OL not blocking Alex Brown

Skins4SB · 10-18-2004, 08:56 PM

Samuels is doing better then everyone on your o-line maybe except Randy Thomas. It was Rasby who was getting beat by Brown. If you listened to the announcers they would mention Rasby's name whenever Brown pentrated. Remember in Week 1 when Samuels shut down Simeon Rice. I'm pretty sure Simeon Rice is a premier end the league.

joecrisp · 10-18-2004, 09:10 PM

More often than not, it was a schematic flaw that allowed Brown to come free. As others have said, Rasby was often matched up against him, while Samuels was assigned to a DT or LB. On some plays, there was no blocker assigned to him, since the running play was going the other way, and it was expected that Portis would be gone before Brown could get to him. Obviously, that wasn't the case on a few plays. But most of the time, when Samuels was actually matched up against Brown, Samuels kept him in check. I noticed the Bears were lining Brown up way outside on a lot of plays, hoping that he would beat Samuels with his speed from that angle. Samuels did a pretty good job of sliding out to block him, though.

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10-18-2004, 08:56 PM	#1
Skins4SB Camp Scrub Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 38	Samuels is doing better then everyone on your o-line maybe except Randy Thomas. It was Rasby who was getting beat by Brown. If you listened to the announcers they would mention Rasby's name whenever Brown pentrated. Remember in Week 1 when Samuels shut down Simeon Rice. I'm pretty sure Simeon Rice is a premier end the league.

10-18-2004, 09:10 PM	#2
joecrisp The Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Age: 50 Posts: 1,501	More often than not, it was a schematic flaw that allowed Brown to come free. As others have said, Rasby was often matched up against him, while Samuels was assigned to a DT or LB. On some plays, there was no blocker assigned to him, since the running play was going the other way, and it was expected that Portis would be gone before Brown could get to him. Obviously, that wasn't the case on a few plays. But most of the time, when Samuels was actually matched up against Brown, Samuels kept him in check. I noticed the Bears were lining Brown up way outside on a lot of plays, hoping that he would beat Samuels with his speed from that angle. Samuels did a pretty good job of sliding out to block him, though.

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