What Joe can do to help himself

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(10-14-2020, 02:38 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: With the o-line, it may be indeed be poor coaching and problems with the scheme that's playin a big part, but when you go back and re-watch games...there's no getting around the fact that these linemen get pushed around and beaten off the snap way too often. I don't think it's a stretch to say this group, overall, just isn't very talented and they don't have the greatest awareness when it comes to navigating their areas in zone or winning their matchups in man. 

As for Joe, I think he has the makings of an elite QB. Unfortunately, there are some very real limitations to the offensive unit this year and I think he has to make better decisions when things go wrong. It's also up to Zac and Brian to help him out and put him in better situations to be successful as well. Having a more consistent running attack would do wonders for Joe as well.

You nailed all of this, but I want to focus on that last sentence. As we all should remember, Taylor said from day 1 they were going to run a version of the Rams offense, which is heavily dependant on play action. When you can't run, play action isn't going to fool many people. To me, the Jacksonville game showed us a glimpse of how this offense should look....if you can run the ball. If we had good blocking, it might just look like that every week.