First of all, your post is not a discussion, as you've already made up your mind.

That said, look at plays like Copeland completely whiffing a block Monday night that got an easy sack. Or at all the dropped passes this season. And that's the easy stuff for fans to see. We don't know on many plays, where someone missed an assignment.

The offense is very rudimentary, there is no getting around that. It is predictable, painfully so at times. So there is a little of both, poor design and coaching as well as execution.

To me the bigger concern is player development, especially on the OL. Barksdale is the only OL from the last 8 years that was on an NFL roster this year, that's really telling about the talent up front.

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Posted by Roaad

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 9:17 pm to H-Town Tiger

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First of all, your post is not a discussion, as you've already made up your mind.

Discussion can be 2 sides presenting their points.

My points were made towards the greater point of the meme.

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That said, look at plays like Copeland completely whiffing a block Monday night that got an easy sack. Or at all the dropped passes this season. And that's the easy stuff for fans to see. We don't know on many plays, where someone missed an assignment.

But if it is a problem that has been consistent for multiple groups of personnel, then it isn't the personnel. . .unless we are just recruiting idiots.

The problem is the shifting blame.

-Pick-6's
-Crowton
-JJ/Sacks
-QB play in general
-Over-committing to playing upperclassmen
-Execution

We should now understand these are symptoms of the problem.

Ultimately we have a problem with execution and predictability, that is all true. The GREATER issue is that we have displayed these problems consistently.

How do we fix the greater problem?

Replacing personnel HAS NOT WORKED. Knowing this we can surmise one fact:

The personnel is not the problem

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To me the bigger concern is player development, especially on the OL

Our OC is an OL guy. So is our HC.

Will they magically begin to develop talent going forward? Do they know how?

They should, it's the position that both know the most intimately.

This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 9:18 pm

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Posted by Good Times

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 10:18 am to H-Town Tiger

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To me the bigger concern is player development, especially on the OL. Barksdale is the only OL from the last 8 years that was on an NFL roster this year, that's really telling about the talent up front.

This. Our OL has lacked quality depth, which translates to having to play with injuries and having trouble in the 4th qter. It has made QBs look worse than they really are, and RBs getting stuffed late in the games. Execution of any offense starts with the OL. A while back we had poor evals on the OL and had transfers which hurt. Now we are having too many injuries, and our young replacements show promise, but inconsistency. Talent and depth are coming.

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