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Originally Posted by la73hof
The Vikings blitzed a lot on Vinny last weekend, but was hit only a few times and sacked once when we rolled out, had all day to throw, but waited too long and took the sack..In all honesty, Vinny had the ball 6 seconds
Our OL is the antithesis of last year, but we will be a little thin this week with Gurode and Walter out.
Thankfully, we have Matt Lehr, a 16 game starter last year replacing him in the line up.
Walter, a 6th round pick 2 years ago was a revelation in TC and was the starter in last weeks game...but he split time with Al Johnson and is bascally a co-starter with Johnson, last years 2nd rounder
Johnson is more mobile in the run game and is a better run blocker so no huge loss there either..
However, is Lehr or Johnson get hurt this game, we are in serious truoble without Gurode, Walter or Peterman, who was lost for the year with a torn ACL and MCL the last preseason game
Every carry George gets, INHO, is a wasted down..he's too slow and the agility and elusiveness he once had is gone
We can and will get Lee and Jones much more involved as the season progress when Lee and JJ can do an adequate job in pass protection
the pass protection issue is why George and Anderson get the most snaps
Dallas an NFL caliber offense?
You'll see last week was no fluke this weekend
Your fantasy pick was solid but look closer Portis--comparing our O to the Ravens O is foolhardy
In '03, the Ravens had the 21st ranked offense overall and the dead last passing attack in the league.
Then, they lost their best WR, Marcus Robinson to the Vikes (just not fair!!)..they lost out on the TO sweepstakes because TO is a whiny b!tch
They replaced Robinson (and potentially TO) with 2 no-name rookies
Boller simply just hasnt progressed..a combination off poor WR talent and the fact he is obviously on the slow end of the learning curve picking up Billicks offense
To top it off, the Browns were without their future HOF LT in Ogden last week
This allowed the Browns to run a 4 DL, 4 LB fset
No threat of a running game and lousy pass protection without Ogden(kennard Lang 3 sacks vs Ethan Brooks, Ogden's replacement), no WR worthy of mention and a QB who, to this point sucks.
Dont be deceived by the Browns defense...they're very ordinary
their offense will make some plays against our D, but they wont win
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