Originally posted by 5thSFG:
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by bassmanr:
Agree he needs some new ideas and assistance with game planning like McDaniels. He gets stuck in groves and it costs him against great defenses.
We call that the offensive line. Most of their offensive struggles in the past few years all come down to the same thing, struggles with the OL and inability to hold blocks when they really need them.
That's the biggest area I'm looking to see some sort of evolution in approach from Shanahan. They largely lost two SB's because they couldn't block Chris Jones. I want to see a greater commitment to building the OL now that they have a QB that they actually seem to trust and the gameplan doesn't have to be geared towards "protect the QB from himself" the way it was in previous years.
Agree but that doesn't tell the whole story. A misunderstanding of the blocking scheme cost
us the late TD, not an unskilled offensive lineman that just got blown through. There is merit to the "Shanny overthinks it" narrative.
if the linemen don't know who to block, perhaps it's the scheme
Huh? We had numerous false starts, OL running into each other and blowing assignments like it was pre season, had another 50% pressure rate game, only 3.5 ypc, etc. There isn't many more ways one unit could cost you a game esp. when it mattered most.
There's not a lot of skill along the OL in general if you're looking for Superbowl standards.
I get what you're saying about Kyle though. He certainly gets tight.
[ Edited by NCommand on Mar 3, 2024 at 4:18 AM ]