04-13-2021, 04:02 PM
(04-13-2021, 03:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't know how much Pollack will be able to help, but a lot of problems we had last year were more mental than physical.
Our O-linemen really struggled to pick up any kind of blitz or line stunt. I saw that happen more often than players just getting beaten one-on-one by speed or power.
When one player gives up a lot of pressures you look at that player. When every player on the line fails you need to look at the coach. Sometimes players just lack the metal capabilities to recognize, analyze, and react properly. But I am hoping the coaching change will help a lot.
Mostly agreed, but also sometimes you just need to look at the talent level.
Redmond: UDFA
F Johnson: UDFA
Hopkins: UDFA
Hart: 7th Rnd
Adeniji: 6th Rnd
Jordan: 4th Rnd
I'm not saying you can't have late round/UDFA guys who are high quality NFL players, and I am DEFINITELY not defending Jim Turner. I am just saying when a very large portion of the group are those types of guys, it can also simply be a lack of high ceiling talent. They're mostly going up against guys more athletic/better than them.
Even XSF was a higher round pick, but the Bengals signed him cheap off a team's bench for his age 29 season.
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(Also their problem was picking up blitzes and stunts, so their answer was to get rid of their great pass blocking RB in a cap move despite having a ton of unspent cap space. Smart.)
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