Why the Cards can't Run

[California Bob]

I am new to this forum. I have followed this forum for some time now, and with everything going on with the Cards OL, I just thought this article by Aaron Schatz, about the last 9 minutes of the Bears game. Who's at fault the OL or James? I have not seen this posted, if it has i apologize.

 

[California Bob]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6078500

 

[California Bob]

sorry here is the link
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6078500

 

[nidan]

That is one heck of a first post.

 

[Skkorpion]

Welcome and thanks for posting that.

 

[Russ Smith]

Nice article thanks for posting. Confirms what a lot of us had been saying about how bad Wells has been this year.

I love the sense of humor, both guys go to block Urlacher and fall down, no seriously.

 

[nidan]

Sick isn't it but that is one of the best articles I've seen in a long time, hence I stickied it

 

[Mulli]

Thanks California Bob.

 

[ajcardfan]

Great article since it confirms my observation that Wells has been the worst player on the line all year long. Worse than Stepanovich, worse than Ross, worse than Liewinski....he's sucked.

 

[Scott MS]

We need to invite Aaron Schatz to this board, or make him the GM. One or the other . . .

 

[BullheadCardFan]

The Cardinals handed Reggie Wells a five-year, $17-million contract in the off-season and if this game is any indication, he's the worst player on the line.

How in the world is Wells supposed to be our best lineman ... ??? according to this article he was missing most of his blocks in the 4th qtr ...

 

[clif]

*sigh*

 

[kerouac9]

We need to invite Aaron Schatz to this board, or make him the GM. One or the other . . .

That would be an interesting idea. Kind of like the NFL equivalent to "Moneyball," where suddenly an intense examination of statistics is used for personnel evaluation instead of workouts and scouting.

 

[Derm]

Welcome Bob! Thanks for the article


(Should we forgive the newbie food purchase?)

 

[CardLogic]

Really nothing that we didn't already know in that article, rather it just layed it all out, in detail.

What is most troublesome about the whole affair is that everyone on this board knows the problem, seemingly anyone with an ounce of football knowledge, that has watched the Cardinals over the last three seasons knows the problem. Yet it has been allowed to continue for the entirety of those three seasons!!!

AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Most of us as observers keep thinking, that the coaching staff must know the problem, they must be working to correct it...

And nothing changes, it's beyond comprehension.

 

[clif]

*sigh*




again.

 

[football karma]

The bad news:

It looks like a complete "start over" on the offensive line

The good news:

The Cards have enough cap space that they could effectively make four of the existing five highly paid back ups in starting over via high draft picks and free agency.

It doesnt take forever to build an effective line. The Giants went from awful on the line to decent in one season (from 2003 to 2004 -- and then continued on to very good in 2005) , as did the Panthers in 2004 and any other number of teams.

The Cards just need someone to guide that process.

 

[AZCB34]

Really nothing that we didn't already know in that article, rather it just layed it all in detail.

What is most troublesome about the whole affair is that everyone on this board knows the problem, seemingly anyone with an ounce of football knowledge, that has watched the Cardinals over the last three seasons knows the problem. Yet it has been allowed to continue for the entirety of those three seasons!!!

AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Most of us as observers keep thinking, that the coaching staff must know the problem, they must be working to correct it...

And nothing changes, it's beyond comprehension.

Arrogance, Ego...name your poison. Denny has proven that he built the OL and cannot bring himself to dismantle it so he has hired 3 OL coaches and fired 2 of them.

Maybe Lindsey wasn't nearly the problem we thought he was last year?

It sure sounds like Wells was bad but without know the exactly blocking schemes and plays called, there is some wiggle room that Wells was not completely at fault. Still though, tough when he is singled out so much.

It clearly sounds as though the speed of the defenders was causing havoc for alot of the blocking schems the Cards were using.

 

[ajcardfan]

Arrogance, Ego...name your poison. Denny has proven that he built the OL and cannot bring himself to dismantle it so he has hired 3 OL coaches and fired 2 of them.

I think that's basically completely opposite of why Green has failed with oline. Every single season under Green we've had different starters at every position except Davis at LT and Ross at RT this year. Yeah, he's not been shy about dismantling any lineup we've had. It's been a regular Chinese fire drill, cutting, drafting and signing players, running them in and off the bench.

 

[Nasser22]

What happened with all the articles over the offseason saying that Wells was good and our best o-lineman?

 

[Derm]

Mrs. Wells got writer's cramp...

 

[CardinalChris]

The most troubling part is all of the time spent in 2 TE sets when NONE of our TEs block, and in fact as a group may be the least talented group on offense. Oh yeah, and formation dictating play was on the level of a high school team. Instead of looking for mismatches, we lined up and tried to impose our will. That only works when you have more talent than the other team.

 

[JeffGollin]

Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result each time is a sign of schizophrenia.

 

[CaptTurbo]

On the thread on who would you cut right now if you could cut 1 player.

Ross won the poll but I had the second post saying it has to be Wells.

 

[red desert]

Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result each time is a sign of schizophrenia.

No. It's a sign of stupidity.