09-27-2020, 11:14 PM
(09-27-2020, 09:46 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: I don’t like thinking the worst but in this case I do: In my opinion Zac Taylor thought drafting a mobile quarterback would fix everything and that’s sadly not the case.
I think the whole approach has been screwed up for years. They know they're bad, but seem to think the can drift into the "average" column with a few tweaks. I think it was Lapham that I heard actually use the phrase "drift back to average". The concept is that there aren't as many NFL-caliber o-linemen coming out of college. This creates a league full of below average to shitty lines (true, really), with maybe 5 or six good ones.
Due to this reality, getting back to average gets you in line with most of the league.
Yeah, it's dumb, but I really think it's their outlook. Jonah may turn out to be great. He's def not Fisher or Cedric, and in time he could be terrific. XSF was a lateral move from Miller, so nothing there. Fred Johnson has turned back into a pumpkin with more snaps, and Bobby Hart is still reliably bad.
As I said, the league has a large share of bad lines. If they could be fixed with castoffs and practice squad poachees, then there would be a lot fewer. There will need to be an investment on the scale of the one on defense to address this problem.
