dogorama":ygt6meig said:
seabowl":ygt6meig said:
Just like when we picked up Williams last year many on this board were again upset with the contract that was given to Webb and so far it appears he sucks too. I guess the hope is that they don't try and force Webb into playing action just based on the money he was paid. My only question is why can't we seem to sign a lineman that is actually somewhat good?
Do you really think he is worse than Gilliam? Gilliam single-handedly caused the safety tonight on a mistake he has made in every single game so far.
Gilliam didn't make a mistake. He blocked down on the man inside. That's what you're supposed to do as a Tackle: if you have two men coming free, you take the inside one. The one on the outside has a longer path to the QB, and pressure up the middle kills the pocket and messes most QB's up worse. The edge guy is the QB's responsibility in that situation.
You either make the guy miss (risky in the end zone) or you throw it away immediately. Peyton Manning in his prime was still a statue, but you're not getting a safety on that play on Manning. Ball is out too quickly. Same with Brady.
It's probable Boykin didn't see the pressure pre snap and that's on him as well.