Kyle Long and Sitton are too experienced to be making these mistakes. Not all mistakes in the first 3 games are on them but clearly there are numerous issues on the Oline that need to be corrected for this running game to take off.

 

http://bearswire.usatoday.com/2016/09/29/f...gainst-cowboys/

Continuity is key.

Continuity is key.

This^^^

It would be nice to have a healthy oline get through training camp as a unit once without changing the week before the season kicks off.

This is a good article and is what I have been seeing when rewatching the game on NFL gamepass in coaches mode which enables you to look closely a the blocking of the linemen. I understand that I don't know what the play being run is but I see the interior players giving ground as soon as the ball is snapped on run plays.

The guards positions are where the money is spent and I would expect better. I am concerned about Long is his play due to his injury or poor technique or both. If it is the injury and this is the level he will be able to play at this year then as bad as Larsen might be would it be better to put him on IR instead of potentially causing a more serious injury.

Regarding Sinton I suppose he needs a bit of time to bed in, learn the plays and develop an understanding but at the 4th game he should be ready to play.

This game I feel is really important whether or not we lose. We need to see the interior play be graded as good to excellent for the team to have any confidence for the rest of the season and next year. I would like to see us run 60 to 65 percent and also bring in a guard and run from heavy sets and if White or Jeffrey are in single coverage throw them the ball. In obvious pass plays bring in Miller and Royal.

Also if Paulsen's play doesn't improve I would look to cut him and use the most athletic backup lineman to play the 2nd tight end. I was happy with them moving on from Bennett because of the distraction he was causing but this has been clearly an oversight. I saw him whiff on a number of blocks at the end of last year which is probably down to him not getting his contract addressed in the off season but it looks to me that Paulsen is a liability at the moment.

They looked much better today. More hard work to come though.

I watched a highlight of the game and noticed that on one of the plays where Hoyer did play action to the left and then reverses direction rolling out to the right the blocking scheme appeared to me to be exactly the same as this running play where they talked about the reach block. If a LB is trying to key off what the OG and RB do they are going to bite hard to stop the running play headed to their right side.

 

It's a great fake and I don't recall seeing it before with this roll out (not that I watched that closely). Having this option should slow down the LBs a bit on the run read, which of course makes it easier to get OG on them if it is a running play. Remember in the original link how the Cowboys DE cut across the face of Massie and made the tackle? Now with the QB rolling out behind that RT space the LDE might hesitate before making his move inside. That gives Massie a bit more time to make his run block.