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[QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 5180840, member: 507"]
I think most are fine with passing the ball more with Kyle. Fans aren't pineing for a rushing based offense. We just wish our OL showed the ability to do it when called upon.  In general I don't think the OL pass blocking has been awful up the middle. We throw a lot and there will be an occasional breakdowns when teams throw in the blitz pass rush often which has been the case lately.  Teams are probably getting a bit more push up the middle then we'd like  though.

When your OL has blah success in blocking for the run game and you have a QB who is zero threat to run this makes things much more difficult on the pass protection.  Teams don't respect our ability to run in any way.  LB's don't need to spy the QB etc. The front 6 or 7 only need to focus on rushing the QB or covering the RB out of the back field.

Our main issue is how slow our Tackles are against pass rush around the outside.  We brought in some players that we hoped would be a significant upgrade out there in the pass blocking and they don't seem to be much if any better than what we've seen previously and they also don't seem to be good run blockers either despite their size.

So much of our hopes of success this year were based on improvement at pass blocking at the OT positions. Unfortunately they don't seem adequate at this point.  This is certainly due to talent. Is it also due to coaching? I'm not so sure. Problems mostly seems to be due to a lack of athleticism on the outside instead of blocking scheme and assignment based issues to me.
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