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Shout out for the offensive line coaches

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To tell you the truth, I thought this patched up group would be destroyed. They have gone far beyond what should be expected. They have kept Bryce on his feet  pass blocking, opened holes for the running game, and have been excellent. This team wouldn't be winning without them. Hats off to every coach that has contributed to the success.

Keep pounding 

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Yes, but kinda only mostly yes.   So I said it a while back both here and on twitter.  If you have a bad O-line, the answer is simple. Run. The. Ball.  Pass blocking is a FAR more difficult thing to do.  It requires high IQ players understanding blocking assignments and where rush is coming from.  On the flip side, if you have a bad O-line, RUN THE BALL!  It simplifies the game plan for them.  instead of trying to catch where pressure is and playing with great technique, you can just so "See guy, hit guy", hat on a hat, hard nose football.  The More I watch, the more I also do give huge props to rico because he is so explosive.  He's a one cut and go guy where as chuba is a more patient runner in the backfield, and when we had great O-line play last year, it works AMAZING.  Rico hides meh run blocking because hes off before the defense has a chance to try to move the blockers.  its just incredible explosiveness from him.

So as I said, its great coaching by the O-line coaches, but its also great understanding by canales to just grind and run and great job by our banged up unit to keep performing at a high level.  

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17 minutes ago, Carolina Cajun said:

Yes, but kinda only mostly yes.   So I said it a while back both here and on twitter.  If you have a bad O-line, the answer is simple. Run. The. Ball.  Pass blocking is a FAR more difficult thing to do.  It requires high IQ players understanding blocking assignments and where rush is coming from.  On the flip side, if you have a bad O-line, RUN THE BALL!  It simplifies the game plan for them.  instead of trying to catch where pressure is and playing with great technique, you can just so "See guy, hit guy", hat on a hat, hard nose football.  The More I watch, the more I also do give huge props to rico because he is so explosive.  He's a one cut and go guy where as chuba is a more patient runner in the backfield, and when we had great O-line play last year, it works AMAZING.  Rico hides meh run blocking because hes off before the defense has a chance to try to move the blockers.  its just incredible explosiveness from him.

So as I said, its great coaching by the O-line coaches, but its also great understanding by canales to just grind and run and great job by our banged up unit to keep performing at a high level.  

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1 hour ago, Carolina Cajun said:

Yes, but kinda only mostly yes.   So I said it a while back both here and on twitter.  If you have a bad O-line, the answer is simple. Run. The. Ball.  Pass blocking is a FAR more difficult thing to do.  It requires high IQ players understanding blocking assignments and where rush is coming from.  On the flip side, if you have a bad O-line, RUN THE BALL!  It simplifies the game plan for them.  instead of trying to catch where pressure is and playing with great technique, you can just so "See guy, hit guy", hat on a hat, hard nose football.  The More I watch, the more I also do give huge props to rico because he is so explosive.  He's a one cut and go guy where as chuba is a more patient runner in the backfield, and when we had great O-line play last year, it works AMAZING.  Rico hides meh run blocking because hes off before the defense has a chance to try to move the blockers.  its just incredible explosiveness from him.

So as I said, its great coaching by the O-line coaches, but its also great understanding by canales to just grind and run and great job by our banged up unit to keep performing at a high level.  

While I understand and agree to a degree, I think we still did a good job on pass protection. We still threw the ball 20 times and didn’t even allow a pressure by Parsons. We gave up just one sack total. So I think that shows our depth is doing well.

 

I also think having a successful system with players who are experienced with the players and the playbook also helps.

Offensive linemen get hurt a lot and yet top teams find ways to keep their team going at a high level when injuries occur.

When a coach can get the players he wants or being able to keep players for multiple years so they have familiarity, it helps over come injuries.

Nijman, Corbett, Zavala, Mays and Christensen all have multiple years of experience with us and have starting experience. Jake Curhan is a 5 year vet with 11 games started and played in the same system in Seattle when Canales coached there. So for once we have a lot of depth at offensive line.
 

Despite the injuries I think we can actually have a decent offensive line for those reasons.

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On 11/5/2025 at 12:26 PM, Jmac said:

To tell you the truth, I thought this patched up group would be destroyed. They have gone far beyond what should be expected. They have kept Bryce on his feet  pass blocking, opened holes for the running game, and have been excellent. This team wouldn't be winning without them. Hats off to every coach that has contributed to the success.

Keep pounding 

Joe Gilbert has done an amazing job with Ickey, Mays, and the shuffling of bodies. I remember, we fought so hard to keep Campen and Gilbert's group has looked way more prepared since he took over.

 

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10 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

Joe Gilbert has done an amazing job with Ickey, Mays, and the shuffling of bodies. I remember, we fought so hard to keep Campen and Gilbert's group has looked way more prepared since he took over.

 

Used to like Camden until he got in on the going to Tepper crew in 2023. 

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