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The Cleveland Browns have had their fair share of issues on offense this season, which is really just a nice way of saying they have big problems.
After Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans, former St. Louis Rams and Browns offensive lineman Ryan Tucker was on WKYC Channel 3's show Browns Insider, talking about Cleveland's offensive line.
Tucker played in the NFL for 12 seasons at right tackle and right guard, and knows a thing or two about playing in the trenches.
While showing only a couple replays from the Texans game, Tucker pointed out something very interesting in each of the examples shown—the young and inexperienced offensive guards are two of the biggest problems in the pass protection. They are also a big reason why quarterback Colt McCoy continues to get beaten down every Sunday, not to mention a reason as to why the passing game is as inept as it is.
Starting left guard Jason Pinkston is a rookie, and starting right guard Shawn Lauvao is a first-year starter who is only in his second year in the NFL.
Tucker pointed out how the guards were not finding Texans linebacker Brian Cushing pre-snap, since he was moving around from the right to the left side on Sunday. When Cushing moved around, and he did that quite a bit, Tucker said the guards were not aware of his movements and cited how it was also the fault of both center Alek Mack and McCoy for not picking up Cushing's movement.
This led to Cushing punishing McCoy over and over again. Tucker also mentioned how the guards should have kicked out to pick up Cushing on his blitzes and failed to many times. Cushing finished the game with a sack, a quarterback hit and several pressures on McCoy.
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