My offensive line (week 1) grade:
B -
You?
B -
You?
Grade The O-Line (Week 1)...
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C+. Pass blocking wasn't porous but they look better than they are due to great pocket movement from the QB. In the running game they didn't move anybody off the ball.
Great pocket movement?
I didn't see anything exceptional in that regard.
I will give them a C+ as well though.
They were OK at pass pro, but I don't think they were really tested all that much.
If we would have had the lead, I think the Pats run a lot more stunts, twists and games.
They didn't have to, and BB never shows more than he has to, early in the season.
The running attack was meh. Not great, nor horrific as compared to last year.
I agree with this score...if they had done a better job Run blocking, this would be an A or at least B+.
hoops
Tua time!
I hate letter grades but at the very best I’d say average. The very best. Probably overrating it frankly
at least I didn’t see any uh ohs unlike the off ball lb level and edge play.
well Jackson needs to play with better balance and technique or he’s gonna have some serious problems but it all looked correctable with time.
at least I didn’t see any uh ohs unlike the off ball lb level and edge play.
well Jackson needs to play with better balance and technique or he’s gonna have some serious problems but it all looked correctable with time.
DolfinJohnNY
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Pass Blocking = C+
Run Blocking = D
Overall = C-
Run Blocking = D
Overall = C-
Sounds about right. But would add the unexpected solid play of the rookies and the less then stellar play from Karras. Over all they allowed a 38% pass rush rate. Bottom tier in the league which overshadowed the rookies debuts.
The thing with good pocket movement is that you don't necessarily notice it...that's what makes it good.
As somebody posted below, we actually had a pretty bad pass rush rate. If you don't notice it during the game, that's because the QB is adjusting to it. Fitz does this really well, some just don't like to give a guy credit for things after he throws 3 picks.
Howard sucked in that game but Brieda and gaskins did well so the Oline's run blocking got better as the game went on.
I'd just say they were average for the most part but when you consider two rookies starting their first game with no pre season along with two free agents and really what you had was 5 guys that had never played together. So from that standpoint I think they did well. Of course now comes a better defense with Buffalo so we'll see how they do.
I'd just say they were average for the most part but when you consider two rookies starting their first game with no pre season along with two free agents and really what you had was 5 guys that had never played together. So from that standpoint I think they did well. Of course now comes a better defense with Buffalo so we'll see how they do.
I will say, after watching RT for 8 seasons, it is nice to see a QB with decent pocket awareness. Fitz is probably above average in that respect.
It definitely is. Though he was pressured much of the game and actually played well, there were a couple Tannesacks in the Monday night game. And Rt is still about 5x better at avoiding pressure as he used to be.
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I keep hearing about Howard sucked... yes his 8 carries for 7 yards is very Ballage-like, but just like last year there were a number of those rush attempts where the back was being hit less than 1 second after the hand off. Not a lot a big back can do in that situation.
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DolfanISS
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I mean the fact he survived last season should tell most fans to at least throw him this bone. He’s good in the pocket, last year he was under immediate duress just as much as any other QB we’ve had here and made it work many times.
I was thinking the same thing.