Billy Price......

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(08-27-2018, 02:41 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: Our offense will struggle against average and above averages defenses due to the poor right side of the OL and the overall inability to run the ball. And we have virtually no depth on the OL so one injury and it is big trouble.  It is unfortunate that they did not complete the OL re-build in the offseaon

I understand the frustration with the lack of a better option at RT.  Hart has been the best option, and it would appear he is going to win the job.  He is better at run blocking than pass blocking right now.  Since the issue is mainly on the right side, they can somewhat scheme around that.  Chip that DE with a back, keep a TE in to block before releasing, etc.  It is miles better than last year's unit. 

I think having Price in the middle is a huge improvement and I haven't seen anyone move him back like we saw time and time again with Bodine.

As far as our "inability to run the ball", I will counter that there were several plays where Dalton had the RPO where the defense dictated that it become a pass.  I just think the few running plays they ran were straight up runs in to an 8 man front.  Predictable and really just to evaluate the blocking.  I think the running game will still be very good when the offense is spread out and Mixon doesn't have a forest to try to power through.  That is what I see happening more than the formations we have run thus far.  

Plus, I could see them moving Ross in Jet Sweeps where they would rarely hand (toss) him the ball but LBs HAVE to account for him as he flies by heading across the backfield.  That, combined with the fact that most teams will be in nickel formation and better have their safeties back or Ross, AJ, etc. could be primed for some big plays.  I think Buffalo was just dead set to stuff the run, but our WRs and TEs were WIDE OPEN beyond the LBs.  It was easy pickings.  

Don't give up on the running game just yet.  Let's see what they do week 1 against Indy.