Gross places blame on O-line

[panthergrl90]

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2009/09/lt-gross-few-qbs-wouldve-done-any-better-than-panthers-delhomme.html

[Kevin Greene]

Always a good team mate.

[Snake]

About half the blame goes to them and the coaches. The other half to Jake.

[PhillyB]

thanks for the article. gross is definitely a class act... it'll be interesting to see, if (when) the O-line regains their mojo, how well Delhomme does compared to yesterday.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Good. They looked bad all preseason and even worse week 1. This is suppose to be the strength of the offense. These guys need to step up in the worst way. The next Tom Brady isn't sitting there on the waiver wire, we need to dominate the LOS if we're going to win this season.

[Zcustom]

"I love that guy," said Gross. " He was one of the main reasons I wanted to re-sign here because I love blocking for him and he’s our quarterback. I told him because I knew what happened, that it wasn’t even half on him -- less than half should've been.

:eek:

[charlottenian]

I would bet the farm that the O-line is going to block like a group of pro bowlers for Jake this Sunday. This lopsided loss may spark a fire for the offense to get their act together, for receivers to run better routes, for the coaches to dial up better plays and for the o-line not to get abused

[CatMan72]

Good man, closing ranks and protecting his teammate - that's exactly what I would expect.

[Lout]

The Oline needs to start poppin' those pills again plz.

[Raskle]

It was a cream... not pills

I still can't understand how it was the OLine's fault when the coaches didn't adjust for blitz packages of 9 guys attacking the gaps. How are 5 guys supposed to block for 9 rushers? It's simple.. run a two TE set the rest fo the game.. put King on the LTE and Barnidge on the RTE, and have them keep the Guards from getting to Jake up the middle like that.

This is elementary pee-wee football here... with that formation, you can still rush up the middle or bounce it out to the sides, still pass to your WR with a good amount of Play Action going on, and still have those TEs go out in the flats for short dumpoffs if the blitz doesn't come.

Coaches? Hello? Please wake the F up now!

[PantherDude]

Gross is kinda right on what he said, even though I don't agree 100%. Even when Jake has the ball less than one second few time, the Eagles defense took him down. Jake deserve the blame as well the offense not protecting him enough, even for 1 second.

[OneBadassCat]

Gross is right but I think Jake also has a responsibility to read the field and make adjustments, go into no huddle if he wants to. Fox's seems to have his back 100% so if he wanted to I'm sure he could call the plays he wants to run. He should take control and he should want control just like the best of them do( Palmer, Brady, Manning, Brees, etc).

[pantherclaw]

Glad the leader of the o-line stepped up and admitted what I witnessed.

[KatsAzz]

I respect Gross for taking a hit for the team,and agree with him to a point,but that still doesn't completly excuse Jake for his last two performances.