Backs caused half our negative O plays

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Our running backs are among the worst in the league at pass blocking, and when it comes to Damian Shelton he also misses his assignments on rushing downs with regularity. Shelton was responsible exclusively on one run stuff and missed a pick up leading to a sack. Travis and McGahee both choked on pass blocks that led to sacks.

 

Two weeks in a row we've been one play from a win. In the Jacksonville game there were probably 6 plays that would have changed the outcome. In the Raider game there were more like a dozen. We're not a good team right now, at the same time we've improved from last season in most areas. The two areas I believe we've lost ground in are safety coverage and running back blocking, with Shelton helping to take the effectiveness down a notch and Travis stinking up the joint on most passing downs. That made McGahee's pitiful effort in the 4th quarter that much more discouraging to watch.

 

With the opportunity on a dozen downs to change the outcome of the game Sunday we came up short, again. It's time for a leader or two to emerge who will make the catch in the clutch, who will see the field well enough to make a key block or to simply keep their hands off opponent jerseys on ST plays (how do you get yourself in a postion to be called for holding aginst an OLineman on a punt?). There's two weeks to think about it.

[MDH]

Our running backs are among the worst in the league at pass blocking, and when it comes to Damian Shelton he also misses his assignments on rushing downs with regularity. Shelton was responsible exclusively on one run stuff and missed a pick up leading to a sack. Travis and McGahee both choked on pass blocks that led to sacks.

 

 

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Shelton was responsible for 2 sacks. The first one, where he let the blitzing man run RIGHT past him as he released to go out into a pattern and the 3rd sack, the one where Bledsoe rolled out, Shelton helped an Olineman double a Dlineman and didn't pick up the blitzing LB who sacked Drew.

[AKC]

Shelton was responsible for 2 sacks.  The first one, where he let the blitzing man run RIGHT past him as he released to go out into a pattern and the 3rd sack, the one where Bledsoe rolled out, Shelton helped an Olineman double a Dlineman and didn't pick up the blitzing LB who sacked Drew.

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At least Lindell kept a low profile to allow Shelton to get some bleating reps in, although that first Lindell KO landed at about the 15.