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Thank God Austin Jackson...

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Is not Tua's blindside protector!

Hoping there is some kind of valid excuse for his performance out there in the 1st half ( piles, rolled ankle, tax problems, etc. šŸ¤£).

He looked slow off the snap, off-balance and "lunged" too much. Needs to keep his head up and move his goddamn feet!
 
Going to say it again, the blind side is just a myth. 9 out of 10 times when a QB gets "blindsided" its his own fault for making a bad pre snap read or locking on to one side of the field.

Pre snap awareness, peripheral vision and going through reads properly eliminates almost every "blindside" hit. Unless your tackle of the QBs opposite hand is literally not impacting the defender at all.
 
I was shocked at how much better the OL looked like compared to what I was expecting. Jackson was overdrafted for sure but he has made some improvements since last year. I was expecting a disaster and they were just below average which is about what we usually have. Deiter wasn't bad if he could stay on his feet. I saw enough to think we have something to work with. This was a dominating performance. We were up 13-0 and outgained them 226-37 with 30 seconds to go in the half before we started playing prevent. That is without our top 4 WRs and our best two pass rushers and top two DBs. Great first preseason game IMO.
 
He did have a very bad day. The O line struggled for sure. Time for a new coachšŸ˜‰
 
KTOWNFINFAN said:
I was shocked at how much better the OL looked like compared to what I was expecting. Jackson was overdrafted for sure but he has made some improvements since last year. I was expecting a disaster and they were just below average which is about what we usually have. Deiter wasn't bad if he could stay on his feet. I saw enough to think we have something to work with. This was a dominating performance. We were up 13-0 and outgained them 226-37 with 30 seconds to go in the half before we started playing prevent. That is without our top 4 WRs and our best two pass rushers and top two DBs. Great first preseason game IMO.
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It seems like you're judging the offensive line by how well the rest of the offense compensated and performed in spite of the offensive line. I mean, we had multiple plays where 80 percent of the line failed to pass block, and Brissett managed to spin away and gain five yards. I mean, in the books that goes down as a 5 yard rush, but it was a crap play from most of the line that completely prevented the offense from coming out to do what it intended to do.

They also had basically two run plays out of some 10-15 early game runs where they actually made a hole, and one of those was one where Gaskin was sprung because Kindley whiffed on his guy and then held him and it wasn't called.

It was a dismal line performance.
 
Cleo'sLemon said:
Its pathetic that the line has been sub-par for 10 years, sick of it.
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As fans we've got to stop manifesting this then! ;)

Here we go again. This narrative that our offensive line will always and forever be a **** show, could very well be assisting with this manifestation if us fans continue to believe it. The power of the collective subconscious, should not be underestimated!
 
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