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Why the panic about our O line?.. Have you all forgot that...

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Pejorative Miscreant

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I think the line has the biggest question mark other than the secondary.  The difference between the OL and the secondary is that the secondary has 7 promising players that are standing in front of them facing the opposing players.  The OL on the other hand is the protector of the backfield.  That said they are of huge concern. 

 

The good news is that the upward trajectory of Silatolu and Bell is promising. Bell was bad last year but improved from the prior year.  Hopefully both of these guys get better.  If they do not then as of today we have no one behind them that is serviceable for any type of duration. 

 

I think we need a vet or 2.

 

 

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status quo on the OL is the key to us being at best a mediocre team.

 

the initial argument that we have one of the best front sevens on D going against the OL as the reason for the OL's inability to look good is flawed. what if it's because of our OL that the front seven looks good?

 

and how many average or bad DLs are we going to be facing this year? do we need to just count on that?

 

man, talking about setting the bar low. it's like fox never left.

 

meh....

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I would have to agree with KillerKat on this one...

 

The cause for concern stems from the fact that we have the same starters and did nothing to address the offensive line.

 

All we did is replace backups and camp fodder...

 

Still On The Roster: Jordan Gross, Amini Silatolu, Ryan Kalil, Geoff Hangartner, Byron Bell, Bruce Campbell, Garry Williams, Jeff Byers, and Nate Chandler

In: Edmund Kugbila, Brian Folkerts, Hayworth Hicks, Tori Mobley, Justin Wells, Patrick Brown, and Garrett Chisolm

Out: Zack Williams, Mike Pollak, Jeremy Bridges

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status quo on the OL is the key to us being at best a mediocre team.

the initial argument that we have one of the best front sevens on D going against the OL as the reason for the OL's inability to look good is flawed. what if it's because of our OL that the front seven looks good?

and how many average or bad DLs are we going to be facing this year? do we need to just count on that?

man, talking about setting the bar low. it's like fox never left.

meh....

Luckily we are in a division with weak dlines the best pass rushers in the NFCS (not on our team)

Osi? He has no help and he is old.

Claiborne? Coming off a horrible injury..

The saints don't even have a pass rusher worth mentioning.

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Luckily we are in a division with weak dlines the best pass rushers in the NFCS (not on our team)

Osi? He has no help and he is old.

Claiborne? Coming off a horrible injury..

The saints don't even have a pass rusher worth mentioning.

I know he hasn't panned out as the 1b to Ndamakung Suh's 1a, but Gerald McCoy I thought had a good year last year didn't he?

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