Originally posted by Coach_Largent
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The Saints/Dolphins OL is VERY overrated, and not a good run blocking unit at all. Even their best OL , the aforementioned Kyle Turley/Todd Wade is , at best an average run blocker. Naeole/Perry got driven into the backfield on nearly every play, Fontenot/Ruddy is a wily veteran, but his physical abilities are almost completely eroded. On the left side you had, Wally Williams, who was so fat (listed at 320 , I'd guess he played some at 355 or so last year ...) that he could barely move, and the aged Willie Roaf/Mark Dixon (later Darrell Terrrell/Heath Irwin -- think a bad Folau, and you get the idea ...). That line was BAD.
The worst part was the playcalling. It was as bad as you have ever seen. Non-sensical, nothing was built from anything. There was no play action (even though they faced 8 or 9 man fronts all year ...) it was horrid ...