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What's the deal with the o-line play

Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:34 pm
Posted by DieHeartTigah
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2015
533 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:34 pm
It's seems to me that every other play they were getting beat with simple stunts and twist. Missing a lot of assignments against a mediocre but discipline defense.
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
278778 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:35 pm to
they look fat and slow tbh
Posted by jtran1988
Corndog U
Member since Oct 2008
5321 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:38 pm to
Well, when you have the same blocking assignment from using the same play over and over, the defense adjust to it and straight up take advantage of it.
Posted by I20goon
about 7mi down a dirt road
Member since Aug 2013
13063 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:49 pm to
Some of it is scheme & design. Don't know how much, but some.

Yesterday Wisky S & LBs looked like Bama 5*'s. Because of playing the %'s, they thought they could risk being up close to LoS, or creeping up anyway. In many cases a running start, they just crashed the line. [scheme]

If an OL vacated a gap (by pulling or going for 2nd level), the LBer never worried about play action or having to cover a TE (DE's did some btw). Since they were already close & creeping, or crashing, they were able to both eliminate cut back lanes and disrupt running plays. Often they only got a piece of LF7, but that's all it took because everyone else was waiting on him at the point of attack.

I mention Bama above because they did the exact same thing against us last year. S & LB's chasing LF down from behind on a run play behind the LoS because where the OL pulled to was clogged up.

Creeping and crashing is very effective against zone blocking schemes too. If you're willing to take the risk. With LSU's fear of throwing across the middle and no established threat from the QB to run, hence the run-pass-option schemes in vogue today, the D knows until you do something different then it's probably worth it 1 time a first down to get you off of schedule or behind the sticks. Also severely degrades and OLs ability to adjust to anything else new.
Posted by saturncube21
Member since Nov 2015
7477 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:50 pm to
Kinda hard when there are 10 defenders on the line knowing the play call..--blame les
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85143 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 1:51 pm to
They were the worst unit be far yesterday, barely edging out whatever shite we throw out on special teams now.

OL got dominated from start to finish and that was purely on them, not the scheme. They couldn't pass block to save their lives.
Posted by Tigerbythetale
Las Vegas
Member since Aug 2014
1458 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 2:36 pm to
Clapp looked like a matador! Ole'!

Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 2:42 pm to
Grimes is a horrible hire pure and simple. Thus o line has been horrible every year under him. Constantly rated high to start every season then underproduce.

Posted by DieHeartTigah
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2015
533 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 3:11 pm to
There was times where there was 3-4 man fronts/rush. They couldn't block them at all. So it's not about how many Wisky had in the box.
Posted by DBU
Member since Mar 2014
19059 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 3:19 pm to
Only beat out by the Punter for worst unit yesterday
Posted by Restomod
Member since Mar 2012
13493 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 3:44 pm to
Easy they are fricking small and soft.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164354 posts
Posted on 9/4/16 at 3:53 pm to
Don't we always hear about how the great offensive line will be? Then they always have a few games a year where it looks like they've never played O line before.

It all starts with Pocic being out of position. You can't have a 7 foot tall center. He can't get lower and get leverage against big tackles or nose tackles. Alabama ate his lunch last season.
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