45catfan

We gave Joey Slye a very short leash after he got the yips, so I don't understand why we are letting these guards have so much margin for error. Even before Elflein got hurt, he wasn't playing that great.

No, I don't think anyone expects really good players to be sitting at home, mediocre...possibly and that would be a major upgrade from what we currently have.

There are several day 3 OL guys from just this past draft that didn't make the final 53 for some teams. Try them out! Just because they weren't the best 3 or 4 in their positional group for one team doesn't mean they are complete garbage. Also, there SEVERAL mediocre FA RTs out there I would replace Miller at RG with in a heartbeat.

Unless he has gotten better, Brown is HORRIBLE in pass protection. I would give Scott a shot at playing RG and put BC at LG.

Yup, noting against Marshall, but I wasn't a fan of the pick at that point in the draft. He may end up being good, but we really could have went another direction other than WR at that pick.

Once Gilmore is off PUP, send out trade feelers for O-Linemen. Fitts says nobody is coming off of them, I would suspect for day 3 draft capital in the future is what he's been offering, so I can understand why. If we dangled an immediate impact CB in front of a team, they may be willing to budge then.

The problem isn't a rebuild, it's an utter lack of understanding of how bad this OL was in the offseason; thereby failing to address it. If our OL was even average, we'd probably won yesterday and we still only have one loss.

Donte doesn't strike me as a hometown discount kind of guy. Maybe not top 5 CB money, but top 10? If Bradberry stuck to his demands and wouldn't budge, I doubt D-Jax would either.

Different week, same story. If their D-line is above average, they will wreck our OL and our offense will fall apart.

And also will land him on a different roster like Bradberry. Fitts likes physically imposing CBs, especially on the outside. If Henderson plays well, we have to let Donte walk so we can spend some money on fixing the offense.

Let's see how Henderson and Gilmore do. If they end up being as effective or more so, trade Jackson. We can't be spending money like this, especially on one side of the ball.

Here is the problem with this offense and the issues often compound themselves. 1) OL sucks, therefore 2) Sam is rushing his throws and often locking onto his initial read, becasue 3) CMC's hurt; his main relief valve under pressure if Sam doesn't like what he sees downfield, leading to 4) Getting behind the chains, turnovers and 3-and-outs, which means 5) Our defense has to play more & more opportunities for our opponents to score and take a lead, therfore 6) Brady has to try to dial up chunk yardage plays to come from behind and opposing D's pin their ears back, which leaves us at See #1

The narrative changed because Sam Danrold doesn't draw in the groupies like Cam did. I'm not pick on the guy, but Sam has brought one new member to the Huddle. Cam brought a legion of huggers, most of which have faded away.

Until this OL is fixed, rather patched up, Sam ain't doing nothing. He makes poor reads and poor decisions under duress. If he looks that bad from a clean pocket, then we will talk, but the man was running for his life yesterday.

Erving-Christensen-Paradis-Scott-Moton That's the best scenario we got right now.

There's no wonder why previous PSL owners gave up their seats. This is why. The gameday experience has been trending down for years.

Jake actually had a decent OL.

I thought the tackle play was okay, not great, not horrible. The IOL though? Woof!

I'd be happy when Rhule stops considering Temple and Baylor castoff players NFL caliber. Riddick being the lone exception... he was actually a high draft choice. The other 8-10 Bear-owls can go play in an arena league somewhere.

When an injury occurs. He's a rookie at the end of the depth chart. Veterans are going to get the reps.

He's going to be a guard though. Irvin isn't getting benched. Moton will back to the right side and BC will be inserted at LG. Watch. Daley and Miller were horrible, but front side terrible is a better problem to have than blindside terrible.

Even so, who do we get for guards? Most of the pressure was from the interior. I'd trade Robby Anderson for a legit LG right this minute.

No, you beat the other team into submission, not let them linger around and hope we make one more play than they do. That's freaking idiotic, even for coach speak.

We have to take a game somewhere else as I had this as a 'W'. This one stings.

^^^This. Tom Brady would look like garbage behind this OL.