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[QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 2291183, member: 474"]
last year the oline was sitting in the backfield half the time.. at least for 1 game they were not getting blown up.. that may all change by week 4.   Last week it seemed like they were just a bit unsure of when to hand off guys, still would have liked to at least see 3-4 plays get to the 2nd level cleanly.   When i re-watched they seem happy to just brush block too much but when the actually took the time to make a  block they were fine, it didnt seem like they were all on the same page though.

I couldnt even get a real feel for if it was even the same guy, it seemed more like the 5 oline guys each handled their guy ok but there was always a free guy right where the hole expected to be.  I am not smart enough to tell if that is a blocking issue, an assignment issue mistake, a mistake by the RB in calling out the blocking, a run scheme issue, a qb issue with the play call or sometimes it was just good D.  the fact that it was consistently just blah almost every play is concerning, but I think we find out this week more than last week.

two 2-3 yd runs and 3rd and 5 in this offense is better than two zero yd runs and 3rd and 10..   Someday we get to the point were 3rd and 3 we feel confident in the running game, but that still seems a long way off.
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