10-13-2021, 11:22 AM
(10-13-2021, 08:59 AM)jj22 Wrote: He's already been injured twice and sent to the hospital and it's only 5 games. Why is TeamChase normalizing this? Is this the new standard around here? 2 injuries, hospitalization in 5 games? There are 12 more (gulp), so yes he is on pace to be injured at this rate.
I'm sure you saw him get knocked out of the game for a bit while he was running, trying to get a first down, no?
The poke/hit in the throat likely occurred during the 4th down sneak.
Neither of those can be attributed to an oline breakdown.
He got his ankle twisted on a tackle. QBs are going to get tackled and dinged. Very, very few QBs make it through a season without getting dinged.
All the calls for more oline help were warranted. The oline was addresses--maybe not to the liking of some/many--but their performance, the 5 guys that play the offensive line positions, have played markedly better than last year. The stats show that.
"Burrow getting injured" could very well happen and it could be a result of the oline breaking down but you can't say they're nearly as much of a problem as they were last year.
At this point, the "offensive line is going to get Burrow killed" is a cry that's misdirected. Overall pass blocking may get him killed, he may get himself killed with some more runs like the one on Sunday, but the "need more oline" cries should be curtailed, based on how they are performing so far this year.
Offensive line should certainly be a priority during FA and draft next year, but they're not the sieve they were last year.
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