Life without Bakhtiari

[bobblehead]

Rastak, you worthless piece of shit, why the hell do you even show up here? Of course you let your NFL subscription lapse because your team sucks hahahahaha.

I stand by what I said, we have had near zero success running over Bakhtiari's spot - and it's pretty lame to blame the RBs for that. And while Bakhtiari isn't horrible in pass blocking, he certainly ain't worth 22 million a year and sacrificing other good players. And he either doesn't have a clue about adjusting to stop an outside blitz or else the scheme is flawed if he isn't supposed to step out and block that speed burner coming in just to his left.

And yeah, Bobblehead, we do a helluva lot better running inside zone ...... and that says volumes about the blocking inside as opposed to the blocking by Bakhtiari and whoever is at RT.

It actually says very little about that. It says something about which type of block they each execute best, but you can't run block with 3 guys. It takes 5...and even more. Its an entire offensive team effort.

[texaspackerbacker]

You can't have a running game with just 3 O Linemen, but a single play? Yeah, that happens at times, even two wedging out an opening for a quick hitter. What can't happen is for a RB to have a decent gain without decent blocking - unless you're Barry Sanders or something, and even he took a lot of losses.

[KYPack]

Many pro football sites rate big Dave the #1 LT in the game. Most rate him in the top 3. But big Tex says he can't run block. Sometimes Tex says he can't play.

Tex is crazy on this subject.

[RashanGary]

Bakh going to be out. After all of these years of football, seeing guys break out on year's 2, 3 or even sometime 4..... There's even QB's like Gannon or Tannenhill who break out in year's 8 and 9....

After seeing so much progression of guys as they come into their prime, its kind of become for me a two-part story as the season develops. 1. Can we win a championship and will we win this game and 2. With the salary cap and the restrictions on being able to pay everyone, are there guys developing who make the future look bright?

So..... The Texans have pretty much played the who's who of top tier defenses. They've had a rough start. Our injury situation looks pretty bad. The winning this game and winning a SB this year are starting to feel worriesome with potential for painful. But..... Bakhtiari is our absolute biggest name on the, (who we gonna keep going forward) list. Even with a loss, there is a big storyline about the future that is going to unfold on Sunday. I sort of hope to see elgatron out there. If he's good or even average in his first start, the next couple year window opens up quite a bit if we can let Bakh go.

Of course I doubt anyone on our roster is going to be that good, but I doubted the WR turned corner in the NFL (Sam shields) would be an upper tier corner out of the gate and I doubted Aaron Rosgers would be able to adequately fill Favres shoes. Hell, I always liked Lizard, but I doubted the undrafted WR would be as good as he is.

So the life without Bakhtiari storyline is deeply compelling for me at this point. It opens up the window for ARs final year's in green bay if someone somehow steps forward!

[RashanGary]

And Jenkins makes himself a very rich man if he can play LT. He’ll command top guard dollar and mid upper tackle dollar if he can play our there. Everyone and their side chick wants a pro bowl LG who can be servixable at LT when an injury happens. That's a high paid NFL player if I ever saw one

[texaspackerbacker]

Many pro football sites rate big Dave the #1 LT in the game. Most rate him in the top 3. But big Tex says he can't run block. Sometimes Tex says he can't play.

Tex is crazy on this subject.

If RG is correct about Bakhtiari being out, we'll get some indication of what we can do without him Sunday. I'm betting things are not noticeably worse without him. "Many pro football sites" a full of shit hahahaha. I know what I'm seeing, stats be damned.

[KYPack]

I totally disagree. Are you getting your Packer broadcasts via Kazakhstan or something?

[texaspackerbacker]

KY, there are people in here I have a lot of respect for, and some not much, a few none at all. I've always considered you one of the good ones. I'm not gonna criticize you, but I do disagree. As bad as it is to ever have Packer injuries, the slight good about this one is we will really get an indication of how valuable Bakhtiari is - if we have to do without him.

[Patler]

If RG is correct about Bakhtiari being out, we'll get some indication of what we can do without him Sunday. I'm betting things are not noticeably worse without him. "Many pro football sites" a full of shit hahahaha. I know what I'm seeing, stats be damned.

Do you? Do you really know what you are seeing? I know many times I don't, and I suspect you don't either.

In the game day thread you referred to Bakhtiari not giving a damn and not adjusting to outside rushers. I don't know the specific plays you have in mind, but I do know on some that I recall Aikman even stated it was the RB's responsibility to hold up or delay the blitzer, (and probably also secondarily for Rodgers to recognize it and adjust by getting the ball out quickly, rolling away from pressure, etc.) The LT isn't always responsible for the widest rusher on that side. Stats reporting no pressures allowed by Bakhtiari would suggest that you are wrong about those plays. If he should have adjusted as you proposed, he would have been dinged for at least partial responsibility on the pressure, hit or sack. Yet, in 29 plays, he had none.

I suspect you see a result, then blame the nearest player without knowing anyone's actual responsibility on the play. It is easy to do, especially on long passing plays blaming the closest DB chasing the receiver. Often, it is another DB who blew the play, but he isn't even in the picture. So, too, with blocking schemes.

[Patler]

As bad as it is to ever have Packer injuries, the slight good about this one is we will really get an indication of how valuable Bakhtiari is - if we have to do without him.

Maybe, maybe not. Will you fully evaluate how many times Bakhtiari's replacement is given help, when Bakhtiari would have been left alone? Will you know how much it might change the game plan or play calls to compensate for Bakhtiari being out? Will you know if a mistake by his replacement has an adverse result elsewhere?

[texaspackerbacker]

LaFleur says ya'all's sacred cow is a game time decision.

[RashanGary]

Maybe, maybe not. Will you fully evaluate how many times Bakhtiari's replacement is given help, when Bakhtiari would have been left alone? Will you know how much it might change the game plan or play calls to compensate for Bakhtiari being out? Will you know if a mistake by his replacement has an adverse result elsewhere?

Tex probably won't, but....... I think it's must see TV for me because I am crossing my fingers we have a replacement on the roster

[Zool]

If you guys would quit quoting and responding to Tex and Brandon, I would never have to see what they post. I should have blocked them a long time ago. This is almost perfect.

[KYPack]

If you guys would quit quoting and responding to Tex and Brandon, I would never have to see what they post. I should have blocked them a long time ago. This is almost perfect.

OK Zoolski

[Sparkey]

Signing Bahktiari just became a little more difficult.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ravens-sign-ronnie-stanley-to-five-year-extension-starting-left-tackle-to-be-with-baltimore-through-2025/

Up to 22.6 million per year