Title: OL Observation Post by: murfvol on April 22, 2019, 03:10:46 EDT Watching Reggie Cobb's highlights made me think of two things.
1) I love Cobb, but had forgotten how good he was. 2) His OL blocked with precision and tenacity. Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: PirateVOL on April 22, 2019, 04:21:49 EDT Watching Reggie Cobb's highlights made me think of two things. Re #2: As did the WRs1) I love Cobb, but had forgotten how good he was. 2) His OL blocked with precision and tenacity. Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: Tnphil on April 22, 2019, 04:47:39 EDT I get all emotional watching the OL block like that.....Been years since we've seen that.
Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: BanditVol on April 22, 2019, 07:11:00 EDT Fulmer was a helluva an OL coach. Then a really good OC. And for about 10 years, a really good HC. Hope his tenure as AD goes as well as the first 20 or so years he spent at UT.
Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: PirateVOL on April 22, 2019, 08:27:26 EDT I get all emotional watching the OL block like that.....Been years since we've seen that. We did a lot of pitch sweep action, lots of pulling tackles & guards into spaceScreens worked much better than they have in YEARS, because OL hustled, got into space and actually hit somebody when they got there - saw one play where the DB was cringing before the guard hit him Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: Tnphil on April 22, 2019, 04:43:56 EDT We did a lot of pitch sweep action, lots of pulling tackles & guards into space Screens worked much better than they have in YEARS, because OL hustled, got into space and actually hit somebody when they got there - saw one play where the DB was cringing before the guard hit him Yep! In the day our screen plays were a thing of beauty and there was a convoy of blockers leading the way. The last several years we run a screen and lose 3 yards :banghead: Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: VinnieVOL on April 22, 2019, 06:43:06 EDT I remember various former TN O-linemen talking about how they would break the huddle, come to the line and tell the D-lineman "We're running the ball right here, and there's nothing you can do about it." :dude:
Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: murfvol on April 23, 2019, 12:11:19 EDT The mobility of the OL was tremendous. Those guys could operate in space.
And like Pirate noted, WR blocking made a huge difference. Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: Tnphil on April 23, 2019, 12:22:06 EDT Our WRs did a better job of blocking last season......Didn't matter because the OL was getting the QB and RBs killed in the first 3 steps.
Title: Re: OL Observation Post by: BanditVol on April 23, 2019, 06:06:44 EDT Our WRs did a better job of blocking last season......Didn't matter because the OL was getting the QB and RBs killed in the first 3 steps. I'm hoping it's better this year, but our current OL is just about as inexperienced as last year. We did recruit quite a bit of talent, I read that we had the best OL recruiting in the nation, but they will take awhile to get up to speed. We might have a good OL next season, but I think we still struggle this year, unfortunately. |