Thread: Menelik worse week 2 than awful week 1

And not Bolles is out for a while....man the O-line wont give Trevor time to look deep.

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Originally Posted by weazel

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Somebody is dropping deuces on the English language.

The problem with Watson is that he sucks at pass protection. But, he's excellent at run blocking. The whole OL is a premier run blocking unit, as they've demonstrated so far. But, none of them are excellent at pass-protection. Bolles is clearly the most talented of them, and now he's hurt and Barber is your new starting LT.

No, I have no idea why Donald Stephenson is even on the roster if they can't use him when the starting LT goes down. It's looking like it was a mistake to cut Schofield. No, I do not have short-term memory loss that enables me to forget what Schofield did in laying a giant deuce on the field in pass-protection. But, they need somebody, and if they're not going to use Stephenson, then what's he doing on the roster? Why not keep someone they will use?

Originally Posted by Cugel

The problem with Watson is that he sucks at pass protection. But, he's excellent at run blocking. The whole OL is a premier run blocking unit, as they've demonstrated so far. But, none of them are excellent at pass-protection. Bolles is clearly the most talented of them, and now he's hurt and Barber is your new starting LT.

No, I have no idea why Donald Stephenson is even on the roster if they can't use him when the starting LT goes down. It's looking like it was a mistake to cut Schofield. No, I do not have short-term memory loss that enables me to forget what Schofield did in laying a giant deuce on the field in pass-protection. But, they need somebody, and if they're not going to use Stephenson, then what's he doing on the roster? Why not keep someone they will use?

Leary had a perfect pass protection game against Dallas. Allowed no pressures on Siemian.

I think they should cut OT Watson. Keep Donald Stephenson off the field. Put Barbre and McGovern in for now.

Did you see that running play where Leary trucked the pile and moved it forward for 3 yards. That dude is a man amongst boys

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Did you see that running play where Leary trucked the pile and moved it forward for 3 yards. That dude is a man amongst boys

I work with a Cowboys fan... he wasn't in yesterday and is quiet today. He is upset that the Broncos have Leary though

Barber actually looked good filling in for Bolles after he went out. No doubt about it though, Watson is a huge liability in pass protection but is a very good run blocker. Maybe they can scheme to help him out this season? Not sure but I doubt Elway trades for anybody and there isn't a viable replacement free agent out there. As bad as Watson is, Stephenson is ten fold worse. He is a HUGE liability any time he is on the field.

Stephenson at RT for now. When Bolles comes back back Barbre moves to RT? Are the positions that more than unique than learning the blocking assignments?

Two weeks in and we're already anointing this OL a premier run blocking unit?

Originally Posted by Jaded

Two weeks in and we're already anointing this OL a premier run blocking unit?

I don't know about all that. I will caution people not to think that the OL is "solved" with such a small sample size, though. Remember way back to weeks 1 and 2 of last year? We ran the ball really well. Take a look:

2016 (first 2 games): 60 carries, 282 yards, 4.7 YPC
2017 (first 2 games): 75 carries, 318 yards, 4.24 YPC

We fell off a cliff soon after that. So let's see if we can keep this up this time around. Having a big injury on the line already will be a test, starting this week.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Two weeks in and we're already anointing this OL a premier run blocking unit?

Premier may be a bit much, but we're leading the lead by a good margin in rush yards. This unit's pretty darn good against two tough front 7's

Originally Posted by VonDoom

I don't know about all that. I will caution people not to think that the OL is "solved" with such a small sample size, though. Remember way back to weeks 1 and 2 of last year? We ran the ball really well. Take a look:

2016 (first 2 games): 60 carries, 282 yards, 4.7 YPC
2017 (first 2 games): 75 carries, 318 yards, 4.24 YPC

We fell off a cliff soon after that. So let's see if we can keep this up this time around. Having a big injury on the line already will be a test, starting this week.

When did Anderson get hurt last year?