I know this will piss some people off, but I need to vent. This Saturday, yet again, I heard fans behind out team bench yelling harsh criticism at our OL. One idiot, behind me, kept yelling, "BLOCK!!!" every time the damned ball was snapped. I will admit that our OL play has not been good, but these idiots yelling at the players have no idea what the hell they're even watching.
When they bring more people than we have blockers on pass coverage and the QB is pressured, that's NOT THE OL's FAULT!! More than likely it was a play where the QB should have checked off or made a hot read along with a receiver, and failed to do so. NOT EVERY TFL is the fault of the OL!! To be honest, in the last couple of games, our OL really hasn't played too poorly overall with the exception of 1 player whom I will not name here (Many of you already know). Another consideration is that, when you don't have a QB who is capable of throwing the ball accurately over the middle at all or anywhere beyond 7 yards, the back 7 of the defense can play up tight to the LOS and provide added run support. That's on the QBs and on the OC for not figuring out how to better stretch the defense so they can't load up in the box. It 's the curse of being 1 dimensional.
Yes, some of the blame for our 1 dimensional offense does fall on the OL for sure, especially in weeks 3 through 5, but for certain defensive scheme's and pressures, it's completely unrealistic to expect our QB to consistently have 4 seconds or more to get rid of the ball. Most pro OLs don't even provide that much time consistently.
I have no issues with anyone venting on this board, even if I don't agree. That's what this board is for. But I have a big problem with dumbasses who know nothing about football yelling things directly at the players from just a few rows up in the stands. Firstly, what the hell do you think is accomplished by that, other than making yourself look like a freaking idiot? Secondly, you're not even yelling at the person(s) who are to blame in the first place.
Another thing that's getting old is all of the people who praise the defense and talk about how great it is (one of our best ever some say) and in the next sentence want to fire Huff for our inept offense. Who the hell do you think is responsible for bringing in all of the transfers that have made our defense so strong this year? I'm frustrated as hell with our offense too and I'm also frustrated that we're this far in and have not been able to make significant adjustments to provide better results. Huff is certainly not off the hook for this, but let's at least give him credit for the good if we're going to rip him for the bad. The defense didn't just magically materialize without him. I think that we need a change at OL Coach and at OC for sure. Colombi didn't turn out to be what we were hoping for, no one expected Ali to get hurt, Morrissey's quitting was mostly out of the blue (and no, Huff was not to blame for that: Morrissey bought a house in OR weeks before he quit and his wife hated Huntington), and there have been at least 3, if not 4 games now where fumbles have cost us a "W". I'm not even saying that Huff shouldn't be replaced because I've heard some strong arguments for that, but let's at least be fair about the evaluation and not chastise him for our offense without crediting him in the least for our defense.
I hope that it was not OF posters who I hear yelling at our players on the sidelines. I'd like to think that the people I see posting on this board know better. If it was you, please stop. If it was not you, please educate the dumbasses around you when they decide to stand up and yell at our OL because the 5 of them were not able to block the 7 or 8 defenders who loaded the box knowing that we were going to run to the field side 7 times out of 10 on first and second down and then again when they send 8 pass rushers on a 3rd and 7 knowing that we can't execute a quick slant to offset a blitz.
