11-24-2020, 02:47 PM
(11-24-2020, 10:21 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Take emotion out of if for a minute, has Turner really done that bad a job? Injuries have really caused his oline to be completely different for just about every game. Heck, he lost 3 starters in one game, had to start a player who were here for a day, and yet the protection this year has gotten consistently better from the beginning of the season to what it is now, especially since the Ravens game. Could any other line coach have done better in this circumstance with these players?
He's right though. They need to make a change. For PR reasons. I know Mike Brown is as stubborn as anyone but even he's going to see that they need to give fans a reason to believe things are different and whilst Burrow was a reason to believe they aren't going to have him to August. Someone will need to be a sacrificial lamb.
That will be Anarumo. He's disposable. When the players spoke up, they spoke up for Zac not Lou. The only one who has spoken up for him has been Zac but we know he wasn't Zac's first choice in the first place. Regardless of whether it is deserved or not he's a dead man walking. It's likely he knows and the players likely know it.
With things going to get worse before they get better the pressure may be to make further changes. With Finley unable to move in the pocket or take quick decisions like Burrow the O-line is going to look ugly. That puts Turner in the firing line too - and knowing that we've lost because we're without Burrow and that we're without Burrow because the O-line failed to protect him will just increase pressure on him. Turner's future hangs in the balance too.
