Did the O-Line do enough down the stretch to keep Pat Meyer employed?

ljkjr74 · Jan 15, 2023

Did a great job and it will keep improving. At least we have one coach doing a good job. Let’s hope for more next season.

Formerscribe · Jan 17, 2023

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The pass blocking was their strength. Not too sure why so many people think it's the other way around.
The Steelers were top 10 in sacks as well as pressures per pass attempt. In other words, they protected Pickett quite well.
Yes, they made some really stupid mistakes sometimes, but when they weren't allowing free rushers, they actually pass protected pretty well.

What wasn't good, not even near the end of the season, was the run blocking. You can argue it got better, but it was still pretty mediocre. The improvement is also probably tied to Harris getting healthy and not dancing as much.

The Steelers ran it a lot this year so their actual yards are up there, but their yards per game are not good. Harris was also only getting like 2 yards before he was contacted, which isn't good.

The Oline was expected to be among the worst in the league. It wasn't, but it also wasn't great. Pass blocking was decent, but run blocking was pretty mediocre. With a guy like Harris, we need better blocking because he doesn't have the speed or acceleration to outrun guys. He's going to power his way to 3-4 ypc, but it sure would be nice to have some bigger runs sometimes
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People think that because they went to a game plan that protected the quarterback and he was still forced to scramble away from the rush right at the snap way too often. The run blocking wasn't there early in the season, but it was there after the bye. Looking at the full-season numbers doesn't accurately portray what happened by the end of the season.

shaner82 · Jan 17, 2023

Formerscribe said: ↑

People think that because they went to a game plan that protected the quarterback and he was still forced to scramble away from the rush right at the snap way too often. The run blocking wasn't there early in the season, but it was there after the bye. Looking at the full-season numbers doesn't accurately portray what happened by the end of the season.
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Coaches can only protect a QB so much. You can bring the TE in and leave the RB in to block, but over the course of a game and a season, the stats are what they are. Pickett had more time than most people realize. Hell, against Oakland's pass rush, he was only hurried 7 times all game. The pass blocking was quite a bit better than average

The run blocking did get better as the season went on, but Harris was still not averaging good per carry numbers and was getting contacted quite early

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