7 hours ago
(Yesterday, 11:01 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Stop it.
We're talking about one guy who does his job well.
If you have 5, 6 or 7 guys blocking and one guy clearly doing his job well, you still have 4, 5 or 6 guys who can **** it up.
On top of that, if the RB goes the wrong way, the play is dead.
I just don't understand why people are downplaying how well All blocks in the run game. He's not turning the Bengals into a top 5 rushing team but he's solidifying what he's being asked to do, better than a lot of other guys.
I don't understand downplaying what All did either. He was very impressive on Wham blocks, pulls and lining up in a variety of places and
when he came down to block somebody it was with intensity. People site his numbers which don't tell the entire story nor do we know how
much a rookie would improve as season goes on. Too bad he got hurt.
All was athletic and strong enough to allow our Offense to be unpredictable in run sets, he also was only asked to run shallow routes in the
passing game which explains his YPC being so low.
(8 hours ago)XsandOs Wrote: I was at this game and All stood out. Physically, he looked as big as the OL. But his speed was amazing, in not only taking simple tosses/flats for good gains, but also in blocking.
He lined up in-line, in the backfield, and on the perimeter.
On our first TD (8:24 mark) what this video doesn't show is that he was lined up outside with a CB on him, before he came across the entire formation to seal the LB for Brown's TD.
Then coming out of half time, he caught the first ball for a first down, then had three great blocks for Brown that led to 40+ yards, putting us in the Panthers red zone. One of the blocks was on a safety 10 yards downfield on a swing pass to Brown.
These plays signified to me that he is truly a complete TE. With him, you can show a power run and simultaneously a pass, from the same formation.
Last year he caught 20 of 22 targets for 7.9 yards per. Taylor was opening the passing game for him with some curls and outs, but the unfortunate happened.
Saw the same thing. Very impressive rookie and I was against the pick at the time because of his injury history. But I could not ignore his play.
