I heard the OL was experimenting with trying to add elements from a different blocking scheme which might explain why the OL suddenly looks retarded.Maybe. There has been a difference so far in performance. Only difference is Philbin gone - which also resulted in: QB coach to OC;
inaccuracyTE coach to QB coach;
Thought it was to TE coach... would explain the drops if you're right.RB coach to WR coach.
I heard the OL was experimenting with trying to add elements from a different blocking scheme which might explain why the OL suddenly looks retarded. inaccuracy Thought it was to TE coach... would explain the drops if you're right.
Offense is sluggish the past 3 games... Philbin More or less has been gone for 3 games... Connection?
Looking for it. The way I heard it was that they were introducing concepts from... I believe they said an angle blocking scheme? Not a "big change," but a way to start to evolve. I know that on "Ask Vic" it was mentioned back when all the coaching swap was going on that they were trying to introduce the way that RB block to the TE position; it may have been referring to that for all I know.HyponGrey I'd be interested where you read that about the OL. In the most recent OL thread, I mentioned they have been moving away from the ZBS and that's been a gradual process but I haven't read or heard anything about a big change occurring over the offseason.
Forgotten in all of this is the Packers played probably the best defense in week 1 (49ers)
and a top 10 defense (Bears) that is very familiar with our schemes. In addition, Cedric
Benson has been with the team for only about a month.
I don't believe so. The league had a full year of tape and a full offseason to review it. Teams finally realized that the Packers run game isn't a threat. Since you don't need to worry about that, the defense is able to leave two safeties on the field at all time and keep a shell. This takes away the long pass and forces the Packers to play a short to intermediate game.
The best way to spark the offense is to establish the run and hit more short to intermediate big plays. Once the safeties begin to cheat, you hit em deep.
This cannot be understated. While we would all like to see more scoring, we rarely score many points against the Bears and I believe that the 49ers have an even better defense...younger, faster, more heroes.Forgotten in all of this is the Packers played probably the best defense in week 1 (49ers)
and a top 10 defense (Bears) that is very familiar with our schemes. In addition, Cedric
Benson has been with the team for only about a month.