If ands buts... if only Tank caught the perfect thrown ball, if only Demeco challenged, if only the ball didn't slip between Bullock's hands, etc. Don't really care at this point, get the job done and block better.
I heard some audio today of Demeco talking about communication and knowing who to block, etc. And it confirmed some of what I was thinking. A lot of times, these guys just don't know who in the hell to block. You often see our linemen blocking air while somebody runs free. One one hand: "Are you F'ing kidding me?" How can professional athletes and coaches be that confused? On the other hand: It seems like something that can be cleaned up and improved upon, if the coaches and players are smart enough. This also goes back to our pacing, getting the plays in and getting to the line of scrimmage quickly and efficiently. If we're taking too much time, it's harder to evaluate the defense and make adjustments. We end up rushing just to get the play off.
Seth Payne talked yesterday about Oline, the running backs and tight ends missing blocks, possibly due to communication issues The video below starts right before he breaks down some of the plays.
Quote from the video "...one of our listeners this morning sent me an email, and he wasn't being vicious about it but told me he was disappointed in me that I didn't do a better job of explaining how the offensive line can be fixed right now and I'm going to tell you I have no answers for you because its clear that guys don't know what they're doing in the run game or the pass game and that's why you see smatterings of success but you don't see consistent success because they're operating as if they're a little uncertain about things..." FML
So, I teach junior high band and one thing I harp on is that it's not enough to just know how to do it, you have to know it on a level that allows you to execute in real time. Athletics is the same way. It's not like most academic subjects like math, science, or English where you have to luxury of time to think and process and try to remember what you've been taught. You can kind of get away with not knowing some things on a deep level. And I think that's kind of what Seth is getting at. They "know" the scheme. If you quiz them on what their responsibility is and they have a chance to think, they can probably tell you. But they don't know it well enough to execute consistently in real time. In music, if you're 90% correct, you sound terrible. You have to be near perfect. Granted, nobody is physically trying to stop you. But in football, you can still aim to be near perfect as far as knowing what you're supposed to be doing on every play. And if they beat you, they beat you, but you have to be in the right spot first.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/st...ws-updates-fantasy-tips-predictions-questions • The Packers lead the NFL with 17 takeaways this season, but they might have been more fired up about Sunday's victory over Houston than any other game -- despite not having any takeaways. Their ability to confuse C.J. Stroud with their pressure disguises and limit a good offense without taking the ball away is evidence of the progress they've already made under first-year coordinator Jeff Hafley. Hafley told his group in one of their earliest meetings that the two things he wanted to lead the league in were "takeaways and effort." The flip side of Sunday's game is that the Houston offense -- which has now been shut down in much the same way by the Packers and Vikings in the Texans' two losses this season -- has to find a way to handle those kinds of disguised pressures. Otherwise, the Texans are going to see a lot more teams try to play them that way. Stroud had 86 passing yards Sunday, and his QBR in the games against Minnesota and Green Bay has been in the 20s. He hasn't had another game this season in which it has been under 64.
Guessing he was thinking they'd play zone but instead Packers played man. Thinking it was that score vs the Jags last season
