Our tackles are horrible

[rkell87]

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[Four]

yup teams only attack one side of the line in the nfl... you're right. I know if we played the ravens, demarcus ware wouldn't even look at the qb's blindside... /sarcasm

post the stats from the rest of the ravens' line

 

[NeonNinja]

They could play better that is for sure but they aren't "horrible" like the OP states, end of thread.

 

[dbair1967]

period point blank.

I was pretty high on Marc Colombo, but the fact is despite his mauling style, he is just as big of a liability as Flozell Adams.

They give up way too much pressure.

This entire line gives up way too much pressure.

Its as if we dont have a single player who excels in pass protection...

I wonder how much better we would be on offense if our line could pass block.

If they were "horrible" we wouldnt have been 11-5, had a top ranked offense, won the division and blew out a hated divisional rival twice at the end of the season.

We probably wouldnt have won the game, but losing Adams in the Vikings game killed us. Bringing Colombo back for the playoffs didnt hurt us much vs Philly, but he clearly was nowhere near 100% and a major liability vs Minnesota.

That said, I dont have any illusions that Adams and Colombo are not upgradable, especially at their age. But to siggest they are "horrible" is just plain dumb.

 

[NeonNinja]

If they were "horrible" we wouldnt have been 11-5, had a top ranked offense, won the division and blew out a hated divisional rival twice at the end of the season.

We probably wouldnt have won the game, but losing Adams in the Vikings game killed us. Bringing Colombo back for the playoffs didnt hurt us much vs Philly, but he clearly was nowhere near 100% and a major liability vs Minnesota.

That said, I dont have any illusions that Adams and Colombo are not upgradable, especially at their age. But to siggest they are "horrible" is just plain dumb.

This.

 

[dbair1967]

almost all those teams except chicago, washington and buffalo have better pass blocking tackles.

 

[Galian Beast]

post the stats from the rest of the ravens' line

They're actually pretty good


LG - Ben Grubbs, 2 sacks allowed, 4 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
C - Matt Birk, 2 sacks allowed, 2 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
RG - Chris Chester, 4 sacks allowed, 1 qb hit, 15 pressures
RT - Michael oher, 6 sacks allowed, 8 qb hits, 21 pressures

 

[Four]

The ravens line got Flacco sacked more times than Romo, but the sieve wasn't Gaither, who is legit a great offensive tackle.

They're actually pretty good


LG - Ben Grubbs, 2 sacks allowed, 4 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
C - Matt Birk, 2 sacks allowed, 2 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
RG - Chris Chester, 4 sacks allowed, 1 qb hit, 15 pressures
RT - Michael oher, 6 sacks allowed, 8 qb hits, 21 pressures

and they had more sacks than us?


lol, ima go play madden.

 

[Galian Beast]

You all still have no response to Flozell Adams HORRIBLE stats...

damn near top 10 in every negative attribute...

 

[NeonNinja]

They're actually pretty good


LG - Ben Grubbs, 2 sacks allowed, 4 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
C - Matt Birk, 2 sacks allowed, 2 qb hits, 10 qb pressures
RG - Chris Chester, 4 sacks allowed, 1 qb hit, 15 pressures
RT - Michael oher, 6 sacks allowed, 8 qb hits, 21 pressures

That is 14 of his 36 sacks.

 

[rkell87]

That is 14 of his 36 sacks.

guess the rest are on flacco lol

 

[Four]

You all still have no response to Flozell Adams HORRIBLE stats...

damn near top 10 in every negative attribute...

you still have no response to the assertion you have no idea what the word horrible means.

 

[Galian Beast]

add 4 to gaither, 1 to marshal yanda, 1 to todd heap, 1 to ray rice, 2 to leron mcclain

for a total of 9 additional sacks

the remainder is for other backup players or the qb himself.

 

[Galian Beast]

you still have no response to the assertion you have no idea what the word horrible means.

Top 10 in every negative attribute isn't horrible? Okay, you win.

 

[TheCount]

If they were "horrible" we wouldnt have been 11-5, had a top ranked offense, won the division and blew out a hated divisional rival twice at the end of the season.

We probably wouldnt have won the game, but losing Adams in the Vikings game killed us. Bringing Colombo back for the playoffs didnt hurt us much vs Philly, but he clearly was nowhere near 100% and a major liability vs Minnesota.

That said, I dont have any illusions that Adams and Colombo are not upgradable, especially at their age. But to siggest they are "horrible" is just plain dumb.

Columbo didn't play all that great against the Eagles either, we were just in a different league from the Eagles last year. I thought Columbo actually showed a good amount of rust.

Columbo gave up 13 pressures. 4 hits and 1 sack in the 10 games before his injury. In the two playoff games alone he gave up 10 pressures, 3 hits and 3 sacks.

Of course, anytime you quote numbers like that, you have to consider the context but just putting that out there.

 

[NeonNinja]

add 4 to gaither, 1 to marshal yanda, 1 to todd heap, 1 to ray rice, 2 to leron mcclain

for a total of 9 additional sacks

the remainder is for other backup players or the qb himself.

And Gaither only played in 11 games.

 

[Galian Beast]

6 are attributed to flacco

the others are Oniel Cousins (2)

And this site has only accounted for 33 sacks.

 

[Galian Beast]

And Gaither only played in 11 games.

He played in 16 games last year, giving up only two sacks, 1 hit, and 18 pressures.

 

[Galian Beast]

and they had more sacks than us?


lol, ima go play madden.

more sacks doesn't mean the offensive line is worse...

the qb is a variable, as is the other skill positions...

Behind the baltimore line, Romo wouldn't take nearly as many sacks.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

lol Four got ran out of the thread with facts.