Mark Schlereth briefly discusses Alex Gibbs' blocking philosophy. Edit: marroncito: I wanted...

Mark Schlereth briefly discusses Alex Gibbs' blocking philosophy.

Edit: marroncito: I wanted to bring the video bennprince posted up to the Front Page to ask 2 questions about zone blocking.

1) The Texans have had a great reputation as a high character clean team. Will cut-blocking sour the outlook on the Texans? A lot of D-linemen complain about being cut-blocked. Will we hear about Texans O-linemen cheap shots?

2) How exhausted are they going to be? Is it going to affect the guys coming after Schaub like Harrison, Suggs, Vanden Bosch & Harvey?

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Winning cures everything,,,

There will be a lot of complaints, especially from our divisional rivals. Oakland, KC and San Diego typically hate the Broncos and a lot of it has to do with the perception that their O Linemen are dirty.

In my opinion this is all overblown. The Texans have been running a version of zone blocking for a few years now. Certainly this has included some form of cut blocking. In addtion, there are other teams that use the technique and we seldom hear criticism of their methods.

The bottom line is that the NFL is about winning and if it takes a few legal cut blocks to get the Texans to a higher level I couldn’t care less. Hopefully there is a running pool between the offensive lineman on who can be the first to break Fat Albert’s legs.

It's Our Time.... or something...

by bennprince on Aug 1, 2008 6:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Freeney

You forgot to mention Freeney. ;) lol

by metal_militia on Aug 1, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

first four games

freeney comes later. how does freeney deal with cut blocks? have you ever seen him shed them?

by marroncito on Aug 1, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tired

I have to think that if you way 260-330 lbs (typical D-lineman) and you are constantly having to come off the ball, get knocked down, scramble back to your feet and trail the play, you can’t help but get worn out.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 2, 2008 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i guess my question is do they trail the play? i’ve seen a lot of d-linemen stop when the play flows away from them. yeah the best ones flow to the ball, but i’ve seen a lot of them give up.

by marroncito on Aug 2, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

There are a lot that will just stay down, but I don’t think those are the guys that we’re worrying about tiring out anyway. It’s the KVBs of the world who just keep coming that will wear out with the constant dropping and getting up.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 2, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

good point. here’s hoping it will wear down the high motor guys.

by marroncito on Aug 2, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cut blocks

you won’t hear any criticism until a block goes bad and a d-lineman snaps some ligaments

by BigTexBD on Aug 4, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's not about injuring opponents, it's about winning

The Texans know better than any team about injuries, serious injuries, season-ending and career threatening injuries. The last 2 years we’ve had more players on IR than any other team. NFL players get hurt; it’s a part of the game.

Alex Gibb’s is not about injuring opponents. I do not wish to see opposing linemen get hurt, but if they’re worn down in the 4th quarter that puts us in a position to win. Gibbs is about playing within the rules, and playing to win. His track record speaks volumes. There are limits placed on cut blocking, and as bennprice pointed out, the Texans have already used this technique. Many other teams do as well. I do not particularly like Al Davis, but his “Just win baby” seems to fit here.

The Texans time to win is at hand. GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!!!!

by oiler-texan diehard on Aug 4, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs