What to do about Bennett and Avril

[Jmac]

We all know that speed rushers give our oline fits. These are really the two guys that can cause havoc in the backfield. Remmers is suspect already and Oher may have issues also. We can't afford to have Cam running for his life.....that's when the mistakes happen.  Can't let them storm the gates and be disruptive. You can bet that they have watched the result of the oline folding under a heavy rush and have plans to follow suit. How should Shula game plan to prevent this?

[chknwing]

 

[IGSaint]

Remmers and Oher just have to do their jobs. We can't send Olsen as a blocker much because we need him in the passing game. So really they are on their own and need to play well. 

[Jmac]

1 minute ago, chknwing said:

 

It will be if these sons of bitches live in our backfield all game.

[KendrickPanther]

I think a healthy Jonathan Stewart would make a big difference for us in the pass blocking game. Tolbert needs to hold up too. Our tackles vs. their ends is my most concerning matchup. 

Honestly I think the way you neutralize them is to run Cam. Hell give him 15 carries. Get Cam moving towards the line of scrimmage and see who wants to hit him. When Cam is trying to scramble 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, bad things happen. Obviously we need Stew to run the ball. Maybe some screens and play action. But for me, we need to have that Seattle defense huffing and puffing in the third Quarter. To do that, we need lots of first down signs from #1.

[Riverboat Ron]

Block them.

[Captain Obvious]

It all starts with a 2X4 while they sleep.

[AceMan]

PFF had this to say today

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2016/01/11/pro-michael-bennett-cliff-avril-could-determine-outcome-of-seattle-carolina/

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The combination of Oher and Olsen trying to block Bennett seems like a recipe for a 247-pound man bearing down on Newton or Jonathan Stewart shortly after the ball is snapped. For Avril’s part, he will be largely going up against Remmers in the pass game. The last time the two met, Remmers had the worst pass-blocking grade of his season, surrendering five pressures.

When you look back to the previous matchup in Week 6, Avril certainly got the better of Remmers, but Bennett was relatively quiet, posting an average pass-rushing grade but poor markings in run defense.

 

[gmonjimbo]

Add in a mixture of quick passes. Against Tampa Bay, Cam got sacked on back to back plays, the next series we started running quick slants with Funchess and Brown. Also, mix up the snap count and get them to jump off sides. Neutralize their aggressiveness by forcing them to hesitate about timing the snap. 

[UpstatePanther]

3 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

I think a healthy Jonathan Stewart would make a big difference for us in the pass blocking game. Tolbert needs to hold up too. Our tackles vs. their ends is my most concerning matchup. 

Honestly I think the way you neutralize them is to run Cam. Hell give him 15 carries. Get Cam moving towards the line of scrimmage and see who wants to hit him. When Cam is trying to scramble 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, bad things happen. Obviously we need Stew to run the ball. Maybe some screens and play action. But for me, we need to have that Seattle defense huffing and puffing in the third Quarter. To do that, we need lots of first down signs from #1.

I don't disagree with you. It will be important to gas their defense and keep the pocket clean for Cam. But I think the more important matchup will be our defense versus Russell Wilson. Either by containing him in the pocket and getting sacks, or by outstanding coverage when he scrambles or throws up his ducks, we need to shut him down. I think if we do that, it won't be a close game, even if the Seahawk defense is swarming all game. 

[mwright350]

The same thing you do with any speed rushers.  

Block properly and either get the ball out so fast that their speed doesn't matter or force them to think twice about just going balls-out attack-mode by running directly at where they line up.  

[SOJA]

they're good 

[CRA]

Oher has proven himself enough this year in pass protection.  He is playing well.

Right side has been the weak point.  All it really means is we need to run the ball well for 4 quarters to aid them

[L-TownCat]

Whatever the MN o-line did?

DONT DO THAT.