Saying Polite is not good at blocking is a understatement. 3rd and 1 give him the ball but wasn't Jason Taylors biggest on field celebration because P0lite basicaly stepped aside for him to cream Henne? That one sticks in my head and I don't like it.

 

Having 3rd and 1 success as an essential certainty is nothing to give up lightly. But Lou does need to re-establish the devastating run blocking skills he showed in 2009, or they might have no choice but to let him walk. I wouldn't be happy about losing him.

There's some pretty good company in that bottom 15 pass blocking list.

 

Putting Polite on Taylor as frequently as they did was disrespectful. It sort of bit them in the ***, but you don't put a fullback on an edge rusher 1v1 multiple times if you think he has anything left.

 

On the plus side Ronnie Brown is in the top 5 ,one of several reasons I would prefer to keep him over Ricky.

 

I remember the talk about how good Ronnie was picking up the blitz as a rookie. I still think it would be a mistake to lose Ronnie. Ricky doesn't have it anymore, but Ronnie can still put LB's on their backs.

 

Ronnie is 5th for number of snaps, but 13th in efficiency. Still the best one we had in that regard last season.

 

Johnson could be a possibility. Kuhn is a short yardage monster and the 7th ranked Run blocking RB. They may move away from a FB to add another weapon considering the injury trouble they went through last year.

 

Maybe. I saw Ronnie get lit up a few times last year. Something I've NEVER seen before.

 

Jones-Drew and Ahmad Bradshaw are pretty good. Marion Barber too, when he's healthy.

 

If Clay & Gates can show something in camp & preseason I think we'll see more 2 TE, 3WR, 4WR sets & less of the FB whoever it is. I like him on short yardage but he's a liability any other time IMO. I think Kuhn would def be an upgrade. Younger, cheaper, and good on ST.

 

Maybe he had a bad year, but for most part he's a pretty damn good blocker. He picks up the blitz very well.

 

There's something I don't think you guys are being fair about. Take Ricky Williams 95 pass blocking plays...add that to Lou Polite's 109 passing block plays called and then add that to Ronnie Brown's 135 pass blocking plays called...that's 339 passing plays!! Sooner or later guys, that offiensive line is going to wear down and put added pressure on the RB's to pick up the rushers.

Remember how I used to ***** and complain last year about us NOT running the ball? Remember the Cleveland game I believe it was? Facing the league's 29th ranked defense against the rush and we threw the ball 45times that game?

When the coaching staff, particularly the OC (May Dan Henning have reserved seats next to Nick Saban in that special place in hell) mis-manages the game, you're going to end up with stats like this.

 

and yet we draft a RB who could be a clone of Ronnie but with fumblitis.

 

Ricky Williams was a fumbling king coming out of Texas, but that changed.

 

This is all Henne's fault for keeping them to block

 

Can you imagine in real life telling your Boss ,"Sorry,I had a bad year."

 

Someone earlier mention that Ronnie got lit up a few times last year. Everybody gets lit up from time to time. Everyone has bad years, it's part of being human.

 

IMO RW has always been overrated as pass blocker. He got pub early on b/c he lit up some pass rushers (he's a physical beast after all), but I always felt he made poor decisions too often. I also thought he was overrated as a receiver. That's part of the reason that I don't see him as a legit option going forward. IMO it is far more likely than not that we'll pass on Brown as well, but he at least is an option b/c he has more of an all-around game.