"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.

If you look at the names you mentioned, I think they were pretty good before they even came here. You look at the last 5 years the lineman taken were not that good coming out and they needed coaching up and PA couldn't deliver. I go so far as to say, Zietler was good until he got here and they took the aggression out of him.