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Glad to see Philbin giving the line a chance to gel. If no OLineman is clearly better or worse at RG and RT, then it's best to give the line time to form chemistry rather than look for minute upgrades to one spot at the cost of cohesiveness.
Garrard looking great. Tanny may get time to develop. Keep doing your back-stretches David.
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I'm not an OL coach so I don't know which answer is better but it does seem to me that this approach with the OL may pay off more than Sparano's approach. Sparano always seemed convinced he was going to find some combination of pairings that when put together fit like tumblers in a lock and would open a path to the city of Incan gold.
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In a man-blocking, in-line scheme (Sparano) each man's superiority over the man opposite him is the key. I get why Sparano cared about finding the *best* guy at each spot.
In a zone blocking scheme (Philbin), cohesiveness is even more important. The Denver Broncos were the epitome of this for YEARS. On their own, each of those linemen weren't all-world, but as a unit they paved the way to thousands of yards on the ground.
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Look at the Broncos OL last season for one example. Individually, most of their 5, who all started the entire season, had poor individual PFF ratings, both run and pass blocking. But, the Broncos rated very high for running the ball.Bpk likes this. -
I don't think the criticism is really justified. Sparano's approach in terms of OL is pretty common, every coach we've had in the last decade plus has done the same thing. Sparano also at one point arguably had the best offensive line in the league.
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With these Avatar's on this board, My Wife Doesn't think it is for Football. :lol:
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Yeah I just got in trouble for that too.
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"I don;t know who she is! Some guy just has it as his sig pic...... Oh, a sig pic is like an avatar but differ- Oh, well an avatar pic is whatever the guy chooses next to his name... Hey, I can;t help what these guys choose! Yes, honey, I agree, there are some real pervs on my football board who need to get laid."
LOL. Sorry guys, it's easier to throw y'all under the bus than convince a jealous woman of ANYTHING.
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It's the five fingers analogy.
If you spread your fingers and look at your hand, you see that individually each of those fingers is not all that powerful. But you close them into a fist and WHAM. You can SMASH things (like opposing defenses).MrClean likes this. -
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Marcus Thigpen is also making a case to make the team over Steve Slaton, he is a faster version of Pat Cobbs.
Think gunner, returner, good hands out of the backfield and making the NFL minimum, that could tip the scales in his favor.
Deej was impressed with Messam, but until the pads come on a back like him won't be making much noise. -
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Women are so complicated.......and suspicious..:lol:Fin-Omenal and ToddPhin like this. -
I'm not surrounded by any women but I pretend I am just to make internet surfing feel like I'm living on the edge.
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