Mr. Scot

She said she's talked about it before and it's never been a big deal. Someone else also indicated it was something that happened in years past, not currently. Still, this was...unwise

"This is bad." - Jack Dawson, Titanic

Weird story of the week... She's since released this statement... A colleague of hers stated she was talking about something that happened years ago, not now. Greg Olsen also spoke in support of her. Kinda hard to think there won't be some fallout from this though...

I don't think Ickey would be "marginally better" at left guard. I think he'd be significantly better. The problem is that pretty much anybody we put at left tackle would also be significantly worse. Mike Kaye suggested moving Bozeman to left guard and trying Cade Mays at center. Don't know if that works either but it's an option. The problem though is that none of these options work unless we move to a power run heavy offense. If we're not going to do that, then it's just Titanic deck chairs.

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And when the coach said he'd tailor the scheme to fit them.

All I know for sure is none of it makes sense.

NFL is already looking into it.

Christensen would be the obvious choice if he weren't hurt, and likely would be the pick next year. With the choices we've got now? Don't know.

What's maddening is the disconnect between the coaches messaging and the on-field product. "We're going to tailor the scheme to the personnel"... except we didn't. "We're going to have a collaborative approach"...you really wanna tell me nobody on a staff full of professionals is seeing this? It's just infuriating.

As to the chart, I think it's accurate but it doesn't tell the whole story. (stats and charts rarely do)

It's a wrongheaded idea to begin with. Even Newton, for all his strengths, couldn't win with a bad team around him. Still, people have gotten the idea that a "do it all" quarterback is what you need, but that's not what wins in the NFL.

In the last presser, somebody asked whether they might think about going to more of a smashmouth running attack. Reich rejected the idea in his answer. Granted, they could still do it in private but at least publicly he said no.

He didn't get where he is without having strengths. David Carr had strengths too...until they got beaten out of him.

Thinking that you have to do something right now when it isn't necessarily the best idea is a great way to make things even worse.

See above. They made no effort to retool the line that was already built. There's not really even any evidence that they thought about it. When James Campen was hired in San Diego, front office specifically stated that they were going to let him dictate what blocking scheme they ran. He looked at the personnel and decided zone blocking was the best fit. It's clearly not the best fit here, and I can't imagine Campen doesn't know that.

The OL was already built when he got here. No indication he wanted to retool it. Zavala was drafted as depth. Reich stated that his preference was to tailor the scheme to the players. He's not doing it and I can't imagine why.

It's kinda hard to evaluate anybody's strengths when they're constantly being run over.

Bad night...

Related: from John Ellis... Moving Ekwonu to guard accomplishes this...

That'd be insane given what his strengths are

John Fox stubbornly sticking with the "left-right corner" scheme when Larry Fitzgerald was lining up all over the place and killing us...

Said elsewhere, that's what I really don't get. Campen would obviously know, but I find it hard to believe he's the only one. Hell, it's been called out by analysts, reporters and fans alike. Is anybody talking about it internally?