"They stood around killing grass"

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(11-07-2018, 11:01 AM)Wyche Wrote: You're right, they were good at pass pro when they had Willie, Levi, Richie, Bobbie, and Steiny and not bad at running.  They were shitty at running after starting to lose those guys, and got really shaky at pass pro, Palmer took a beating.  It got so bad that running unbalanced lines damn near became the base offense around 09.  They got a little better once they had Whit, Zeit, Boling, Dre, but Blodine still gave ground up the middle.  This is just opinion, but there are some numbers to back it up, the line's deficiencies have been masked a little by having OCs that stressed getting the ball out quickly and having a QB that excels in that type of offense.  Once his good talent up front left again, and he absolutely set us back 2 or 3 years by whiffing on those two "tackles", and kept sticking with Blodine.....he had to go.  Honestly, had they kept him, I probably wouldn't even watch them after keeping Merv too.

In fairness, Bob Bratkowski's offense put a lot of strain on the OL.  I've seen an interview where he admits that everyone usually knew what play they were running.  The other team just didn't have the talent to stop them.  

It's still a bit surprising to me that Lazor won that power struggle.  Personally, I think MB balked at giving Whit a multi year deal because Paul told him that the T position was set with Og and Fisher.  When it turned out like it did, he was furious.