Pete Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000488254/article/redrafting-the-2014-offensive-line-class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Next to qb, oline is probably the toughest position to learn at the NFL level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Bills seem to have a lot of difficulty scouting and valuing offensive linemen, both at the collegiate level and in the pros. There have been some hits - Glenn and Henderson - but there have been a ton of misses. It should not be this difficult to find interior linemen who can hold up respectfully. They need to take a hard look at their scouting process. I'm disgusted by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Bills seem to have a lot of difficulty scouting and valuing offensive linemen, both at the collegiate level and in the pros. There have been some hits - Glenn and Henderson - but there have been a ton of misses. It should not be this difficult to find interior linemen who can hold up respectfully. They need to take a hard look at their scouting process. I'm disgusted by it. But how much does coaching affect this? Glenn and Wood's play has dropped off in recent years. Levitre is FA bust after he left Buffalo. Pears was a passable RT who got switched to G. Urbik was a servicable starter who was probably our best G (not saying much) who got benched for half of the season. If the players produced as poor under this staff as they did under Marrone, it obviously is them. But I'm predicting a better oline and it's nto because the players magically got better. It will be because of better coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 But how much does coaching affect this? Glenn and Wood's play has dropped off in recent years. Levitre is FA bust after he left Buffalo. Pears was a passable RT who got switched to G. Urbik was a servicable starter who was probably our best G (not saying much) who got benched for half of the season. If the players produced as poor under this staff as they did under Marrone, it obviously is them. But I'm predicting a better oline and it's nto because the players magically got better. It will be because of better coaching. That's a fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 why would you redraft any position group from a draft that occured less than a year ago? O-linemen can certainly often do take more than one season to develop. Hot pocket thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 But how much does coaching affect this? Glenn and Wood's play has dropped off in recent years. Levitre is FA bust after he left Buffalo. Pears was a passable RT who got switched to G. Urbik was a servicable starter who was probably our best G (not saying much) who got benched for half of the season. If the players produced as poor under this staff as they did under Marrone, it obviously is them. But I'm predicting a better oline and it's nto because the players magically got better. It will be because of better coaching. Yeah, I agree with this though by coaching I'm primarily thinking about the blocking scheme/offensive system. They drafted, big lineman who excelled at man blocking and tried to make them fit a zone blocking scheme. I am a little worried about Roman's history of liking to pull his guards as we might have the worst pulling guards in the league. It was downright embarrassing last year. Hopefully Roman can do what Hacket couldnt - adjust the scheme to fit your players and still be successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yeah, I agree with this though by coaching I'm primarily thinking about the blocking scheme/offensive system. They drafted, big lineman who excelled at man blocking and tried to make them fit a zone blocking scheme. I am a little worried about Roman's history of liking to pull his guards as we might have the worst pulling guards in the league. It was downright embarrassing last year. Hopefully Roman can do what Hacket couldnt - adjust the scheme to fit your players and still be successful. Great point and that sums up why I started to hate Marrone as a coach. Great coaches adjust to their players. Gailey wasn't a great coach nut he adjusted to his talent. His roster was just so much worse than Marrone's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Players were complaining that Marrone would tell them 1 thing, their position coach would tell them another thing & then the Coordinator would tell them something completely different so they were confused most of the time. I'm predicting a much improved O-line this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Great point and that sums up why I started to hate Marrone as a coach. Great coaches adjust to their players. Gailey wasn't a great coach nut he adjusted to his talent. His roster was just so much worse than Marrone's. When I think of Marrone's take on players I picture Mike Singletary's press conference saying he couldn't win with the guys Jim Harbaugh took to 3 straight NFC title games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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