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Okay, I just got done watching the Packers first team O-line on TiVo. I did a very simple evaluation of the Packers O-line, just like the one I completed after watching family night several times over. The evaluation process is this; I watch Wells, Colledge and Spitz on every play. I watch only one player at a time, rewind and then watch someone new. If I believe they did a good job, the get a +, if they do a crappy job then they get a -. I then added up the totals and here are the results. Note: + does not mean the play went for positive yards, it just means the O-Linemen completed their task.
The starting O-line ran 20 plays together. Of those 20 plays, 6 were runs and 14 were passes.
OVERALL
Wells: 18 of 20 plays were positive or 90%
Colledge: 15 of 20 plays were positive or 75%
Spitz: 18 of 20 plays were positive or 90%
PASS PLAYS
Wells: 14 of 14 were positive, or 100%
Colledge: 10 of 14 were positive, or 71%
Spitz: 14 of 14 were positive, or 100%
RUN PLAYS
Wells: 4 of 6 were positive, or 67%
Colledge: 5 of 6 were positive, or 83%
Spitz: 4 of 6 were positive, or 67%
FIRST 10 plays vs. the SECOND 10 plays
1st 10 plays
6 negative plays were made by Wells, Colledge or Spitz.
2nd 10 plays
3 negative plays were made by Wells, Colledge or Spitz. So their play did improve as the game went on.
After watching the O-line play and crunching the numbers, several things were extremly obvious.
1. You may be asking yourself "those numbers sound pretty good, how come Favre was on his back so much?" Well, it is because Franks, Taush (twice), Henderson and Davenport all whiffed on crucial blocks that either got Brett hit or sacked. It wasnt all the interior O-line, the vets are rusty!
2. Spitz is better then Colledge at this point.
3. D. Colledge is over-powered in pass protection A LOT. He gets pushed back a lot. Even when he earned a + he was barely hanging on or getting help from Wells.
4. The line play did improve as the game went on.
5. If Clifton goes down, Favre is going to get KILLED! Coston doesnt have it at LT!
6. The 3-4 D confused the o-line and the Chargers blitzed a lot! Game planning would have helped.
Take the info. for what it's worth, which is probably nothing!
The starting O-line ran 20 plays together. Of those 20 plays, 6 were runs and 14 were passes.
OVERALL
Wells: 18 of 20 plays were positive or 90%
Colledge: 15 of 20 plays were positive or 75%
Spitz: 18 of 20 plays were positive or 90%
PASS PLAYS
Wells: 14 of 14 were positive, or 100%
Colledge: 10 of 14 were positive, or 71%
Spitz: 14 of 14 were positive, or 100%
RUN PLAYS
Wells: 4 of 6 were positive, or 67%
Colledge: 5 of 6 were positive, or 83%
Spitz: 4 of 6 were positive, or 67%
FIRST 10 plays vs. the SECOND 10 plays
1st 10 plays
6 negative plays were made by Wells, Colledge or Spitz.
2nd 10 plays
3 negative plays were made by Wells, Colledge or Spitz. So their play did improve as the game went on.
After watching the O-line play and crunching the numbers, several things were extremly obvious.
1. You may be asking yourself "those numbers sound pretty good, how come Favre was on his back so much?" Well, it is because Franks, Taush (twice), Henderson and Davenport all whiffed on crucial blocks that either got Brett hit or sacked. It wasnt all the interior O-line, the vets are rusty!
2. Spitz is better then Colledge at this point.
3. D. Colledge is over-powered in pass protection A LOT. He gets pushed back a lot. Even when he earned a + he was barely hanging on or getting help from Wells.
4. The line play did improve as the game went on.
5. If Clifton goes down, Favre is going to get KILLED! Coston doesnt have it at LT!
6. The 3-4 D confused the o-line and the Chargers blitzed a lot! Game planning would have helped.
Take the info. for what it's worth, which is probably nothing!
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