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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.1. You have a new line coach teaching new techniques. It takes time to learn them and adapt, and you revert to your old techniques, which are rusty.
2. You lost your wingman who has watched your flank for the past 2 years. Solder has always had a good and very experienced guard next to him - Brian Waters in 2011, Mankins in 2012 and 2013.
3. You play on a line with several young players and a lot of moving pieces.
4. Possibly, you play on a line with some issues in the center making the line sets and getting people into position.
All of those arguments have been advanced regarding Solder's poor play and possible "regression".
If you want to bench Solder, fine. Put Vollmer and LT and Cannon at RT. Then who are you going to put in the middle?
Work out the other problems and give Solder some time. The Pats thought highly enough of him that they picked up his 5th year option less than 5 months ago.
Solder doesn't even get a finger on Khalil Mack here.
Pathetic!!!!!
Did you even watch the videos in the OP?
Solder is getting DESTROYED one-on-one. It looks like he isn't even trying. That has nothing to do with the rest of the line. You can't make excuses for that and blame it on the rest of the OLine.
What else is he going to say? You have an uncreative journeyman replacing me whom the players don't respond well to?Scar says to be patient - I think that applies to Solder more than any other player on that line.
Thats bad but the fact that he just goes around solder, I wonder if its more technique than being getting beat 1 on 1 physically.
Solder doesn't even get a finger on Khalil Mack here.
Pathetic!!!!!
Either I don't know what I'm looking at, the Raiders game was completely different and you're talking about the first two, or that part about him not playing on an island is completely incorrect. Watching every passing play focusing solely on Solder, I saw two schemed LT+LG doubles on edge guys, and Solder came off the double team to pick up a blitzer one of those times. There were four TE+LT double teams, two coming on hard play actions and one where Solder left the double team to pick up a blitzer. I saw one RB chip.
I don't remember if any of those plays were called back for penalties and there were plays that happened so fast that the blocking didn't matter, but officially there were 41 drop backs in the game. I counted him getting schemed help on the edge 7 times with 4 true double teams, only one of which was from an offensive lineman.
I think it's more MENTAL than physical.Thats bad but the fact that he just goes around solder, I wonder if its more technique than being getting beat 1 on 1 physically.
I think Stork to C needs to happen this week. He's looked great, though this would be a big test for sure. I think if they're going to toss him into the starting line-up any time in the next two weeks, I would rather it be this week instead of against the Bengals.