Skins O-line

Our O-line is horrible, the reason we lost on Sunday is that the Giants were able to rush 4 and get pressure on the Brunell/Ramsey while dropping 7 into coverage. How can 5 lineman + a running back not block only 4 guys, it doesnt make sense. I saw a few times when WRs were wide open but the QB had no time to even find them, let alone throw it in their direction. On the other side of the ball, our 4 D-lineman cannot create any pressure, so we are forced to blitz a corner or LB, that is why Harris looked so bad and out of position. The line coaches on both sides of the ball should be embarrased, these lineman for the most part are hand picked by the line coaches, so they are the ones to blame, not that there isnt enough blame to go around for that poor JV showing on sunday.

You know how 4 guys create pressure? When the secondary locks down your receivers.

Brunell simply had nowhere to go with the ball and as a result he wasn't getting the ball out as quickly as he normally does.

When your QB holds on to the ball for more than 2-3 seconds, typically any 4 man rush will create some pressure, unless of course you're talking about the Skins front four, especially with Griffin and big Joe on the sidelines. Injuries are killing our front 4 right now. I really think we miss Noble more than we thought we would. He gave us a solid 3 man rotation but now we're down to Boschetti and Evans... not good.

As for the running game, no excuses, our OL simply was out-hustled and out-muscled.

matty ~Brunnel did not seem to have any time at all. the D-End on Samuels side had a monster game. It is sad to say but Chris seems like he can't handle a bull rush. Didn't the KC D-end use the same tactic and also have a monster game? They have found a weakness in Chris skill and he needs to fix it fast!

I wouldn't call the O-Line horrible. They played horrible this past Sunday, however as Matty pointed out, in rushing 4, they were dropping 6 & 7 into coverage, and when you only have 3 running pass routes, it's hard for anyone to get open.

Plus, once you have momentum (like Jared Allen, and like Osi Umenyiora), it's hard to stop.

The Skins didn't make the necessary adjustments in order to beat their d-line rush, and pass coverage, and that hurt more than the O-Line.

matty ~Brunnel did not seem to have any time at all.

There were plenty of times where he held onto the ball for 3+ seconds. I only saw one sack that was due to him not having time to get rid of the ball.

There were plenty of times where he held onto the ball for 3+ seconds. I only saw one sack that was due to him not having time to get rid of the ball.

Definitely.

They did blitz at times and got to him quickly, but for the most part he had more than enough time to throw and he didn't like what he was seeing.

We also abandoned the run very quickly in the game and that makes rushing the passer that much easier. We had 34 passes to 14 rushing plays and alot of the passes came from the shot gun a dead give away that we were going to pass. I would like to see us hand off the ball some from the shot gun to keep the D guessing if we are going to pass or run. It was just a bad game from coaching to the players and that happens. What will be the most telling is how we come out and play Philly. Everyone can say how bad our lines are but before that game we were ranked pretty high on both sides of the ball. Lets just hope that was one bad game and not a trend. At half time I was thinking OK Gibbs will get things fixed and I thought that fumble on the first play realy hurt our team to get some momentum back on our side. I think if we could have come out and had a scoring drive the game would have been alot closer.

We couldn't even run the screen pass effectively and that is one of our better plays. Simply put, we were beaten down badly....question is how will this team respond against a much better Eagle team this week????

We couldn't even run the screen pass effectively and that is one of our better plays. Simply put, we were beaten down badly....question is how will this team respond against a much better Eagle team this week????After Sunday I don't know if I would say a much better Eagle's team.

Brunell had a few sacks where he just held the ball too long. I guess receivers weren't open, I don't know. He just wasn't getting rid of it.