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shivermetimbers -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (12/8/2010 8:59:16 AM)
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ORIGINAL: cloudboy
Unblocked safeties off the edge on a blind side --- spell TROUBLE for the defenseless QB. The error in this equation is "unblocked." If an offense needs to pick a poison, it should slide its protection to the blind side and let any unblocked defenders rush from the other side.
Baltimoreans are waiting for Flacco to assert himself more at the line of scrimmage to make adjustments; its also baffling that the offensive coordinators didn't call timeout once the overload was set in place with BAL's LT, Michael Oher, left to chose between blocking either (a) James Harrison or (b) Troy Polamalu.
Though true Flacco should have adjusted the blocking scheme, what is missed was the affect James Harrison had in the whole play. If you watch the replay, Harrison is lined up on the LT's outer shoulder, than moves down towards the gap. That was when Flacco should have called a TO or audibled. What Harrison did was cause the corner to be shortened for Polamalu, because the LT now has to block DOWN to the right on Harrison, and Polamalu the shortened distance to get around and force the fumble. Without Harrison's little move to the inside, Flacco gets the short pass off. What you saw occuring was one team outcoaching another, and in the biggest moment of the game.
But what did you expect, I mean, come on the real problem in Baltimore isn't the OC, or Flacco, or anyone else except that whiney, arrogant clown of a HC the Ravens have, Harbaugh himself. Against the big boys, he is usually outcoached. His days are numbered though, because once Ray Lewis is done from either retirement or age (he's showing signs of slowing down now here late in the season), Harbaugh is done. The team is going to look to him for leadership, and what they will find is an excuse maker, a poor sport, and a loser.
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