WesternNYDolfan
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Take a deep breath....
okay, now, take off your irrational hats, take a step back, look at the situation
breathe again
okay, now for thinking logically (novel thought in fandom I know, but you can do it, I believe in you!)
A) Jake Long, aka, our best offensive lineman, aka arguably the best offensive lineman in the game, aka the best player at the most important position on the offensive line is not in.
When you have a player who can take away the best pass rushers in the game by himself, that does wonders for the rest of your line's pass pro.
When you have a player who can demolish the whole side of a defensive line, that does wonders for your running game.
Judging our offensive line without Jake Long in, is like judging the Orlando Magic without Dwight Howard. Man they suck on defense when he's not in, but then when you get the best shot blocker and defender in the game on the court it makes everyone else look better because they have less responsibility once he's taking care of business.
B) I know they looked terrible against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers D-Line, but let's examine this Tampa Bay has used first round choices on Gerald McCoy (last year's 3) Adrian Clayborn, and then stole supremely talented, but injury plagued d end D'quan Bowers.
HINT: Their D-Line is pretty good, and we aren't the only team that will have trouble blocking them this year.
What was very encouraging was that despite having the run taken away, we were able to have some success offensively. Our previous offensive coordinator Danosauraus "Rex Offenses" Henning, would've kept pounding, and ran max protect pass plays with two button hook routes. We attacked the vulnerabilities of the Tampa 2 defense, which is the middle of the field. The pass to Fasano was a thing of beauty. And when Tampa saw that they were vulerable there they switched to a cover 1 leaving Marshall 1 on 1 on the outside, then we scored a touchdown. That was a clinical way of breaking down coverages.
C) Where was all this our offensive line sucks talk when Reggie was running rampant last week???
Summary:
Yea, our O-line isn't perfect, we need the right side figured out, but I believe we have the pieces in place, and believe that it will be figured out by the seasons start. More importantly when Jake is back in, everyone will look better.
So take a chill pill, stop trying to be the first person on the forum who predicted that our team is going to suck and why. Because nobody wants to hear it. Think rationally, and support your team. If you knew what you were talking about you would be working in a front office/ or coaching staff, and not in the stands watching a game and not being able to process what you're seeing on the field (I'm looking at you dmarino110).
I was extremely encouraged by what I've seen so far this preseason, and can't wait to shock the world on September 12th! :D
okay, now, take off your irrational hats, take a step back, look at the situation
breathe again
okay, now for thinking logically (novel thought in fandom I know, but you can do it, I believe in you!)
A) Jake Long, aka, our best offensive lineman, aka arguably the best offensive lineman in the game, aka the best player at the most important position on the offensive line is not in.
When you have a player who can take away the best pass rushers in the game by himself, that does wonders for the rest of your line's pass pro.
When you have a player who can demolish the whole side of a defensive line, that does wonders for your running game.
Judging our offensive line without Jake Long in, is like judging the Orlando Magic without Dwight Howard. Man they suck on defense when he's not in, but then when you get the best shot blocker and defender in the game on the court it makes everyone else look better because they have less responsibility once he's taking care of business.
B) I know they looked terrible against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers D-Line, but let's examine this Tampa Bay has used first round choices on Gerald McCoy (last year's 3) Adrian Clayborn, and then stole supremely talented, but injury plagued d end D'quan Bowers.
HINT: Their D-Line is pretty good, and we aren't the only team that will have trouble blocking them this year.
What was very encouraging was that despite having the run taken away, we were able to have some success offensively. Our previous offensive coordinator Danosauraus "Rex Offenses" Henning, would've kept pounding, and ran max protect pass plays with two button hook routes. We attacked the vulnerabilities of the Tampa 2 defense, which is the middle of the field. The pass to Fasano was a thing of beauty. And when Tampa saw that they were vulerable there they switched to a cover 1 leaving Marshall 1 on 1 on the outside, then we scored a touchdown. That was a clinical way of breaking down coverages.
C) Where was all this our offensive line sucks talk when Reggie was running rampant last week???
Summary:
Yea, our O-line isn't perfect, we need the right side figured out, but I believe we have the pieces in place, and believe that it will be figured out by the seasons start. More importantly when Jake is back in, everyone will look better.
So take a chill pill, stop trying to be the first person on the forum who predicted that our team is going to suck and why. Because nobody wants to hear it. Think rationally, and support your team. If you knew what you were talking about you would be working in a front office/ or coaching staff, and not in the stands watching a game and not being able to process what you're seeing on the field (I'm looking at you dmarino110).
I was extremely encouraged by what I've seen so far this preseason, and can't wait to shock the world on September 12th! :D
