The Worst Day Ever: Larry Borom’s On-Field Struggles
When watching the game in real-time, especially in the second half, the offensive line appeared to be having one of the brutal performances we saw early in the year.
After further review after watching the All-22, I thought the performance of four of the five starters wasn’t that bad. Teven Jenkins, Coleman Shelton, Matt Pryor, and Darnell Wright made a few mistakes here and there. But overall, I thought they were fine in the first half. In the second half, they struggled when the game started to get out of hand.
I did see the Next Gen stats regarding the pressure rates from Arizona on Sunday, and while those numbers didn’t look good, I think the eye test (mostly) looked better than those suggested. Again, it wasn’t good, but we’ve most certainly seen worse this season.
However, Larry Borom was, unfortunately, a big problem. Now, Borom is a veteran who’s been a stable option as a reserve lineman over the last few years. This was his first in-game action and his first week healthy off Injured Reserve, so seeing him have an adjustment period might not be that big of a surprise. Having said that, even giving him a little leeway, the bad was BAD.
Also, I’d like to re-emphasize that just like every week, no one outside of Halas Hall can say with 100 percent certainty what a player’s assignment is on a given play. We can take a pretty darn close educated guess, but none of us can be 100 percent sure.
Also, I’d like to re-emphasize that just like every week, no one outside of Halas Hall can say with 100 percent certainty what a player’s assignment is on a given play. We can take a pretty darn close educated guess, but none of us can be 100 percent sure.
