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Garza: O-line needs to get more physical

August, 11, 2012 Aug 11
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By Michael C. Wright | ESPNChicago.com

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BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Reviewing film of the Chicago Bears offensive line’s performance Thursday night against the Denver Broncos revealed what the unit thought in the immediate aftermath of the game, according to center Roberto Garza.

“We didn’t do a lot of things good,” he said. “So we have to learn from this. Obviously, this week of practice is important and the next game is (too).”

The Bears ran eight times in the first half Thursday night for 11 yards, gaining just 41 yards total as the offensive line allowed three sacks. Chicago took a vanilla approach offensively, which likely contributed to the club's ineffectiveness.

In addition, left tackle J'Marcus Webb and guards Edwin Williams and Lance Louis were flagged once each for false start penalties.

Right tackle Gabe Carimi mentioned the coaching staff wants to see more physicality from the offensive line.

Garza concurred, while expressing frustration about the line making the same mistakes Thursday night that plagued it during the 2011 season. In former offensive coordinator Mike Martz's scheme, the Bears gave up 49 sacks (fifth-most in the NFL) last season.

So it was expected the line would perform better in the new scheme of offensive coordinator Mike Tice, which emphasizes the running game and protecting the quarterback, in part, by eliminating five-man protections.

“When you’re physical, you give yourself a chance to win the game. We have to go out there and be physical and carry what we’re doing on the practice field to the game,” Garza said. “It’s still the first game of preseason. It’s still early in camp. Unfortunately, you think you cleaned (things) up and you think you’re past that, but obviously we’re not. We’re going to continue to work and continue to execute and work on our techniques.”

I understand that they use the cones to presently train Webb with. The cones go against Webb and most of the time Webb can win. Lovie stated that "Webb says the cones are tricky but usually he can find a way to block them. We just need to get him more reps against those cones. We may also look into using some of the smaller cones to give him more confidence. Coach Tice is confident that he will be able to manhandle the large cones before the season starts. We have lots of confidence in him"

Originally Posted by soulman

Yeah, I thought they might at least be able to find a couple of those highway barricades and let them play LT then at least DE's would have to run around them to get to the QB. Maybe the Illinois Dept. of Transportation could loan them a few and Tice could put them into them competition too.

Sorry to say I don't see Webb ever being able to handle the Large cones.

Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

I understand that they use the cones to presently train Webb with. The cones go against Webb and most of the time Webb can win. Lovie stated that "Webb says the cones are tricky but usually he can find a way to block them. We just need to get him more reps against those cones. We may also look into using some of the smaller cones to give him more confidence. Coach Tice is confident that he will be able to manhandle the large cones before the season starts. We have lots of confidence in him"

They trying to give Webb a STD to find a good excuse to keep him off the team?