Time to pump the brakes: the Oline isn't that bad.

[BengalChris]

(09-30-2016, 08:44 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Let me first say, i was on the front lines, with my bull horn, screaming about how pathetic they were. Then i rewatched the game today when i got home. Every offensive play, frame by frame to find the breakdowns. 

Guys are going to get beat on occasion. That's a given. With that said, here is what i saw. 

1. Ced Ob, much more than anyone, missed a pickup or simply couldn't contain his block long enough to give the RB time to do something. 
2. TEs and WRs on the end of the line were very porous--much much more so than the 5 guys up front. 
3. Jeremy Hill missed many opportunities when there was real estate to the left or right. He had a tendency to run straight ahead into a pile when a cut either way would have given him some room...which brings me to this point; i really wonder if Hill even has the ability to be a one cut back. 

The Oline has had heaps of criticism dumped on their heads recently (this year and last) but when i went back and focused on their play and not my gut reaction while watching the game, i was very surprised in what i saw. Several holes were there for bigger gains and missed. I'd say there were more opportunities missed than there were missed blocks by a C, OG or OT. 

I know this thread won't be received well, or flat out ignored, but you can't deny what is there on tape when you look a little closer. 

Hum, well, I've gotta chime in on this.

1. I believe it is Og's job to hold the those blocks. It only takes one guy to be a weak link in an OL for it to look bad. We've got 2 weak links, so we look bad more often.

2. While this might explains some run issues doesn't explain anything about the pocket collapsing so quickly and so often.

3. Boy, when Hill was seeing the middle clogged up and he'd got outside people were roasting him for taking it wide. Now it's just the   opposite. I'm fairly sure Hill is doing what the coaches are telling him to do.

Let's face it, our C is one of the worst in the league and our second year RT hasn't caught on to the NFL game. Maybe he will catch on, maybe he won't. Our C has had plenty of time to get it and just doesn't.