03-13-2017, 01:27 AM
(03-12-2017, 09:44 PM)Housh Wrote: We saw the Andy effect last year in full force. Andy has the 2nd quickest release in freaking football and he was STILL destroyed with this o line. I think the relationship is definitely one way with our team. Andy made our o line last year look like MAYBE it had an OCCASIOANL chance of looking good. If RG3 was behind that same line it had a chance of looking like one of the worst to ever play in Bengals history.
For a QB like Big Ben his oline makes him look good and he makes his o line look good. He throws a lot of TDs boosting their numbers and he keeps certain plays from being sacks and on the flip side the line blocks pretty well when it needs to. 2 way street.
Great take. Andy looked like he grew as a decision maker even pre-snap and the OL still squandered it. You could see his release was faster, didn't realize he was 2nd but more often than not it was the proper play and not a throw away. In short, I trust Andy more out there to not zero in pre-snap or panic and force a ball to AJ even with pressure. An amazing QB like Rogers has made some poor OL's look good, as has the non-athlete/genius that is Brady, elite decision maker Manning and quickest releases in Marino and Elway all have had spells with weak lines and were still elite. We're asking a lot of Andy. Maybe he progresses even more to combat a faulty line, but this is the time to build the foundation together...so if this isn't the right foundation and you squander Andy then Marvin has no reason to even bring up a contract other than Guenther, Urban, Simmons and another I'm forgetting.
