Pretty much confirmed what I thought I saw on sunday, and last year throughout lol. Nice analysis.

I mentioned in another thread that I think it may be a good idea to switch Mack to RG. If were gonna have a hole lets put it beside Thomas. Move Greco to center (I believe he's the backup) and put Gilkey or Cousins at LG. Thoughts? It would almost certainly help the run game.

Nice analysis. I'm surprised about Greco, but then again I was so focused on the suckitude on the right side of the line..

Probably won't add a thing to the conversation, but my lilttle DVR and I put the work in over the past 48 hours so here goes...

Run Blocking

We had exactly one lineman who moved the man across from him off of the line of scrimmage with any consistancy.... Alex Mack. Alex thumps and drives and in the occasional case when he loses contact with his assigned target, he finds another. Everyone else "bumps", turns and screens off their assignment... which can be effective, but is not the hallmark of an intimidating, blue-collar, run-first offense many here envisioned when we drafted TR. I was shocked that Schwartz plays this way.... road grader my ass...

As for speed and agility to pull... again only one stood out.... This time it was Thomas. Mack was not too far behind, mostly due to tenacity. Greco and Schwartz showed some ability to run, but Joe showed agility others lacked. Joe T. is a physical specimen...

Pass Blocking

Only one lineman graded out as high as A-... no surprise it was Joe. His balanced hand and footwork are a thing of beauty in action.

Only one graded out as low as F-... no surprise it was Cousins. The dude cannot stand up to a bull rush... because he stands up too tall. Another poster commented on the sacks Wheezy could have avoided had he only stepped up into the pocket... due to Cousins there were no such opportunities that I saw.

On one sweep to the right with Schwartz and Cousins pulling, Schwartz nicely kicked out the CB, and the TE and WR sealed off the line pursuit well leaving no one on the line for Cous to block. So what did he do? He stopped... I shit you not... on a play when any HS lineman would turn upfield and looked to the inside to seal off pursuit.. our Cous stopped...

When our HC says he is "Confident Cous will improve", what he means is "he cannot get any worse".

Mack was a solid B... maybe B+. Very active feet and good knee flex kept him in control most of the time. He had one whiff on a poor choice of who to help and was bulled too close to Wheezy's lap once.

Surprisingly to me Greco was no better than a C-. Multiple bull rushes got the better of him, but he also looked to help JT too often vs Mack who in turn could have helped Cousins.

Which leaves us with Schwartz.... D+... He has the fatal flaw of not being able to handle the speed rush. Wake may be as fast as there is now, and once he got on Schwartz's hip, it was all over. Chipping a speed rusher on his side is mandatory. Squared up, he did very well... but cannot handle the speed.

Speaking of chipping... Barnidge, our best blocking TE, sucked at it... mostly because despite being in position to chip Wake twice he opted to just release... better angle to watch the sack I guess.

In another thread I ripped TR's lack of awareness in picking up blitzes... Ogbo was no better. Both ignored holes blitzers came thru free in favor of moving closer to engaged linemen (for a better view?). To end the opening series TR also picked the inside hole rather than reacting to the delayed blitzer's choice of going around an engaged Thomas.

Line Calls

When I watch other games, whether a pass or a run is called, I am used to the center on accomplished offenses gesturing and turning to bark calls essentially every single play. Often in concert with his QB... confirming what each is seeing. And I am used to his fellow linemen joining in much of the time... pointing, nodding...

Maybe half the time Mack did some pointing.

In the 2nd half Schwartz was flipping his left hand around on his hip. I think he was calling for (or off) chips on Wake... not to much benefit from what I saw.

Conditioning

Cousins and Greco showed some signs of fatigue. The other linemen looked good throughout.

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Bottom Line

We have no chance with Chud's and Norv's scheme (or any other for that matter), if we do not master the basics... and we have a long way to go.

Probably won't add a thing to the conversation, but my lilttle DVR and I put the work in over the past 48 hours so here goes...

Run Blocking

We had exactly one lineman who moved the man across from him off of the line of scrimmage with any consistancy.... Alex Mack. Alex thumps and drives and in the occasional case when he loses contact with his assigned target, he finds another. Everyone else "bumps", turns and screens off their assignment... which can be effective, but is not the hallmark of an intimidating, blue-collar, run-first offense many here envisioned when we drafted TR. I was shocked that Schwartz plays this way.... road grader my ass...

As for speed and agility to pull... again only one stood out.... This time it was Thomas. Mack was not too far behind, mostly due to tenacity. Greco and Schwartz showed some ability to run, but Joe showed agility others lacked. Joe T. is a physical specimen...

Pass Blocking

Only one lineman graded out as high as A-... no surprise it was Joe. His balanced hand and footwork are a thing of beauty in action.

Only one graded out as low as F-... no surprise it was Cousins. The dude cannot stand up to a bull rush... because he stands up too tall. Another poster commented on the sacks Wheezy could have avoided had he only stepped up into the pocket... due to Cousins there were no such opportunities that I saw.

On one sweep to the right with Schwartz and Cousins pulling, Schwartz nicely kicked out the CB, and the TE and WR sealed off the line pursuit well leaving no one on the line for Cous to block. So what did he do? He stopped... I shit you not... on a play when any HS lineman would turn upfield and looked to the inside to seal off pursuit.. our Cous stopped...

When our HC says he is "Confident Cous will improve", what he means is "he cannot get any worse".

Mack was a solid B... maybe B+. Very active feet and good knee flex kept him in control most of the time. He had one whiff on a poor choice of who to help and was bulled too close to Wheezy's lap once.

Surprisingly to me Greco was no better than a C-. Multiple bull rushes got the better of him, but he also looked to help JT too often vs Mack who in turn could have helped Cousins.

Which leaves us with Schwartz.... D+... He has the fatal flaw of not being able to handle the speed rush. Wake may be as fast as there is now, and once he got on Schwartz's hip, it was all over. Chipping a speed rusher on his side is mandatory. Squared up, he did very well... but cannot handle the speed.

Speaking of chipping... Barnidge, our best blocking TE, sucked at it... mostly because despite being in position to chip Wake twice he opted to just release... better angle to watch the sack I guess.

In another thread I ripped TR's lack of awareness in picking up blitzes... Ogbo was no better. Both ignored holes blitzers came thru free in favor of moving closer to engaged linemen (for a better view?). To end the opening series TR also picked the inside hole rather than reacting to the delayed blitzer's choice of going around an engaged Thomas.

Line Calls

When I watch other games, whether a pass or a run is called, I am used to the center on accomplished offenses gesturing and turning to bark calls essentially every single play. Often in concert with his QB... confirming what each is seeing. And I am used to his fellow linemen joining in much of the time... pointing, nodding...

Maybe half the time Mack did some pointing.

In the 2nd half Schwartz was flipping his left hand around on his hip. I think he was calling for (or off) chips on Wake... not to much benefit from what I saw.

Conditioning

Cousins and Greco showed some signs of fatigue. The other linemen looked good throughout.

==================================================================

Bottom Line

We have no chance with Chud's and Norv's scheme (or any other for that matter), if we do not master the basics... and we have a long way to go.