The Pollack Experiment Should End

[SunsetBengal]

(11-01-2022, 11:31 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I think the writing is on the wall for Pollack after this season, especially since they mostly ditched his wide zone run concept.

You need to run that concept from under center, and Burrow isn't good and doesn't like being under center.

The book on Pollack is that he's a great Xs and Os guy and not a great developmental/technique guy.

If we ditch his wide zone run scheme, then what value does a guy like Pollack bring?

Couple that with the whiffs on OL draft picks and guys not getting better and I can certainly see him being replaced after the season ends.

At the NFL level, I believe that most of the technique/developmental hands on comes from the assistants under the OL coach.  In one of his final seasons with the Bengals, Paul Alexander was quoted as saying "I can't teach technique in season, that work happens in the offseason", or something along those lines.

While it's obvious that some sort of philosophical change needs to happen with the approach to blocking in the running game, we also don't know if running play style is purely of Pollack's own volition or if it's dictated by the HC and OC perhaps saying "we want the running game to flow to the edges, make it happen".