Review of our embarrising performance

[papabear]

Originally Posted by da Bull

So after the game, why was Haynesworth not complaining about all the "illegal" cut blocks the Texans were laying on him? I thought the cut blocks were the great equalizer for a smaller, athletic line. Are we incapable of such blocking or are we just "too nice" to employ this technique? Maybe I just dreamt that cut blocking was an integral part of the ZBS.

the cut block usually comes on the back side of the play. It's tough to get Haynesworth (or Casey Hampton, or John Henderson, etc) on a cut block when he's almost instantaneously pushing whoever is supposed to be blocking him 3yds behind the line.

I actually haven't noticed that much cut blocking at all though. Against Pitt I was having to force myself to watch, and against Tenn. I was forced to watch it at a bar since I don't have power. It was fun, but its a lot harder to actually pay attention to detail. Maybe I'm just missing it. Either way, it looks to me like if a teams DT's can get a push upfield it throws off the whole zone scheme. It keeps the lineman from getting to the second level and muddies up the runners decision for where the hole will be...if he even has time to look for a hole before he gets hit.

We have three new starters on the line, and even though one of them, Myers, is the most experienced with the new scheme we knew it would take some time for them to gel as a group. I think we will see continued improvement, but I hope Gibbs and Kubiak are flexible enough to make adjustments to the scheme to counter the adjustments the league has already made against it.