Originally posted by jays9ers:Originally posted by FourNine49:
It's a combination of a lot of things:
The OL isn't that great
Teams are still game planning around Gore (as mentioned by Del Rio's press conference)
and Gore is a 1 cut back. He isn't the shifty runner like Chris Johnson, Addai, or even Kory Sheets. He is best suited for receiving the hand off behind the QB. Does that mean he is limited to that? I don't think so, I hope not. He's still finding his way to run in the Spread, but I'm confident he will soon find his niche
This is why I think gore would benifit greatly from a zone blocking scheme. I think his one cut style would work well that type of scheme.
But that requires the smaller shiftier Linemen. guys that we dont have. Smiley was one of those guys.