Danno

Its encouraging that once Evans got healthy and Armstead replaced Brown the O-line looked a pant load better.

Could Brown's play affect the entire line? The O-line is a perfect example of the sum being better than than individual pieces. Maybe Grubbs had too many help plays toward Browns side, which hurt DLP, which hurt Evans which hurt Strief.

It might not be a coincidence that our best O-lineman was the one farthest removed from Brown.

TheOak

Down hill run blocking pre 2013 season no.

2013 zone run blocking, yes. If you are slow on the zone then two blocks get missed, the one Brown was supposed to make and the one that someone else couldn't get to because Brown was in their way.

Pass blocking, yes.

Thinking back to the sacks and tackles of RBs 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage I am as confident as can be that the majority of the time we didn't get beat at the line of scrimmage as much as blocks were not thrown where they were supposed to be. There were an abnormally high number of sacks and blocks where the defensive player was just untouched.

I do not think it was coincidence that we came out of the BYE blocking better for the run, I think that extra time made things click for them mentally.