06-16-2020, 02:37 PM
(06-16-2020, 09:08 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Absolutely -- and it's not just the ability to keep Joe Burrow upright, either; the run blocking needs to be vastly improved as well. Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard are talented running backs but it still takes a sizable crease in the defensive line to spring a runner loose into the secondary. First contact is still made far too early and that's especially why Bernard gets stuffed at the line so many times. Even if a crease opens often a linebacker shoots the gap and gets to Mixon or Bernard. This blocking scheme needs repaired fast. Whenever I see Mixon or Bernard pulled down from behind I know someone missed a block.
All true, I think the run blocking will really improve this year after the way they improved last season as the year went on.
We get Jonah, XSF, Adeniji and Fred Johnson added while younger players like MJ can grow into hopefully mid tier OL.
Plus we should be running out of the Shotgun a lot more with Burrow and Mixon seems to really exceed at this.
