Moves I'd like to see over the bye week.

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1. Bring Levi Jones in if he's healthy. Slide Gandy down to LG and Wells to C. Or try Gandy at RT. It's pretty bad when Reggie Wells, who's a mediocre guard, is you best OL.

2. Move Beanie Wells into the starting lineup. Moreno, Brown,and McCoy all have had an impact on their teams. Let Beanie run and put TH into the 3rd down role he was best suited for last year. You can't let 2 early fumbles sour Beanie's entire rookie year.

3. Do what it takes to get Will Davis, or someon else, up to speed. Berry is done and is a total liability out there. He should be a spot pass rusher at best. Okeafor's not far behind him.

4.Make Warner work on his cohesion of handing the ball off to Beanie. The OL has been bad but i think a big problem of the running game is that it takes Warner longer than most QB's to get the ball in the RB's hand.

5. Get Leinart ready because this OL may get Warner killed.
 

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Hire and OC ASAP it has become VERY VERY CLEAR that Whiz is NOT capable of doing both jobs well!
 

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1. Bring Levi Jones in if he's healthy. Slide Gandy down to LG and Wells to C. Or try Gandy at RT. It's pretty bad when Reggie Wells, who's a mediocre guard, is you best OL.

2. Move Beanie Wells into the starting lineup. Moreno, Brown,and McCoy all have had an impact on their teams. Let Beanie run and put TH into the 3rd down role he was best suited for last year. You can't let 2 early fumbles sour Beanie's entire rookie year.

3. Do what it takes to get Will Davis, or someon else, up to speed. Berry is done and is a total liability out there. He should be a spot pass rusher at best. Okeafor's not far behind him.

4.Make Warner work on his cohesion of handing the ball off to Beanie. The OL has been bad but i think a big problem of the running game is that it takes Warner longer than most QB's to get the ball in the RB's hand.

5. Get Leinart ready because this OL may get Warner killed.
You want to move around 3 offensive lineman just by bringing one guy in? Sorry, I'll have to disagree. I'm all for moving levi inside and bringing in a RT but not moving 3 guys around.
 

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Come out of the bye week without losing.

I'm a bit afraid we might drop another game. Bye is pretty tough through the air.
 

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Tim Hightower led the team last year in rushing TD's. One fumble and you are trying to make him the fall guy. Beanie in ther first quarter had a couple of opertunities and didn't look any better than Tim. I would like to see more of BW, but to blame Hightower because the O-line could't keep the penitration from hitting guys in the backfield.

Oh with the exception of three straight running plays in third quarter all to Th we had 3 chances to score up too 21pts, mistakes, turnovers bad line play killed us each time between turnovers and Kurt getting the crap beat out of him.

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but to blame Hightower because the O-line could't keep the penitration from hitting guys in the backfield.

Holy crap someone else beside me did watch the game.
 

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Could Brown play guard? I think Duece sucks. I wouldn't mind having Jeremy Bridges back out on the field and moving brown to guard. That will solve some of the issues. Also, the o-line didn't understand the stunts they were given. gotta fix that problem too..
 

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Tim Hightower led the team last year in rushing TD's. One fumble and you are trying to make him the fall guy. Beanie in ther first quarter had a couple of opertunities and didn't look any better than Tim. I would like to see more of BW, but to blame Hightower because the O-line could't keep the penitration from hitting guys in the backfield.

Oh with the exception of three straight running plays in third quarter all to Th we had 3 chances to score up too 21pts, mistakes, turnovers bad line play killed us each time between turnovers and Kurt getting the crap beat out of him.

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He had 2 fumbles today. One was recovered.

Most of TH's TD's last year were in the goal line stance. No ones' asking to bench Hightower. Some of us believe he is better suited as a third down back and will be more effective compared to starting.

No question the OL sucked and did not provide either pass or rush protection and even Beanie was hit behind. But, Beanie has shown enough in first two games (minus the two fumbles) that he should get more opportunities. He has better vision, runs north-south, is quicker and stronger.
 

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CBUS, Understanding that none of these are gonna happen, I think kicking Russ Grimm in his Privates because HE has too much on HIS plate is something noone is talking about; Everyone talks about whizz and it may be true, but Grimm added to his jobs in the offseason as well....
PS I want TH to be a 3rd down super weapon ala Larry Centers.. Start The rookie and let's see what he's got.. 2 carries -1 yard doesn't cut it as for "seeing what he's got'''
 
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Tim Hightower led the team last year in rushing TD's. One fumble and you are trying to make him the fall guy. Beanie in ther first quarter had a couple of opertunities and didn't look any better than Tim. I would like to see more of BW, but to blame Hightower because the O-line could't keep the penitration from hitting guys in the backfield.
i'm not making TH the fall guy. Wells is better. One thing that Wells does that TH doesn't is hit the line(hole, if there is one) faster which means less time for the defense to get there. I believe Wells had about a 2-3 yard run and then a 4-5 yard loss because Kreider got knocked back by a DB into him.
 

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The O-line, primarily the tackles, but also on occasion the others, is just NOT getting the job done. Two out of three games, and for the last two preseason games, the offensive line is simply been outmatched and beaten like the red-headed stepchild. Gandy and Brown were nothing short of awful tonight, both in run and pass blocking.

The bye week is the perfect opportunity to do something there. I don't have the answer, but Gandy and Brown are simply not the answer. They weren't that good last year either, but the Cardinals used quick passes to get by.
 

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