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Originally Posted by Laz
because of several reasons....
1. general coaching - the olineman are coached a prepared to know the scheme and execute the scheme in indy.
2. attitude - the players believe in the scheme and fellow players. offense is the red-headed stepchild with Herm and the players know it.
3. scheme - these days in the NFL the athletic ability of the players is so close that coaching and scheme is huge. A scheme that gives the players any kind of edge can make all the difference.
listen ... unpredictability is an offensive lineman's best friend. when the Oline knows what's gonna happen and the defense doesn't it gives every Offensive lineman a step head start in getting to their blocks. The more unpredictable the bigger the head start. That can make every offensive lineman look quicker and look studly.
when a defense is just attacking without fear or regard ... the offensive lineman have to start "reaching" for blocks. They look slow and off-balance.
Brian Waters went to Hawaii in our last scheme but looks like a lazy bum in this one. Yes, having Roaf next to him helps but he is still getting abused several times a game when it's one-on-one.
do we have the best offensive line talent ...... no.
but our scheme and coaching are making them worse than they really are.
we trade offensive line with the colts and we would still stink and people would be screaming for lilja's head.
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Agree completely. You could take a line full of Pro Bowl players, and they still would look pedestrian when trying to execute predictable, ultra-conservative play-calling. Very few five-man lines are going to be effective when their coaching staff is to stubborn to stop running into the teeth of 8 and 9-man fronts on every first down.