Observations from the Saints' Win over the Patriots

dizzle88 · 09-28-2021, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Week in week out? They've only played three weeks and he looked great week one in relief of McCoy. In week two the entire team was discombobulated with half the coaching staff missing and defensive holes everywhere. He looked really good all last season. It is a tad early to write him off as a first round failure, don't you think?

I mean he didn't look really good all last season, he basically ended Brees' career when he whiffed on a block.

AsylumGuido · 09-28-2021, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by dizzle88

I mean he didn't look really good all last season, he basically ended Brees' career when he whiffed on a block.

The offensive line is a unit. One thing I have heard many times over the years from players and coaches alike is that a mistake by one lineman can reflect badly upon another. What we see as a "whiff" by one player on the line is very often that player trying to cover on a missed assignment by the man beside him. This can happen more frequently on a line in flux. That said, even the best of offensive linemen miss a block here or there that is his take. It happens and doesn't always happen in a planting of the QB.

09-28-2021, 04:21 PM	#1
dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,534	Re: Observations from the Saints' Win over the Patriots Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Week in week out? They've only played three weeks and he looked great week one in relief of McCoy. In week two the entire team was discombobulated with half the coaching staff missing and defensive holes everywhere. He looked really good all last season. It is a tad early to write him off as a first round failure, don't you think? I mean he didn't look really good all last season, he basically ended Brees' career when he whiffed on a block. jeanpierre and K Major like this.

09-28-2021, 05:02 PM	#2
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: Observations from the Saints' Win over the Patriots Originally Posted by dizzle88 I mean he didn't look really good all last season, he basically ended Brees' career when he whiffed on a block. The offensive line is a unit. One thing I have heard many times over the years from players and coaches alike is that a mistake by one lineman can reflect badly upon another. What we see as a "whiff" by one player on the line is very often that player trying to cover on a missed assignment by the man beside him. This can happen more frequently on a line in flux. That said, even the best of offensive linemen miss a block here or there that is his take. It happens and doesn't always happen in a planting of the QB.
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