Yesterday made me wonder how much McCoy makes up for how terrible Ruiz is. Watching him all game, he looked like a rookie at best. I expected Patrick to struggle a bit, but was highly disappointed at how terrible Ruiz played.
I don't think Ruiz is great but I think some of it is that the scheme relies on combo blocks and without McCoy the continuity is messed up and the right line calls aren't necessarily being made. There was one play where Ruiz and Udoh both pulled in opposite directions and ran into each other in the middle of the line. That seems more likely to be a messed up line call rather than either of them being that bad. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just can't imagine there is a play call where you have both Guards pull in opposite directions. But, I do think McCoy and the scheme cover up some of Ruiz's issues.