I think Joel nailed exactly what is wrong with the OL. These vets have been taken care of and are not taking to coaching and going through the motions. IMO, the guys last year were hungry, the guys this year with better talent Nick took care of and the fire is not there, that was there last year.
Did no one do their research and ask Indy how the Strausser experience was before they hired him? Indy fans keep saying now we know how they feel??? WTF
Go see if Mike Munchak or Bruce Matthews have a few days to hang out show what being Mean does for a O-Line !! Oilers had some very good Offenses and Defenses when they were here I grew up watching it all . These two guys were the Heart of those Offenses .
"We have to be better." No shit Sherlock...he needs to be gone. Not sure if it's the scheme or just crappy players, but this is on Casserio too. We let Deiter and Fant walk in the offseason, and we went from mediocre (which, at this point, I would love) to hot garbage, bad. We let them walk and had no backup plan in case Kenyon sucked. In previous years that he wasn't injured, he was really bad, so why not have a back plan. Casserio really screwed up by ignoring this massive question mark. The O-Line is the most critical position group in football. All that money was spent, and he didn't shore up the line. If the quarterback has no time, it doesn't matter who the wide receivers are.
I like that after 9 games, everyone is blaming Casserio and knew this whole time this was going to happen. Sthu armchair GMs 😂. Everyone including yall loved what Casserio was doing in the offseason.
Coachspeak, double talk. Did he mention zone blocking and how ineffective it has been. Is Slowiks scheme too complicated and the players just aren't getting it ? This is what happens when the OLine doesn't play together in camp or pre-season and you use the regular season to get them on the same page. If this doesn't turn around Strausser and Slowik will both be gone next season and Jerrod Johnson will be the OC and Case Keenum might be the QB coach and Oline coach will be whomever they can get.
Slowick’s basic offense/Shanahan light is on tape and he ain’t throwing in wrinkles. Most importantly the Shanahan offense doesn’t rely on the QB 2 audible and they aren’t teaching CJ. If Slowick doesn’t up his game he’s needs to get the F ing boot. This shit is stupid
Strausser said the issue was technique, well your the o-line coach, if the technique is sloppy, then clean it up! Stunts is not about being a great 1 on 1 protector, it is about identifying the stunt and communicating with the guy next to you. The stunt involves 2 defensive players! Strausser couldn’t fix the run blocking since last year, and now the interior pass protection has regressed. Jesus, you can’t even get your guys to stay in front of rushers to even slow them down. He lost all credibility when he said Kenyon was doing good…..if that’s your idea of good, you should go back to coaching peewe football.
I think Joel nailed exactly what is wrong with the OL. These vets have been taken care of and are not taking to coaching and going through the motions. IMO, the guys last year were hungry, the guys this year with better talent Nick took care of and the fire is not there, that was there last year.
George Fant and Josh Jones played better tackle than the two paperweights in place at this juncture.
Did no one do their research and ask Indy how the Strausser experience was before they hired him? Indy fans keep saying now we know how they feel??? WTF
Go see if Mike Munchak or Bruce Matthews have a few days to hang out show what being Mean does for a O-Line !! Oilers had some very good Offenses and Defenses when they were here I grew up watching it all . These two guys were the Heart of those Offenses .
"We have to be better." No shit Sherlock...he needs to be gone. Not sure if it's the scheme or just crappy players, but this is on Casserio too. We let Deiter and Fant walk in the offseason, and we went from mediocre (which, at this point, I would love) to hot garbage, bad. We let them walk and had no backup plan in case Kenyon sucked. In previous years that he wasn't injured, he was really bad, so why not have a back plan. Casserio really screwed up by ignoring this massive question mark. The O-Line is the most critical position group in football. All that money was spent, and he didn't shore up the line. If the quarterback has no time, it doesn't matter who the wide receivers are.
I think another issue is that defenses have figured out how to cover our receivers better. That and we are missing Nico.
I like that after 9 games, everyone is blaming Casserio and knew this whole time this was going to happen. Sthu armchair GMs 😂. Everyone including yall loved what Casserio was doing in the offseason.
Coachspeak, double talk. Did he mention zone blocking and how ineffective it has been. Is Slowiks scheme too complicated and the players just aren't getting it ? This is what happens when the OLine doesn't play together in camp or pre-season and you use the regular season to get them on the same page. If this doesn't turn around Strausser and Slowik will both be gone next season and Jerrod Johnson will be the OC and Case Keenum might be the QB coach and Oline coach will be whomever they can get.
Hell no. It was the same B.S. Ryans and the GM was trying to feed us.
So now its miraculously fixed?
We will see this Sunday
If I walls cj and if I got hurt, I would sit out until they truly fix that ol.
Slowick’s basic offense/Shanahan light is on tape and he ain’t throwing in wrinkles. Most importantly the Shanahan offense doesn’t rely on the QB 2 audible and they aren’t teaching CJ. If Slowick doesn’t up his game he’s needs to get the F ing boot. This shit is stupid
Strausser said the issue was technique, well your the o-line coach, if the technique is sloppy, then clean it up! Stunts is not about being a great 1 on 1 protector, it is about identifying the stunt and communicating with the guy next to you. The stunt involves 2 defensive players! Strausser couldn’t fix the run blocking since last year, and now the interior pass protection has regressed. Jesus, you can’t even get your guys to stay in front of rushers to even slow them down. He lost all credibility when he said Kenyon was doing good…..if that’s your idea of good, you should go back to coaching peewe football.
O-line stinks period
No je actually made it worse