fairweather fan Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 From Easterbrook's column on http://www.nfl.com Best Blocks: The New England offensive line may be the only offensive line in memory to do a national television commercial -- Visa's clever "metaphors" spot -- and it's a good thing the players have their helmets on in the ad since you never know who's going to play for this unit. Nor does it seem to matter. Fielding two undrafted unknowns and two rookies, one pressed into service at the last minute owing to an injured starter, the Flying Elvii offensive line was dominant in the fourth quarter at Pittsburgh. The Patriots had three fourth-quarter possessions that resulted in three scores, with Tom Brady a perfect 12-for-12 in the quarter. The chief reason for this success was that no Steelers defender came near Brady in the pocket. Several times, yours truly counted one-thousand one, one-thousand two, one-thousand three, one-thousand four, one-thousand five as Brady calmly surveyed the field. Pass blocking sure helps a quarterback look good. Contrast to Buffalo, where the Bills offensive line had a cover-your-eyes awful performance, J.P. Losman rarely getting more than one-thousand one, one-thousand two before he had to take off scrambling. But, the Bills might say, we had injuries that forced us to play an unknown and a rookie. Funny, this never seems to be a problem for the New England offensive line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 BUT .... but ..... but ..... we have McNally ........ he can turn these sows ears into silk purses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdubs Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I just hope the front office wakes up from it's dreams of playoff contention and drafts some O linemen in the next draft. We need them bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 BUT .... but ..... but ..... we have McNally ........ he can turn these sows ears into silk purses 456747[/snapback] Cartainly not according to JMac. He was on record any number of times last year saying he was no miracle worker. The large number of OL possibilities the Bills brought into camp are a tangible statement that JMac had real doubt whether he had the horses to get the job done. it looks like he might have been right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Add in the fact that JP, though rushed at times, also had well more than 3 seconds to throw on many of the passing plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalfan Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 McNally has been quoted in the Tonawanda News as saying all offensive linemen look the same to me...they all look good. He jsut coaches them. It explains the L Smith to R Tucker to B Andersen moves at left guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Jmac " We need better O-linemen" TD "ah, just put a little lipstick on that pig, I know what I'm doing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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