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the OL has not sucked so far

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All off-season the Huddle was worried about the OL.  The belief seemed to be that the team would take a half-dozen sacks per game and Darnold would be constantly running for his life.

The reality has been far from that. 

In the first two games the OL has looked fine.  Darnold has been sacked once a game or so.  He's looked fairly cool & calm in the pocket. 

The OL hasn't been the trash fire many expected it to be.   Even with Elflein & Erving getting banged up, the team has been able to plug in replacements (including the rookie Christensen today) without skipping a beat.

I must say I've been pleasantly surprised with the "not horrible" OL play so far.  And that's against two teams with good DL.

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2 minutes ago, panfanman said:

We must not be watching the same game/team.

Right? The reason Darnold isn't getting sacked is because our offense is predicated on getting the ball out fast (and even then Darnold has been under quite a bit of pressure). When he does have to hold onto the ball a little longer, our o-line collapses. Not to mention their run blocking.

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6 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

You need to go to Lenscrafters.

 

They'll be ready in an hour.

 

7 minutes ago, panfanman said:

We must not be watching the same game/team.


The line wasn't perfect, but it wasn't the garbage so many predicted.   Sam wasn't getting killed or running for his life... that was Jaemis Winston.
 

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Just now, jayflip said:

Our pass blocking has been surprisingly adequate. Our push in the run game is oof tho

Yeah, the OL run blocking has not been as good as I would like.  I think our short yardage / goal line push needs to improve.  But the ubertalented CMC seems to make a lot of those issues just disappear. 

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