[CBFF] Gripes...

[Steve Behrens]

I knew there was something was forgetting about...  when you guys get a
chance to watch the game again, concentrate on Benson's blocking assignments
on pass plays... one really stood out where he ended up falling thru the
line, not really touching anyone, instead of staying back with Rex to see
where the rush might be coming from and taking it on..with grossman getting
his ass handed to him...  this play really got my blood boiling.  It was
really more of an effort to avoid contact rather than to protect the QB in
*ANY* way.   And, no, it wasn't a play action.  They did show it once or
twice after the sack, and that's where I noticed it.

-Behr


On 9/17/07, Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net> wrote:
>
> If I know which one you're talking about, they blitzed a corner AND a
> linebacker on the right. Des Clark (I think) took on the corner (No. 34),
> who was coming outside, leaving the LB (Dennis Johnson) for Fred Miller,
> who
> got thoroughly destroyed by a spin move. I watched this on my DVR about 10
> times to figure it out.
>
> The one in the middle (I rewatched it, as well) was on Peterson, who lined
> up in the opposite gap (between Kreutz and Garza, to the right of Rex),
> then
> had to jump to the left to chip the LB. Chipping was the only chance he
> had,
> and he pretty much whiffed, doing nothing more than making the LB take a
> half-step to the right.
>
> Jim Miller said it's just a tough block for the RBs but pretty much up to
> them to get better on it. Benson, who wasn't in the play, said the line
> needs to communicate directly with the RBs so they know whom to take on.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> >> > And who's drawing up these plays where their DE comes in untouched to
> >> > destroy our QB? Can we please fix that?
> >>
> >> You mean the linebackers? All three sacks were by linebackers, all were
> >> blitzes. Comcast crew dissected that in detail later on and came to the
> >> same
> >> conclusion I did... RBs need work on their pass protection.
> >
> > The first one in the first quarter was another corner coming in
> untouched
> > from the right.  That one ws just like SD.  But you're right.  There was
> > at
> > least one I remember up the middle that was pretty bad and was
> definitely
> > a
> > badly missed block by the RB (I didn't get the number on the replay).
>
>
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