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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 4031151, member: 635"]
To be fair, that rushing total counted sacks.  Tucker had a pretty strong line at that point of the game.

The biggest thing is, when you have a strong running game, you do have to take some 2 and 3 yard runs early.  You are trying to tire the defense so those same 2-3 yard runs become 6 and 7 yard runs later in the game.  This OL was 100 % designed to run block.  I think the pass blocking struggles showed themselves when Shrader set back to pass.

Struggles with the run game against BC in the 1st half were due to 2 factors:

1) OL with players playing new positions
2) No Chris Elmore

OL adjusted and was much better in the 2nd half, as Dino alluded to.  With no Elmore, you can tell they struggled to design the 2 v 2 plays that Shrader got a lot of his yards on.  Mang has come along, but isn't yet to where Elmore is in 1 v 1 blocking (and wouldn't have expected him to be either).

I agree with the lack of moving the pocket against BC.  I wonder if that was due to Davis inexperience at RT and didn't want him to be the only guy to seal the edge to let Shrader roll that way and find Alford on the crossing route?  Elmore was also a big factor in them sealing the edge on the roll outs to the right we saw against Wake.

Benson is tough in this offense.  He is a downfield threat, but the worst blocker of the 3 TE's.  For as much as the fan base loves Benson, he hasn't consistently created that separation against ACC caliber defenders to show up in the stats (at some point, it becomes more than a QB issue).  I liked the play action to him in the flat with the QB rolling out to his side, but that play has seemed to have gone away with Shrader taking over at QB.

If Benson has to be on the field in 2 TE looks with Mang and Elmore's injury is serious, I do wonder if the bye week lets them come up with something for Benson in the pass game.
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