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It's revisionist history that Welker isn't a good blocker. Ditto Branch. WR's don't exist to primarily block. Hell, Bill himself is on record that he doesn't care if they do so much as get open and catch the damn ball. You don't have to flatten an opponent at the second level, just occupy him for a couple of seconds. Especially with a RB who has some burst, which Benny lacked and Ridley possesses. The problem here where the running game is concerned remains the launch point, in the trenches. Can't have 12 runs stuffed. Heard Scar on the sidelines imploring them that we had to be able to make interior runs work. The same could be said about interior pass blocking. The more you have to prop that unit up the fewer legit options Brady is left with. Been that way forever. They can work around/adapt to the occasional issues on the edges. Run and pass blocking up the middle remains the unit's and therefore the teams achilles heel. Which is why retaining Waters should have been a prioroty.
Welker suddenly can't block, isn't a team player, must be screwing up somewhere or not showing effort in practice and isn't the receiver Edelman is outside the slot is just creating tortured logic to explain something that is frankly inexplicable. They entered this season for some reason intent on establishing in light of Hernandez versatility and the Lloyd signing whether or not they had Welker's cheap replacement on the roster. I'd personally prefer once the bell rings they focus on winning. Because you never know when you might fall victim to the kind of **** happens that may limit your ability to.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Tweek it's fine, and Lloyd and some depth at WR and TE and a firmer committment to be able to run the ball when we need to - not to mention some dramatic upgrades to a developing defense should have been enough of a tweek for a team who again came up one catch or one stop short of a Lombardi. Instead they appeared out of the gate to be intent on reinventing the wheel.
Welker suddenly can't block, isn't a team player, must be screwing up somewhere or not showing effort in practice and isn't the receiver Edelman is outside the slot is just creating tortured logic to explain something that is frankly inexplicable. They entered this season for some reason intent on establishing in light of Hernandez versatility and the Lloyd signing whether or not they had Welker's cheap replacement on the roster. I'd personally prefer once the bell rings they focus on winning. Because you never know when you might fall victim to the kind of **** happens that may limit your ability to.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Tweek it's fine, and Lloyd and some depth at WR and TE and a firmer committment to be able to run the ball when we need to - not to mention some dramatic upgrades to a developing defense should have been enough of a tweek for a team who again came up one catch or one stop short of a Lombardi. Instead they appeared out of the gate to be intent on reinventing the wheel.
