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The Injuries, the Defense and the Offense (and the Special Teams)

I know I've been banging this drum for years, but I think people may finally be seeing what I was pointing out. Outside of MM, the coaching on the team has been atrocious for years and the success that we've seen is just Lamar masking the majority of faults in the team.

That's why you see us beat up on lesser teams for years and crumble in thr face of real adversity. Because Lamar is amazing but he's not a superhero. To win a SB you need stellar ganeplaning, play calling, and aituational awareness. And thats on top of the requisite personnel.

The rosters have been missing guys at critical positions and the coaches have been heinous at times.

Recipe for exactly what we've seen
 
I know I've been banging this drum for years, but I think people may finally be seeing what I was pointing out. Outside of MM, the coaching on the team has been atrocious for years and the success that we've seen is just Lamar masking the majority of faults in the team.

That's why you see us beat up on lesser teams for years and crumble in thr face of real adversity. Because Lamar is amazing but he's not a superhero. To win a SB you need stellar ganeplaning, play calling, and aituational awareness. And thats on top of the requisite personnel.

The rosters have been missing guys at critical positions and the coaches have been heinous at times.

Recipe for exactly what we've seen
I know I've been banging this drum for years, but I think people may finally be seeing what I was pointing out. Outside of MM, the coaching on the team has been atrocious for years and the success that we've seen is just Lamar masking the majority of faults in the team.

That's why you see us beat up on lesser teams for years and crumble in thr face of real adversity. Because Lamar is amazing but he's not a superhero. To win a SB you need stellar ganeplaning, play calling, and aituational awareness. And thats on top of the requisite personnel.

The rosters have been missing guys at critical positions and the coaches have been heinous at times.

Recipe for exactly what we've seen
Add in Kubiak
 
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What team is exactly going to give up a GOOD Left Guard? We're better off telling Yanda put all his weight back on and to come out of retirement than a team trade us a good left guard.
Texans if they had any lol. Maybe browns would move off teller or bonito, I know they haven't been as good recently but I think either of those two have good vet potential and could help with all these missed assignments
 
Corey Bullock is on the roster.
Corey Bullock is on the roster.
Corey Bullock is on the roster.
I've thought about this before, too. I'm not sure but I am guessing it's because of depth? Outside of that, I see no reason to not swap Bullock in place of Vorhees. But if you claim to play the best 5 OL, not sure how Vorhees is beating Bullock. Seems weird.
 
This is probably more detailed... it wasn't a perfect rep by any means but if we're clowning on Faalele, that ain't the one.

No one posting Vorhees clips I see though and there are a lot worse from him

vorhees giving up 3 pressures in that game and not a word from anyone...
linderbaum giving up 4 himself

RR the only OL not to give up a pressure this game
 
Brief film review says the OL isn't terrible in pass protection when they read the defense right, but it looks so inconsistent. Don't see a lot of pre-snap recognition and don't see guys adjusting quick enough to what they're being given. Feels like there's some mental block on that unit right now.

People aren't going to want to hear it but the right side of the line was solid. The left side and middle though...

18 pressures
all but 2 came from the C-LT side
 
vorhees giving up 3 pressures in that game and not a word from anyone...
linderbaum giving up 4 himself

RR the only OL not to give up a pressure this game
By all accounts, Oline graded out reasonable well in this game on individual assignments. Chiefs were just blitz heavy and we had no answer for it. Not reasonable to expect Olines to hold up to 5+ man pressures consistently.
 
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