The OL Thread

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(09-27-2023, 01:45 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: For the most part, yes, due to Joe's injury. That said, we still took some shots, and he had time when needed for the most part.

51 drop backs should provide some opportunities at the QB.

Ultimately, if this were a court of law, I don't think we have enough evidence to convict. Yall may be right in the long run, but I don't think this game provided enough evidence.

Also keep in mind that the line improved as the season wore on last year, after a horrible start. I don't think any of you would classify this as a horrible start.

We also shortened Joe's throws last year, as evidenced by his yards per completion and 2.4 time to throw average. That didn't stop him from getting pummeled early on.

Joe is even lower on his time to throw this year (2.1), which will help keep pressure off of him, but that will increase as he gets healthy and can move around more.

I'm rambling here, but the gist of what I'm saying is that there's just way too many variables going on that interfere with our ability to just sit back and judge the o-line. Also, I don't think what we have seen has been bad enough to make a call yet.

I agree. And I think another part of the equation is that Donald is a 1st ballot HOFer...but the rest of the Rams defensive line...isn't that great. It's certainly nowhere near it's level during the SB.

And their offense has Stafford who is good, and a promising rookie WR...but they're a shell of their former selves as a team. They traded draft picks for players and paid guys heavily...and it won them a SB, but they paid the price. And we're seeing that.

They're a bottom 10-12 team in the NFL.