Ideally your OL are equally adept at both run blocking and pass protection. But that usually isn't the case. I don't understand why the OL doesn't do some situational substitution. Either have a mauler who comes in for running situations or a guy who is more of a pass protection specialist on obvious passing downs. The defense brings in its NASCAR packages on 3rd and long....why doesn't the offense do a similar substitution to better handle the quicker defense.
I've heard people say that it would tip your hand as to what play you might be calling. Well if it's 3rd and 15 then 95% of the time you are throwing the ball....so why not put a more mobile OL in the game who is better at pass pro and who can get out on a screen or up field on a draw.
Random offseason thought...
I've heard people say that it would tip your hand as to what play you might be calling. Well if it's 3rd and 15 then 95% of the time you are throwing the ball....so why not put a more mobile OL in the game who is better at pass pro and who can get out on a screen or up field on a draw.
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Good thoughts, also other teams know the minute we take Henry out on 3rd down we are passing regardless of yards needed
Very little frustrates me more than when we do this. Why?!
Because he "can't catch"? Lol
Part of the problem is roster size limitations. Most teams only carry about 7 OL on game day, 8 at most. You definitely don't have enough for a full OL change, and it could really screw your offense if for instance you had two right tackles - one for pass pro and another for run blocking - and one of them gets hurt. I still don't hate the idea of situational substitutions though.
Like there is absolutely no reason to leave a right tackle in who's a liability in pass rush when you're playing from behind and passing for the entire 4th quarter. Just make sure you have one of the backups who's at least marginally better at pass pro.
Obviously the titans are pretty much 50/50 pass/rush, but most teams backups wouldnt be better at pass pro than rush. Or they'd be starting right, given the 70/30 pass/rush ratio most teams have?
He prolly leaning toward retirement. Last I heard that's what he was he was considering.
I heard that as well but he had surgery so still weighing his options?
Maybe. I feel he might of already announced it if he was THAT serious about it
Having a pair of top quality OTs is nice but last season more or less proved that isn't an absolute necessity. What we need are decent players across the OL with no major weaknesses. After all we were one of the least sacked OLs and had a running back run for 2000 yards with an average RT and 2nd and 3rd string LTs a good part of the year.
You would think that, but there's a ton of guys coming out of college that specialize in pass pro. Because the college game has gone so spread happy, it has actually gotten harder and harder to find guys that can play well in some of the more traditional NFL schemes. That's why you constantly see NFL teams spending first round picks on OL. It's really, really hard to find guys that are good at run and pass pro.
There's tons of guys that are solid in pass, but NFL coaches don't like them because they can't get in a 3 pt stance and pull in a power run scheme to save their life. It takes a premier athlete to have the hip flexibility and short area quickness to get out on some of the more difficult reach blocks in zone or pull across the formation and get there in time to kick a defender out before your RB hits the hole.
Sounds like he could play in 2021...back to KC??..hope we are looking into it
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I brought this up because I read that Lamm is a better run blocker than pass protector....just thought that maybe you go with Lamm on possible run downs but then rotate in Sambraillo on obvious passing downs...one thing that this type of thing would do is force somebody on the defense to pay attention as to which OT was in the game....not just how many WRs or TEs we put on the field
They probably won't swap OTs but Sambrailo had a solid 70 pff rating run blocking (better than Kelly or Queensberry) last year (not as good in pass protection) and Lamm only allowed one sack in 113 snaps and was rated better than Tunsil or Matthews overall and had a 72 run blocking grade. Now Lamm's grade was only for 113 snaps but it looks like he could be the starter with Sambrailo as the swing backup.
No o-line in rounds 1 or 2 and really not in 3 we have other holes. Time for us to find people in 4-7 rounds we need WR, CB, and OLB and maybe D-line with first 4 or 5 picks, and even maybe a TE over any T or G
Depends on where there is value IMO. If the next Dave Stewart is available in the 3rd and no better alternatives at another position take the best value. Just taking a player in the 1-3 rounds doesn't make them any good. Plus if given a choice I'd always take the big guy of equal value and take my chances on the other guys later.
I agree, but we should have kept Kelly. Cutting him for the small savings we gained was stupid.
Yup - Which on some scale needs to change.
3rd and 8. Derrick Henry out, Pass blocking RB in..... "EVERYONE PLAY QUARTERS AND UNDERNEATH, THEY'RE THROWING IT."
No matter how ugly it may be at first (or even all the way through) we have to at least make an attempt to fool the defense that Derrick could be running an HB route here... or it could be a stretch run...
You sell your offense down the river when you don't have that capacity.
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