This year's O-Line = last year's CB/Return game

by Gway22 on Sep 7, 2010 12:42 PM CDT

I am real skeered about the depth of our offensive line. If we don't shore it up we go from solid wild card team to out of the playoffs for surezies. Last year the same roster/personnel/coaching arrogance produced the CB/Returner travesty that kept us out of the playoffs. The first chance FisherFeldt has to apply that lesson is to this year's O-Line. And they seem thrilled to not do so. Today we're all aflutter of Albuurto coming home. But the D-Line is not the problem; we have a killer rotation there with excellent chemistry. Any picks we're willing to deal for Fatso should be packaged into some move for a G/T. We're living in crazysuperbonusluckytime with injuries to our 1's on the line the last few years; this sweet fortune will not last. And god forbid we go out and resign Mawae.

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Mike Munchak can play in a pinch...

don’t sweat it.

by slo-verado on Sep 7, 2010 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

this is true.

"I am going to be 'Bo' regardless.’’

by Gway22 on Sep 7, 2010 5:14 PM CDT reply actions

I think it's not fair to compare the play of our O-linemen in the preseason to the way our CB/return game played all last season and before.

by fanoftheunderdogs on Sep 7, 2010 5:15 PM CDT reply actions

Fair but...

the backup O-line does appear to be the weak link on this team. But, then again, most teams are in the same situation…it’s not easy finding great backup offensive linemen and most of the time you don’t know how good a guy is until he gets into real action (not preseason). With Leroy Harris going from backup to starter, that just leaves Velasco, Otto, and Kropog as the backups. So, we’ll see…but I do agree that it is unfair to compare it to last year’s CB play or the return game from last year.

by shawneriksmith on Sep 7, 2010 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I wasn't clear enough

I’m comparing the arrogance/philosophy/riskiness of management’s treatment of the Def Back/Return game last year to their attittude towards the o-line this year. We had a bunch of pro-bowlers (minus a huge approaching dropoff from a previously dependable Harper) in the def backfield this time last year with no one behind them. They were exposed through injury & inexperience. We lost games and confidence, infected the whole team, couldn’t recover, missed playoffs. The Jets took our wild card spot because we gave them a game early. I’m suggesting/worried that the front office didn’t learn their lesson and an otherwise scrappy wild-card caliber team could be submarined by a single injury to the O-line this time around.

"I am going to be 'Bo' regardless.’’

by Gway22 on Sep 8, 2010 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions