Moving on from Paul Alexander

[SunsetBengal]

(11-05-2017, 07:44 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Yes, Bengaldom.  It’s time.  It’s time to move on from Paul Alexander because his offensive lines can’t run block, pass block, or avoid stupid penalties while doing either one.  Any observant fan can see the difference in offensive line production between the Bengals and everyone else.  

Watching Andy Dalton get dog-piled is getting old. Watching Joe Mixon get stuffed isn’t good either.  This team will go nowhere until the offensive line issues are addressed — and for twenty five years the Bengals have had the same coach.  He’s the issue.  Paul’s technique no longer works in the modern NFL.  He came up in the 1990s where defensive linemen were smaller and easily pushed out of the way but the new breed of defensive linemen are big and fast. There are new blocking techniques the good offensive lines* use but Paul doesn’t teach them.  He’s stuck in a time warp.

A bad offensive line affects the defensive line too.  If the Bengals’ defensive line practices against an inept offensive line, this is ineffective practice.  It goes a long way toward explaining the defensive line’s current woes both against the pass and the run.  They have it too easy in practice and get pushed around against a real opponent in an actual game.



*Dallas, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New England

Yep, because 25 years ago, the Zone Blocking Scheme was cutting edge, and Denver was getting 1000 yard rushing seasons with no-name backs, using cheap, undersized interior linemen.  Paul was able to sell Mike on the idea that the only OL he really needed to spend any money on, were Tackles.  And it worked, for a period of time.  Then, like all things trendy in the NFL, that style was diagnosed by savvy defensive coordinators.

Fast forward to 2017, and the Bengals are still trying to pound square pegs through round holes.

P.S.  Do you think that when Paul sold Mike on his methods, do you think that he did it via Sonata on the Piano?