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Originally Posted by FAX
I don't know the percentages (have neither the time nor the willpower to attempt to count), but it seems like a lot of the problems are associated with pulling guards and TEs. Weak side, strong side, doesn't seem to matter.
I mean, you're right of course, but a down lineman isn't really expected to defeat a double team AND pick up a pulling guard to keep the LBs clean, is he?
I suppose you could expect them to bull-rush the o-lineman so far back that he disrupts the pulling player. That happens sometimes. Hard to ask a guy to do that consistently. I would think a MLB should be able to read his triangle keys (guard, center, RB) and figure it the hell out. Then again, I'm not an expert.
FAX
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Whatever our ILBs are doing wrong, it's easy for other teams to figure out and exploit because it's happening every week. If it's that easy to figure out, it seems like our guys would know it, too, and find a solution.
I still think it's literally a matter of poundage. We're playing really small and light defensive sets to maximize pass coverage, and they just get run over.