Originally posted by iLL49er:
i call bs, we pull our OL out into space with success........there's no way they aren't equipped to run screens
Yeah, that straight-ahead power run game has been working so well the past few games, hasn't it? I like Maiocco and think he's spot-on most of the time, but to just in effect say "they can't do it" is a huge over-simplification. As you say, the guards and even tackles do a lot of pulling, and do it well.
Here's a crazy thought: Maybe they suck at screens because they don't practice them much and rarely try them in a game? Attempting one screen that gets blown up and then abandoning it doesn't scream "the OL doesn't know how" to me. Yet HaRo has no qualms slamming Gore into the middle for 2 yards ad-nauseum.
This disjointed, herky-jerky offense that takes two steps forward ("big" play for 1st down) and one step back (timeout, TFL, stupid play call, penalty) nearly every possession just ain't gonna cut it vs the big boys. I keep faint hope alive that HaRo will actually put playmakers like LMJ in a position to do what they do best and succeed, but it's fading fast.