geaux_sioux Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 We've all noticed the struggles of our OL. It's bad. Really bad. To start last year it was also bad until Meehan slid in to guard where he became an All American and Grady started at RT. @RD17 made a great point about how Coe had a great block when he was out at RT. It's pretty clear that the OL needs to be shuffled. Coe is a beast, slide him out to RT and maybe we get set an edge for once. Is Rooney ready for center? If not throw Aplin or Cox in there since they have experience. I still don't think Taylor is getting the job done and think Aplin is an upgrade. At the very least Aplin will put his hands on somebody every single play. Taylor has been whiff city this year and the result is our backs basically have to do their best Houdini impression every play. I hope the coaches noticed that when Cox wasn't at RT the line played better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 i was gonna ask who the five were out there on the big brady run..... lt-aj lg-bell? center-rooney? rg-taylor? rt-coe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 58 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: i was gonna ask who the five were out there on the big brady run..... lt-aj lg-bell? center-rooney? rg-taylor? rt-coe Sounds about right. The left side of the line seemed to come alive last game. That's a good sign because Bell has not had a good season even though he is supremely talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD17 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 22 hours ago, geaux_sioux said: We've all noticed the struggles of our OL. It's bad. Really bad. To start last year it was also bad until Meehan slid in to guard where he became an All American and Grady started at RT. @RD17 made a great point about how Coe had a great block when he was out at RT. It's pretty clear that the OL needs to be shuffled. Coe is a beast, slide him out to RT and maybe we get set an edge for once. Is Rooney ready for center? If not throw Aplin or Cox in there since they have experience. I still don't think Taylor is getting the job done and think Aplin is an upgrade. At the very least Aplin will put his hands on somebody every single play. Taylor has been whiff city this year and the result is our backs basically have to do their best Houdini impression every play. I hope the coaches noticed that when Cox wasn't at RT the line played better. I question whether Taylor has the footwork to be a real good offensive lineman at this level. However, he is still young and it's possible he will improve. Like you said, it's just alarming the way he completely whiffs on some blocking assignments.The good news is that Bell played better last week so there is no longer glaring holes at both guard positions. The thing is the way the line is currently configured the pass pro seems better than the run blocking but throwing the ball isn't what UND is built to do. I agree that a shakeup is probably in order at this point because things just aren't meshing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangolou Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Watch the first TD from Oliveria on Saturday. Taylor pulls and completely misses his guy. Luckily it was a short run to the end zone. I think he needs a lot more work on his run blocking. Doesn't anticipate very well. Anybody else see Stockwell give a forearm smash to the head of a down defensive lineman. I saw it a couple time last year too. He is down right cheap some times. On day will cost us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Just now, Tangolou said: Watch the first TD from Oliveria on Saturday. Taylor pulls and completely misses his guy. Luckily it was a short run to the end zone. I think he needs a lot more work on his run blocking. Doesn't anticipate very well. Anybody else see Stockwell give a forearm smash to the head of a down defensive lineman. I saw it a couple time last year too. He is down right cheap some times. On day will cost us. He did cost us 7 points with a retaliation penalty in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 10 minutes ago, Tangolou said: Watch the first TD from Oliveria on Saturday. Taylor pulls and completely misses his guy. Luckily it was a short run to the end zone. I think he needs a lot more work on his run blocking. Doesn't anticipate very well. Anybody else see Stockwell give a forearm smash to the head of a down defensive lineman. I saw it a couple time last year too. He is down right cheap some times. On day will cost us. I saw the one that was missed as well. Couldn't believe the refs missed it. Saw it live and on the replay. Just another example of the types of mistakes that Bubba needs to control of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 is it just me or does demon's lower body look like it weighs 300lbs on their own...and yes he totally whiffed on the td play instead of just pancaking the guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 5 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: is it just me or does demon's lower body look like it weighs 300lbs on their own...and yes he totally whiffed on the td play instead of just pancaking the guy... Yea. Not sure what the deal is. He needs to find a mean streak. No more patty cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 crazy thought, but is there any D-Line who is buried on the depth chart that would want to move over to the O-Line? Or no bueno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 40 minutes ago, petey23 said: He did cost us 7 points with a retaliation penalty in the first half. Just re-watched the game today. That was an absolutely terrible call. Guy had ahold of Stockwell's facemask so Stockwell shook him off. But yes, he did get away with a couple forearm smashes on other plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: crazy thought, but is there any D-Line who is buried on the depth chart that would want to move over to the O-Line? Or no bueno tank would be an awesome o-line guy but leave him b...the o-line will work its way out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I do think that greely or dranka would/could be awesome te's...but since we don't ever never use the te just leave em b too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime fan Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: Just re-watched the game today. That was an absolutely terrible call. Guy had ahold of Stockwell's facemask so Stockwell shook him off. But yes, he did get away with a couple forearm smashes on other plays. #41 had a handful of face mask all day. One took off stockwells helmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: crazy thought, but is there any D-Line who is buried on the depth chart that would want to move over to the O-Line? Or no bueno Demon was a good OL in HS. In other words no Bueno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime fan Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 minute ago, geaux_sioux said: Demon was a good OL in HS. In other words no Bueno. As a true fresh, demon looked great in the practices I watched, not sure what's going on with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 55 minutes ago, Longtime fan said: As a true fresh, demon looked great in the practices I watched, not sure what's going on with him I meant to type Tank..... whoops. I wish he played like Tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangolou Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Now that the injury bug has hit the line, where is Miller? Is he still injured? I haven't heard anything about him all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 36 minutes ago, Tangolou said: Now that the injury bug has hit the line, where is Miller? Is he still injured? I haven't heard anything about him all year. Dog house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime fan Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 45 minutes ago, Tangolou said: Now that the injury bug has hit the line, where is Miller? Is he still injured? I haven't heard anything about him all year. Wondering the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F'n Hawks Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I am also wondering about Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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