PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I see the switch at LT and LG as a way to light a fire under the butts of the players. AL was moved without knowing why. Now it comes out that AL is a lock for starting but it depends where. CG was geting AL's attention...now he is getting Bell's attention. I think the line will ultimately be what what it has been since the beginning of camp with Bell and AL at their respective spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I could see the line making some changes to be honest. Could tuen out a few different ways IMO: LT Levitre LG Rhineheart C Wood RG Ubrik RT Pears/Bell or maybe they split Ubrik with Hang for more experience on the line. Or maybe it stays the way it is. Who knows at this point. I do agree though. CG may be just making some of these moves to light a fire under thier @sses. Or who knows, maybe he's trying to unite the team by making them all hate the coaching staff. At least they will be a complete unit with alot of hate towards something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNW_Bills_Fan Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Not sure about making the team hate him. I do think he is trying to get their attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 He could stick a bonfire up there and it isn't going to suddenly give them talent they don't already possess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaPolian8693 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) some of it could be motivational but some of it also could just simply be that the line is terrible and they are trying just about anything to make it less of a disaster Edited August 25, 2011 by NaPolian8693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Every team needs a common enemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 He could stick a bonfire up there and it isn't going to suddenly give them talent they don't already possess.... ding ding ding ding ding Gailey isn't trying to motivate, he's trying to find that elusive combination of grit necessasry to polish a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I see the switch at LT and LG as a way to light a fire under the butts of the players. AL was moved without knowing why. Now it comes out that AL is a lock for starting but it depends where. CG was geting AL's attention...now he is getting Bell's attention. I think the line will ultimately be what what it has been since the beginning of camp with Bell and AL at their respective spots. You end the last season with Bell, Pears, Wang and Wrotto as your OTs. You bring in one new tackle ... a 4th round draft pick. You try for the best OT in free agency and you do not get that done. Your twenty something million under the cap but you do not bring in any other players for OT? ---- Yes, Chan is trying to make something out of this mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The rotation at left tackle has certainly been a wake-up call for Bell, who was taken aback by the new arrangement. “It came as a shock, but that’s the nature of the business,” said Bell. “You have to understand that. I just have to come out here and keep getting better.” Bell has worked to do just that, spending extra time after practice to work on his pass sets and his drive blocking. “I’m not where I want to be, but I’m getting there so I’ve just got to keep working toward it,” said Bell. “Keep working on my run blocking, my pass blocking and working on my technique.” Say what you want - but without the changes this week- Bell doesn't stay after practice and take extra time to work on his game, and have a sense of urgency to step it up and make himself better. Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 What I can't figure out, last year other than RT, they weren't terrible, maybe not great, but appeared to be improving, this seemed to regress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 i know how to motivatethem. Bring in some actual offensive linemen. I would think having a paycheck would be enough freaking motivation for these clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealityCheck Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) I see the switch at LT and LG as a way to light a fire under the butts of the players. AL was moved without knowing why. Now it comes out that AL is a lock for starting but it depends where. CG was geting AL's attention...now he is getting Bell's attention. I think the line will ultimately be what what it has been since the beginning of camp with Bell and AL at their respective spots. Edited August 25, 2011 by RealityCheck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. K Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 What I can't figure out, last year other than RT, they weren't terrible, maybe not great, but appeared to be improving, this seemed to regress. For God's sake, they looked bad in their second pre-season game. That's it, that's all of it. The coach is moving players around to motivate them and to see if some other arrangement might help them get better. I expect them to play at least as well as they did in the second half of last season, which is by no means as well as we ought to hope the o-line to be. But I don't see a lot of bulletproof o-line play around the league at this point in the pre-season, or even in the regular season. How many teams are happy with their o-line play? There's a dearth of exceptional o-linemen relative to other positions in the league; hell, first rate-LTs are rarer than first rate QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdogtim Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Motivation without talent=Maybin. Enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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