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November 15th, 2011 
Bewsaf 
The Oakland Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, 24-17. The Raiders improve to 5-4 on the season, while the Chargers drop to 4-5.
In this weekly article, Pro Football Spotlight will bring you the blocking performances of the recent Broncos game, as well as some additional data. For example: Did you know that Brandon Myers has his highest assignment grade this week against the Chargers?
Let’s take a look at the those blocking grades…
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| Team Run Blocking | Power Blocking | Power Score | 2nd Level Blocks | ||||
| Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the mid 80s to 90% is a decent score. | How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? These scores are good for comparing across teams and finding the most dominant lineman in the league. | Anything over zero is a good score. The more over zero the more the lineman dominated the defender. Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the defender. | The number of success over failures for the lineman when blocking linebackers and safeties on the second level. The lineman must be athletic to accomplish a high second level score. |
- Run Blocking
Run Grade Bar Power Pull 2nd Grade 
Score Block Level Myers 90% 
-1 0 +1 Tango 81% 
-1 0 +1 Tango 85% 0 0 0
Run Blocking Notes:
- Brandon Myers has one of his most consistent blocking games this Sunday. He ends the day with a 90% assignment grade in run blocking and a -1 power score.
- At 5:48 in the 1st quarter, Kevin Boss gets beat on the backside as his defender gets inside on him and works his way down the line of scrimmage for the tackle. There is nothing more frustrating than seeing a backside defender make a play when the front-side blockers have all done their jobs.
- Kevin Boss learns another lesson at 4:18 in the 1st quarter. He is on the backside and is able to scope the defender. But he just stands there like his job is done (or doesn’t drive him). The back has to cut all the way back to the backside and Boss loses control of his defender…and he makes the tackle. Even if a blocker is on the backside, they have to block as if they are playside.
- Brandon Myers sets the edge at 1:46 in the 1st quarter so the back can get to the outside. But at 14:27 in the 2nd quarter, he misses a backside block and his defender makes the tackle. What was I saying about backside blocks?
| Team Pass Blocking | Passing Power | Pressures | Combo Help | ||||
| Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the 90% is a good score for pass blocking. | How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the block. | How often did the offensive lineman give up pressure on the quarterback? Every once and a while a lineman can do his job but give up pressure on the QB. This stat will help glean more info from the line grades. | How often did the offensive coordinator provide help for a tough defender or a struggling lineman. Yea, two lineman ended up with the same grade…but how much help did either of them get? |
- Pass Blocking
Run Grade Bar Power Pressures Sacks Combo Grade Score Allowed Allowed Help Boss 98% 0 0 0 1 Bush 66% 
-1 1 0 2
Pass Blocking Notes:
- Taiwan Jones is a little late at picking up an outside blitz at 12:21 in the 2nd quarter. I would like to see him get on that blitz a little bit quicker, so the quarterback feels a little less pressure.
- At 11:32 in the 4th quarter, Michael Bush gets beat in pass protection on the right side of the formation for a sack.
- At 2:19 in the 3rd, Michael Bush misses a cut block in pass protection. Bush does a decent job in pass protection…but it seems you can count on him missing one, per game.
- At 2:19 in the 3rd, Michael Bush misses a cut block in pass protection. Bush does a decent job in pass protection…but it seems you can count on him missing one, per game.
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