Offensive Line Cant Hold a Block

Hi all,

Wondering if this is normal or if there's something I am missing.

I have Devon Manuel (90) Rimac (90) Panzer (90) Preston Wilson (89) and Emery Jones (88) on my Oline.

While I know Manuel and Panzer are run blockers, It seems like I am getting pressured or sacked by extremely inferior Defensive lines in less than 2 seconds 50% of the time. I have upgraded every player on my offense to have the same team chemistry as the play book I use(Oregon) . Does playstyle boost matter that much? Feels like my oline should be able to hold blocks much better, especially against 86 & 87 overall D lines. Same issue happens with Maranges and Kight subbed in at C and LT.

My line plays great. Quit pressing trigger and also develop some pocket movement. This way you will be better prepared for o Line breakdowns

darthjpeg said:

Hi all,

Wondering if this is normal or if there's something I am missing.

I have Devon Manuel (90) Rimac (90) Panzer (90) Preston Wilson (89) and Emery Jones (88) on my Oline.

While I know Manuel and Panzer are run blockers, It seems like I am getting pressured or sacked by extremely inferior Defensive lines in less than 2 seconds 50% of the time. I have upgraded every player on my offense to have the same team chemistry as the play book I use(Oregon) . Does playstyle boost matter that much? Feels like my oline should be able to hold blocks much better, especially against 86 & 87 overall D lines. Same issue happens with Maranges and Kight subbed in at C and LT.

I use Panzer and Jones from the 5 you use. The other 3 just seem like expensive for no reason other than “being the overall best at their position “.  I also don’t believe they perform as well as other guys. I use -

LT- Kight LT

LG- Monheim/Frederico C

C- Panzer C

RG- Kandra RG

RT- Jones (88) RT

SteveSegal said:

My line plays great. Quit pressing trigger and also develop some pocket movement. This way you will be better prepared for o Line breakdowns

What do you mean by pressing trigger? Like previewing the play art? I tend to step up in the pocket 50% and leak too far back 50% of the time.

darthjpeg said:

What do you mean by pressing trigger? Like previewing the play art? I tend to step up in the pocket 50% and leak too far back 50% of the time.

I could be wrong but I think they are referring to sprinting on run plays with the back/QB/wr before you're through to the second level of the defense. Doing it causes almost instant block sheds.

longocalrissian said:

I could be wrong but I think they are referring to sprinting on run plays with the back/QB/wr before you're through to the second level of the defense. Doing it causes almost instant block sheds.

Ah that's gotta be it. That is very frustrating as well, I rarely roll out, usually only do in designed roll outs with an extra tight end, they still shed double teams like they're  made of paper as well.

darthjpeg said:

Ah that's gotta be it. That is very frustrating as well, I rarely roll out, usually only do in designed roll outs with an extra tight end, they still shed double teams like they're  made of paper as well.

It's hard not to hit the trigger when rolling around the pocket but it was helpful for me to just hit practce  and work on pocket movement. Same with run plays. If you're hitting sprint I definitely recommend retraining your muscle memory in a non-comptitive  (live game vs. a user or the CPU) setting so your failures have no consequence rep to rep.

longocalrissian said:

It's hard not to hit the trigger when rolling around the pocket but it was helpful for me to just hit practce  and work on pocket movement. Same with run plays. If you're hitting sprint I definitely recommend retraining your muscle memory in a non-comptitive  (live game vs. a user or the CPU) setting so your failures have no consequence rep to rep.

Good call, not immediately sprinting out of the backfield makes a HUGE difference in the ground game I've noticed. Trying to get your teammates to do that also is the tough part lol.