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sportscurmudgeon

11-18-2008, 11:53 PM

GMScud:

Thank you for observing that the aging and diminishing skills of some of the offensive linemen are the cause for the deteriorating performance of that unit. With a group of guys who have been around the league for 8 - 11 years, having a distracted coach is not the issue.

Joe Bugel is not - and never was - a miracle worker. He had a ton of raw talent to work with in the 1980s. To his credit, he took that talent and made it into a great offensive line unit. In the last 5 years, he's had average talent and he took that talent and made it into an average offensive line unit that has not gotten any of the QBs carried off the field on a slab.

SmootSmack:

If you are close to right and the Skins really think they can clean house on the OL and go with the guys currently on the roster behind the starters, then the three guys you named had better have a lot more game than they showed in the exhibition games this summer. Geisinger, Rinehart and Heyer for 16 games a season does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

GTripp0012

11-19-2008, 01:47 AM

The other thing I've noticed is continuity is an issue, especially with Thomas and Rabach. The communication is awful. Kendall will be doing one thing (the fundamentally correct thing), Rabach will be doing...whatever is easiest at the moment. And if Kendall is switching off an interior guy, Thomas generally won't be aware of it (probably because Rabach's not doing the right thing, but even if they both are, Thomas always seems to be on another page). It's also an issue between Jansen and Thomas.

Samuels and Kendall do not have this problem, but Heyer and Kendall did against DET.

The time that these guys missed last year is really hurting us this year, IMO.


	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs Cowboys) PDA Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs Cowboys) Pages : 1 2 3 4 5 [6] sportscurmudgeon 11-18-2008, 11:53 PM GMScud: Thank you for observing that the aging and diminishing skills of some of the offensive linemen are the cause for the deteriorating performance of that unit. With a group of guys who have been around the league for 8 - 11 years, having a distracted coach is not the issue. Joe Bugel is not - and never was - a miracle worker. He had a ton of raw talent to work with in the 1980s. To his credit, he took that talent and made it into a great offensive line unit. In the last 5 years, he's had average talent and he took that talent and made it into an average offensive line unit that has not gotten any of the QBs carried off the field on a slab. SmootSmack: If you are close to right and the Skins really think they can clean house on the OL and go with the guys currently on the roster behind the starters, then the three guys you named had better have a lot more game than they showed in the exhibition games this summer. Geisinger, Rinehart and Heyer for 16 games a season does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. GTripp0012 11-19-2008, 01:47 AM The other thing I've noticed is continuity is an issue, especially with Thomas and Rabach. The communication is awful. Kendall will be doing one thing (the fundamentally correct thing), Rabach will be doing...whatever is easiest at the moment. And if Kendall is switching off an interior guy, Thomas generally won't be aware of it (probably because Rabach's not doing the right thing, but even if they both are, Thomas always seems to be on another page). It's also an issue between Jansen and Thomas. Samuels and Kendall do not have this problem, but Heyer and Kendall did against DET. The time that these guys missed last year is really hurting us this year, IMO.