The O-line

[goshan]

Has continued to get better and is now, without a doubt, one of the premier lines in the league.

Pass Blocking - There was almost no pressure on Romo yesterday.
Run Blocking - We complain about run blocking but MBIII is averaging five yards a carry. JJ's 4th down run is an example of a play that was blocked well enough but because of his vision and inability to make people miss, he couldn't make the 1st down. An elite back would run for 1700 yard behind this line, no doubt.

Thoughts? We don't talk enough about the o-line on this board. As the year has gone on, they have gotten better and better.

 

[LarryCanadian]

I stated this in another post as well, and I agree. I felt the 4th down play was blocked well enough that most backs would have made that first down. Nobody penetrated into the backfield and the blockers were spread out enough that here were a few creases that could have been bulled or dived through IMHO. It was a pretty short TWO yards as well, more like 1.3 yards. I think an NFL back has to get 2 yards more often than not with that level of blocking.

The pass blocking was absolutely fabulous last night. I have never seen Romo have that much time and there have already been a couple of games this year where he had a bunch of time. Last night was bizarre. He had forever! And, I don't think we were in max protect a ton last night either. It was usally 5 or 6 guys. I didn't see our RB's have to help out much, often they didn't even have to put a helmet on a guy, even when they stayed in to block. AdamJT13 or someone might have some numbers on how often we keep a guy or 2 more in for blocking but it didn't look conservative.

LarryCanadian