Pats @ Bengals all-22 rewatch thread

[stinkypete]

I'm really glad you got this clip.

What stands out is that Mason plants his forehead into the defender's chest just like I was taught decades earlier and look at the results. In today's game it seems like it is all about hand fighting (what we use to derisively call "titty blocking" back in the day). Hard to generate power when your energy is limited to the "punch". But when you have your entire body behind the block you get the results we see here.

Like all things in football, techniques seem to come and go. It's time we start to see more head and shoulder blocks, especially in the run game. Hard to create movement when all you use are your arms

Mason looked a lot better Sunday, as did the downfield blocking overall. This was the one area of the game that gave me hope.

 

[captain stone]

Exactly. It was one play. Man, some of our fans are dramatic. Puritan Guilt I guess.

The run defense sucked for the entire first half, and especially during the first quarter; it wasn't just "one play."

And one of the lousiest pass-blockers in the league.