The O-line doesn't look that bad actually...

[Schobel94]

The run blocking isn't great, but I'm not too worried about that we have talented backs. Bledsoe only went back 7 times, and the one sack was poor protection, but the other times the protection was actually decent. The interior especially held up pretty well and Bledsoe was able to step up. I don't know what everyone was complaining about. It wasn't THAT bad. I just hope it will continue to improve. I can't wait till Saturday.

[juice]

I agree the protection wasn't as bad as it could have been, but dont forget about weeks 1 & 2 of last year when TH was averaging about 1.2 ypc... I dont care how good the backs are we could be a MW episode or an injury away from an 8-8 year, and DB final season with the Bills.

[The_Philster]

I don't know. On that one sack, the guy got by Price pretty easily and if he hadn't, Pucillo's man would've had an easy sack himself

[Ebenezer]

We have no left guard, Teague showed me nothing new, Villarial didn't play enough, Price limped off, Williams didn't play and Jennings will probably bolt to Atlanta in the offseason...nothing to worry about

[Schobel94]

All I saw was that Bledsoe had time on all but one play. There is still a lot of room for improvement, but I think they're coming along. I think they'll be good enough for this offense to be effective.

[bernielivsey_1]

:) Isn't Orlando Pace holding out again? Lets see TD show how good a GM he is. Work the deal TD. But not with Travis.

[RedEyE]

Sorry, I completely disagree. The 1st OL was the main reason for not getting into the endzone on the first two possesions. They need have serious work to do. There wasn't a hole for Henry to run through and Bledsoe had even less time to throw the ball then he had all last year.

I am confident that McNally can work things out however.

[Schobel94]

It's true that the run blocking was bad, but Bledsoe did have time, he didn't have to scamble and should have had every one of those passes completed. I thought the interior held up ok, not great, but ok.

[HenryRules]

At this time of year, pass blocking is easier than it is come regular season ... most teams run a very vanilla D (no stunts or anything), so I think that it's hard to say how good our OL is at pass blocking.

Conversely, run blocking is a test of push ... it's basically whether or not you can push their guys out of the way.

If we end up having as many 2nd and 10s, 3rd and 9s as we did last game ... our pass blocking is going too look putrid because teams can just tee off.

I am very concerned about our OL.

[The Seahag]

most teams run a very vanilla D (no stunts or anything)

Teams don't gameplan against particular offensive tendencies or for individual players in the preseason, but it doesn't mean they just run a base D all day.
Last night the Bills ran a ton of exotic blitzes with their starters while the Broncos were stunting and twisting all over the place.
The good news is that Villarial, Teague and Tucker all played very well and if they're our starting interior we may be better than than we had thought.
The bad news is that our Tackles looked freaking horrible last night. I'm just praying that by the start of the season we'll have MikeWilliams back, Jennings playing like he cares and a healthy MPrice.
This line may not look great on paper, but I'm not convinced that it's going to look that bad on the field.

[TigerJ]

I wasn't really looking for it but someone else said Denver played 8 or 9 in the box the whole time Bledsoe was QB. They were in essence daring Bledsoe to pass but overplaying the run. I think they were doing a lot of blitzing too.

Yes, McNally is going to have to whip that line into shape, but I think Mularkey and Clements are going to have to tinker with the offensive game plan to either be able to run the ball in spite of defences overplaying it, or burning them with a consistent passing game.

I'm thinking some max protection plays might be in order, using two and three tight ends, and passing to them quite a bit.

[Charlieguide]

Originally posted by TigerJ
I wasn't really looking for it but someone else said Denver played 8 or 9 in the box the whole time Bledsoe was QB. They were in essence daring Bledsoe to pass but overplaying the run.

That would leave WR's single-covered; I'll take that matchup any day. Moulds is too fast/strong to be singled, and Evans too fast. Drew will have to release quickly, but I think he has the gun to do that while RB's pick up the blitz.

[Charlieguide]

Imagine the effectiveness of the flea-flicker if defenses start putting 8 in the box and expecting the run . . .

[Mr. Cynical]

The O-line doesn't look that bad actually... if you look at it from 1,252 miles away.