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9 Years of a Mediocre to Bad Offensive Line

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by deb4rockets, Oct 24, 2024.

  1. deb4rockets

    deb4rockets Member
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    Who is to blame? I'm so sick of this team having a mediocre to bad offensive line. Great teams don't settle for mediocrity. Great teams prioritize protecting their top tier QB with great offensive lines. We haven't had a top 10 offensive line since 2015. Thirteen years ago we were actually #7. I don't know if this team ever had a top 5 offensive line. Different excuses year after year gets old.

    June 2011

    #7 Houston Texans

    GM Rick Smith, Head coach: Gary Kubiak
    Offensive coordinator: Rick Dennison

    Starters- LT Duane Brown, LG Wade Smith, C Chris Meyers, RG Antoine Caldwell, RT Eric Winston

    https://syndication.bleacherreport....-offensive-lines-in-the-nfl-for-2011.amp.html

    May 2015 Offensive Line Rankings

    #9 Houston Texans
    2014 Run-Blocking rank: 6th
    2014 Pass-blocking rank: 11 th

    GM Rick Smith, Head coach Bill O'Brien
    Offensive coordinator George Godsey

    Projected Starters: LT Duane Brown, LG Xavier Su’a-Filo, C Ben Jones, RG Brandon Brooks, RT Derek Newton

    https://www.draftsharks.com/article/2015-offensive-line-rankings

    Ranking all 32 NFL offensive lines entering the 2016 season

    #11 Houston Texans

    https://www.pff.com/news/pro-ranking-all-32-nfl-offensive-lines-entering-the-2016-season

    Aug 10, 2017 Offensive Line Rankings

    #29 Texans

    https://thehuddle.com/2017/08/10/offensive-line-rankings/

    2018 NFL Offensive Line Rankings: All 32 teams' units after Week 17

    #23 Houston

    https://www.pff.com/news/pro-2018-nfl-offensive-line-rankings-all-32-teams-units-after-week-17

    Ranking all 32 NFL offensive lines following the 2019 regular season

    #20 Texans

    https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-offensive-line-rankings-following-2019-regular-season

    Final 2020 offensive line rankings

    #23 Houston Texans

    https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-2020-offensive-line-rankings

    Final 2021 NFL Offensive Line Rankings

    29. HOUSTON TEXANS (Up 1)
    LT Geron Christian Sr. | 59.5
    LG Tytus Howard | 51.9
    C Justin Britt | 64.5
    RG Max Scharping | 60.0
    RT Charlie Heck | 56.0

    Eleven different offensive linemen played at least 58 snaps for the Texans this season, with 10 of them playing over 200. The team’s biggest issue is that those who played the most earned some of the worst grades, with the unit's top three players by workload earning PFF grades between 51.9 and 60.0. Five different linemen earned a run-blocking grade lower than 50.0, and the line as a whole earned the worst PFF run-blocking grade (47.4) in the league — the only unit to grade lower than 55.0

    https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-2021-offensive-line-rankings

    Jan 2023 Offensive Line Rankings

    #26 Texans

    https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2023/01/12/seahawks-offensive-line-rankings-week-18-pff/

    NFL Offensive Line Rankings 2024: Stacking All 32 OLs Entering Week 8

    #22 Houston Texans
    Starting five: LT Laremy Tunsil, LG Kendrick Green, C Juice Scruggs, RG Shaq Mason, RT Tytus Howard

    Houston’s OL lost more adjusted games to injury in 2023 than any front five in NFL history. It was fair to excuse the unit’s poor production last season because it was missing so many of its projected starters.

    While the Texans have been much healthier this year, the results have arguably been worse. Sure, Laremy Tunsil, Juice Scruggs, and Tytus Howard have been banged up here and there, but they’ve all played at least 400 snaps.

    This was the offensive line Houston wanted, but it’s not working.

    Quarterback C.J. Stroud has been sacked 20 times, tied for the third-most in the NFL, while the Texans’ front five ranks 26th in pass-block and run-block win rates.

    https://www.profootballnetwork.com/best-offensive-lines-nfl-rankings/
     
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    Love ya Deb, but this could literally go in the Offensive Line thread

    https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/offensive-line.324084/
     
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    It’s the curse of Duane Brown. Soon as he left the O line had been trash no matter how much money or picks get thrown at it.
     
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    One guy though? It seems to be more than that. Our GM, coaches, and coordinators, just haven't put together a top 10 offensive line in years through free agency and the draft
     
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    If our biggest focus keeps being put on our defensive line vs offensive line then we won't get the results we should from a top tier QB. All the pressure on Stroud to rush his passes is going to lead to more interceptions, bad throws, and sacks. Worse, all those sacks can put him at risk of injury.
     
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    BoB sends his regards.
     
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    I really struggle with using these PFF grades. I'm not saying this year's offensive line is better than their ranking, but my eyeballs tell me last year's offensive line was significantly better than this year (despite the myriad injuries), though still not especially good. But somehow last year we were ranked 26th and are so far 22nd this season? Doesn't make sense to me.
     
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    Fck PFF....but saying that, it could just mean this year's OL performance overall in the NFL is terrible compared to last.
     
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    Its just the Green, everyone else is pretty good. If this wasn't a run first team, Green would have already been replaced.
     
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    If a kid can't even read the funny papers does it matter what his report card says?
     
  12. solid

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    Seriously, it seems like the Texans have struggled with poor offensive line play for years. I don't understand why it can't be fixed.
     
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    But we're not really a run-first team. In 6 of our 8 games, we've thrown more than we've run, sometimes by a significant margin. We're 12th in the league in Passing Play %. On the season we've thrown 280 times and run it 220 times.
     
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    Run-Pass plays while Mixon is healthy (4+ games):
    40-32
    10-22
    28-32
    33-21
    29-37

    49% (140-144) looks a lot better
     
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    Add

    36-31 (176-175)
     

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