IndyJay1234 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I will apologize if this has already been talked about but I thought the biggest difference was Willis picking up a defender when they came through. He is a great blocker ala Thurman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB2SF Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I will apologize if this has already been talked about but I thought the biggest difference was Willis picking up a defender when they came through. He is a great blocker ala Thurman. 74905[/snapback] Willis's blocking definitely helped. I think our success could also be chalked up to... 1) fewer all-out blitz packages from the Dolphins than we've seen from other teams 2) better "max protect" schemes for Drew -- rarely was he back there all by his lonesome 3) good reads by Drew and crisp routes by the WRs. In spite all the gushing about Willis's pass-blocking, which I tend to agree with, the lone sack on Drew was the direct result of Willis missing his pick-up (tried to make a block, but had a poor angle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo mike Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Thurman could outright flatten people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 In spite all the gushing about Willis's pass-blocking, which I tend to agree with, the lone sack on Drew was the direct result of Willis missing his pick-up (tried to make a block, but had a poor angle). 75025[/snapback] I can accept that as a rookie mistake...particularly since he consistently made blocks, whereas Henry consistently whiffs on them. I liked, too, the way McGahee stayed back and looked for anyone needing blocking, and if he found no one went out as a safety valve for Bledsoe. Nothing all that special...except he seemd to be paying attention to the game, which is something I don't ever really sense from Henry when he doesn't have the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 i thought willis was just-ok on blitz pickup. his guy got by at least twice that i can think of...one sack and one near-sack. on the other hand, the guy's hardly played...he'll only get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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