I kept saying this, but Free is the weakest link on the OL.
What is the solution at this point?
Put a TE to help out.
BTW, Romo, Dunbar and Tyron struggled as well. Romo has to get the ball out quicker, even if it means an incomplete pass. I assume that defenses will just blitz whenever Dunbar is in the backfield. And Tyron has not looked good in pass protection the last 2 games.
YR
I kept saying this, but Free is the weakest link on the OL.
What is the solution at this point?
Put a TE to help out.
BTW, Romo, Dunbar and Tyron struggled as well. Romo has to get the ball out quicker, even if it means an incomplete pass. I assume that defenses will just blitz whenever Dunbar is in the backfield. And Tyron has not looked good in pass protection the last 2 games.
YR
Shift protection to his side like they did last year and look for a RT in the offseason.
I did some reviews last season where I said that they cheated the OL towards Free to help him. They would have the RG cheat towards Free and then would have Fred help right to compensate. I said that it would often leave Leary on an island almost like an OT.
The did that here in the first quarter and Leary gave up a sack. On the series after Leary gave up the sack, they quit doing it and Doug Free promptly gave up a sack.
Here is the play where Leary gave up the sack. You can see that the right 3 OL are bunched together and that Leary is in completely open space and has to play like an OT. This happened repeatedly last season, which makes Leary's success even more impressive considering that he had never played any NFL regular season snaps prior to game 1 of 2013.
Doug Free was terrible. I realize that Wake is a good player, but wow, Free was bad. Even on plays where Romo got rid of the ball in time, Free's defender was inches away from several more sacks.
Doug Free was terrible. I realize that Wake is a good player, but wow, Free was bad. Even on plays where Romo got rid of the ball in time, Free's defender was inches away from several more sacks.