Ballboy
09-25-2006, 09:54 AM
Great victory by the Pack yesterday. I hope we can move forward to the Philly game and get another one. The WR don't really scare me, but TE-Smith and Westbrok could give us problems.
Anyway our O-Line still isn't getting the zone blocking and after watching it really close yeaterday I came up with two items that are alarming to me.
1) Clifton has really lost it. He is able to keep DL off Brett in the passing game, but gets NO push on the run game. His knee(s) must be killing him.
2) Tauscher can't cut block on the back-side. I saw him flop several times in an attempt to cut a DL. When we run straight at him, he blocks well, but the backside is terrible.
Solution: When Spitz comes back, can College play either tackle position? I know I will catch grief for this, but it looks like to me both Clifton and Tauscher are the reasons the running game hasn't come around yet.
I would hate to see it, but could we actually trade Tauscher? He is an awesome OL, and we should get decent value for him....Lets face it, this team isn't going anywhere this year. Tauscher/Clifton for whatever reason isn't getting the zone blocking. Put in the younger players and let them face the music in the NFL so that next year they will be prepared to play.
Anyway our O-Line still isn't getting the zone blocking and after watching it really close yeaterday I came up with two items that are alarming to me.
1) Clifton has really lost it. He is able to keep DL off Brett in the passing game, but gets NO push on the run game. His knee(s) must be killing him.
2) Tauscher can't cut block on the back-side. I saw him flop several times in an attempt to cut a DL. When we run straight at him, he blocks well, but the backside is terrible.
Solution: When Spitz comes back, can College play either tackle position? I know I will catch grief for this, but it looks like to me both Clifton and Tauscher are the reasons the running game hasn't come around yet.
I would hate to see it, but could we actually trade Tauscher? He is an awesome OL, and we should get decent value for him....Lets face it, this team isn't going anywhere this year. Tauscher/Clifton for whatever reason isn't getting the zone blocking. Put in the younger players and let them face the music in the NFL so that next year they will be prepared to play.