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Re: Could Arians Actually be Learning?
Parker was not the reason we stopped running screens. Parker had a nice amount of receptions in 2006 if I recall. The reason we stopped running screens is because our OL went from Faneca and Hartings to Mahan, Kemo and Hartwig.
Arians said in 2008 that our OL talent couldn't sell the screen and I have to agree. The screens were obvious and weren't working. We tried but we stunk at it. Willie could catch screen passes but once we lost our top talent on the OL it made no sense to try to run a play the backups couldn't execute.
I think BA ran more last night because we wanted to see if our OL has improved and if Redman was ready to step up. I still expect BA to pass just as much when Ben returns. I just. Hope our runnig game improves.
BA gets way too much blame IMO. I noticed how Lebeau was spared last year and BA was blamed for the D's failures. BA does a pretty good job IMO given our OL injuries and inferior replacements for Faneca and Hartings. We don't have Bettis so those expecting us to run at will are delusional. With Ben, why would an OC pound the rock anyways? If we did pound it everyone would scream for more passing.
I truly believe it's easier to blame BA than it is to blame the players for not executing.
Parker was not the reason we stopped running screens. Parker had a nice amount of receptions in 2006 if I recall. The reason we stopped running screens is because our OL went from Faneca and Hartings to Mahan, Kemo and Hartwig.
Arians said in 2008 that our OL talent couldn't sell the screen and I have to agree. The screens were obvious and weren't working. We tried but we stunk at it. Willie could catch screen passes but once we lost our top talent on the OL it made no sense to try to run a play the backups couldn't execute.
I think BA ran more last night because we wanted to see if our OL has improved and if Redman was ready to step up. I still expect BA to pass just as much when Ben returns. I just. Hope our runnig game improves.
BA gets way too much blame IMO. I noticed how Lebeau was spared last year and BA was blamed for the D's failures. BA does a pretty good job IMO given our OL injuries and inferior replacements for Faneca and Hartings. We don't have Bettis so those expecting us to run at will are delusional. With Ben, why would an OC pound the rock anyways? If we did pound it everyone would scream for more passing.
I truly believe it's easier to blame BA than it is to blame the players for not executing.
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