EDIT: Another head scratcher is that Lucas Patrick, in 151 snaps for New Orleans has allowed zero sacks, zero hits and committed zero penalties. He has graded out as one of the better IOL in the NFL.
Been wondering about this too. Our OL coach no good? Starting to think our OC isn't very good. So hard to tell with the crap line we have. Same old story, probably a boat load of crap pile up into one jumbled undiscernbable mess.
Swift and Everett have been good players before they came here. Swift is getting 1.8 yards per carry. He averaged 5.05 yards per carry the last two years (4.6 for the Eagles and 5.5ypc for Detroit). Everett had 2,833 receiving yards before coming to the Bears. Now he has 3 catches for a total of zero yards.
Posted this yesterday,still looking for an answer...
Sept 23, 2024 8:57:18 GMT -5 shark86 said: Why is it every time we sign a good player who's been around a while, they blow chunks for us? Mercedes Lewis, Swift, Jared Allen, Orlando Pace . . .
Pace was way over the hill at that point. I think Lewis missing all of the off season and summer camp and preseason, has left him with some rust. He will be better this season (for what he is, a blocking TE only). Swift is not an old geezer like those two. He is 25 years old and in the prime of his career. Maybe he is not a good fit for the Shane Waldron "offense" here. And the run blocking looks to me to be pretty deficient too. And some of the play calling is a bit of a head scratcher for me... just being honest here... not trying to be negative.
Post by brasilbear on Sept 23, 2024 14:11:22 GMT -6
Everett had been trending down for the past few seasons according to all I read during the offseason. He was signed because Waldron knew him. Kmet has been the better TE since game one and finally the TE usage reflects that. Swift was criticized for being a sideline runner rather than 1-cut and go. He IMO was also a wasted signing. Johnson/Herbert need to get more snaps going forward. Lewis is a blocking TE, he really shouldn't have any other role than that. Any catch he makes is an added bonus, and I think he's playing well so far--because all he is, is a blocking TE.
Its the player usage driving the problems. Why was Carter lined up as a TE on a 3rd-1? Why is Carter getting targets over Scott? I'm not slamming Carter. He's a good KR/PR. He should be WR4 and getting looks accordingly. Why is Scott not running more routes? RB usage is the same.
