard pass at best. Add to that WRs who apparently can't catch anymore and you've got about the easiest pass attack in the NFL to defend against. Even our own coaches are admitting what the gameplan is.

Nobody will respect our run game either. Portis appears either unhealthy or in a funk, Betts isn't terribly useful and the run blocking is about as good as the pass blocking.

It's basically a heyday for opposing defenses - just T-off and do whatever the hell they feel like.

I think this defense is good enough to ride to maybe .500 or a little better and possibly a Wild Card spot even with the offense as bad as it is now. But even this defense won't be able to shut down the likes of New England, Dallas, Indy or a few others. Holding those teams to 28 points would be considered an accomplishment, and right now our offense can't put up 29 to win it. At some point the offense has to contribute, and right now they just can't.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by mheisig

....At some point the offense has to contribute, and right now they just can't.

Exactly. They are not being held back by bad play calling or lacking execution because of intensity. They simply have a low skill level and are doing what should b expected of them. It can get better if we can get Rabach, Kendall and Wade healthy. A healthy line of Samuels, Kendall, Rabach, Fabini and Wade is good to ok from left to right and good enough to open our play book back up.

On top of everything most of starting line didn't even practice this week.