MontanaXXIII
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With most successful offenses in history, you couldn't even name most of the linemen.
Dan Marino hardly ever get sacked no matter who you put in front of him. They would move career backup centers to LT and he would still not get sacked...because he could move around in the pocket and zip the ball out with the flick of a wrist.
The QB's internal clock, pocket movement, and release are what cause or prevent the vast majority of sacks. A bit of that is scheme as well: Do you run slow-developing route combinations? Do you preach getting the ball out early? Do you max protect (this was a key to the "Hogs" journeyman scrubs' success in pass protection for the Redskins).
And run blocking is almost entirely about scheme. The Broncos during the Alex Gibbs/Mike Shanahan zone blocking days had a revolving door of guys who couldn't even make most rosters. Yet they opened gaping holes because of the way everything in their system was put together.
It's the techniques/philosophies and the guys coaching them.
The Bears right now could have prime Larry Allen and Quenton Nelson at guard, Dwight Stephenson at center, and Anthony Munoz and Rayfield Wright at tackle, and they would still get absolutely nowhere with the run with this scheme/coaching in place.
Dan Marino hardly ever get sacked no matter who you put in front of him. They would move career backup centers to LT and he would still not get sacked...because he could move around in the pocket and zip the ball out with the flick of a wrist.
The QB's internal clock, pocket movement, and release are what cause or prevent the vast majority of sacks. A bit of that is scheme as well: Do you run slow-developing route combinations? Do you preach getting the ball out early? Do you max protect (this was a key to the "Hogs" journeyman scrubs' success in pass protection for the Redskins).
And run blocking is almost entirely about scheme. The Broncos during the Alex Gibbs/Mike Shanahan zone blocking days had a revolving door of guys who couldn't even make most rosters. Yet they opened gaping holes because of the way everything in their system was put together.
It's the techniques/philosophies and the guys coaching them.
The Bears right now could have prime Larry Allen and Quenton Nelson at guard, Dwight Stephenson at center, and Anthony Munoz and Rayfield Wright at tackle, and they would still get absolutely nowhere with the run with this scheme/coaching in place.