Predictable plays from formations

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(09-13-2022, 05:44 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: They were way to vanilla/predictable Sunday. ZT and BC gotta step it up playcalling.

Practicing plays in training camp is not the same as executing them at full speed against an opponent in preseason. I am still completely mystified why Zac Taylor chose to not play the starters at all during preseason, especially with an offensive line which is 80% new. Usually new personnel get a chance to gel in preseason.

Against Pissburgh I saw competent blocking from all five members of the offensive line, including some occasionally good run blocks from Cordell Volson, but these were individual efforts. Alex Cappa and Ted Karras blocked well in and of themselves but the best offensive lines block as a team, not as individuals.

It will be up to Frank Pollack to fix this and now that he has the talent to put together the process should be straightforward. On run blocks the steps have to be coordinated, for example, and on pass blocks it takes an entire offensive line to create a pocket.