I was happy to jump on the Campen bandwagon sucks a few years back. This years performance so far indicates some kudos are in order maybe. Here is a list of my rambling train of thought:
1. The line has played pretty well even with the major starter injuries before the season.
2. We all recognize that a certain number of sacks in previous years under Rodgers were due to holding on to the ball too long rather than much to do with the line. This year, I am loving the quicker release on the pass.
3. Grant played with us under the zone blocking scheme and that really appears as a busted experiment. I haven't seen much discussion on this. Bringing in Lacy indicates we are going full tilt towards the traditional power running game.
Originally Posted by: dyeah_gb
The zone blocking bullshit has always sucked. The Broncos ran it well in the 90s, but it just flat out totally sucks shit here.
Earlier, Mike was asking Ted to get "smaller, quicker" offensive linemen. Remember Tony Moll? Glorified TEs. That was a total fiasco.
Nowadays, Ted has been allowed to get "bigger, stronger" guys.
Suddenly, we've got guys who can play. Go figure.
EDIT: Oh yeah, Campen. LOL. As far as I'm concerned none of this is due to him. But I don't give him credit for developing these guys. He's like Slocum, benefitting from Ted getting him good players.
I do blame him for Tretter breaking his ankle in the first Practice of his pro career, though.
As for Grant, it doesn't matter what type of system you run, if your RBs keeps running up the back of his blockers.
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