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Originally Posted by suds79
Agreed with the inability to run on short yardage. Just my thoughts.
1st - Our power back in Thomas Jones is well beyond his better years. Get a young bigger back, and the problem would be largely solved.
2nd - I wonder if we will always have this problem. Todd & Scott apparently like lean players and this drives me crazy sometimes.
Passed on Cody twice last year. I'm sure weight was an issue. But before I go off on a tangent there, look at our O-line. Where's the beef?
LT Albert - 6'5 316 (convinced Branden to slim down)
LG Waters - 6'3 320
C Wiegmann - 6'2 285 (who we know is weak at the point of attack)
RG Lilja - 6'2 290
RT Richardson - 6'6 319 (used to weigh much more than this in college) again asked to slim down)
Now lets compare to Pittsburgh. A team that just ran all over the Jets.
LT - 318 lbs
LG - 344 lbs
C - 304
RG - 325 lbs
RT - 338 lbs
Pretty big difference. Just sayin. Something to think about.
Oh yes before I forget. Jon Asamoah who will end up replacing Waters someday. 6'4 305. Getting even smaller.
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You're comparing 2 blocking styles *zone*power*.
And we were still the leading rushing team in the league.
We lost because Flacco tore us apart. We couldn't stop him. Not having someone opposite Hali allowed Flac to sidestep Hali and it gave him so much more time to just wait for something to open in our zone coverage.
And Baltimore, using a power blocking scheme, didn't help Rice has he was held to.. what? 1.9 ypc in the first half and we had 4 or 5 sacks?
I can't wait to see how Cameron Sheffield plays next year. Kiper might have to redo his redid draft grade for us.
02-02-2011, 04:17 PM
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