02-13-2023, 07:07 PM
(02-13-2023, 05:46 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Not a buyer the OL wasn’t improved until the injuries. We won 10 games in a row and got beat by the SB champs last second with 3 OL starters out. It’s still a huge issue. Not a buyer we need to go spend more money again in FA. We are going to have to get it done in the draft. The money is needed elsewhere .
I dont disagree the O-line was improved this year but it still wasnt very good even when fully healthy. You still had Williams at LT who in 2021 gave up the 5th most sacks in the NFL with 8 come back in 2022 and led the league with 12. At RT you had Collins come in, give up 5 sacks and post a 57.9 PFF grade. Last year Riley Reiff gave up 3 sacks and had a 64.3 PFF grade before being injured. At LG Volson gave up 5 sacks and graded out at 51.6 while last year Quinton Spain gave up 5 sacks and graded out at 72.3.
Karras and Cappa were improvments over Hopkins and Adeniji but the other 3 positions on the OL were about the same or worse than last year. Overall, it was an improvement but still a bottom tier O-line. We cant keep putting Burrow out there year after year behind a subpar O-line and expecting him to work miracles when he has to go up against Mahomes and his elite O-line. This is what Burrow is up against: https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/02/13/orlando-brown-chiefs-offensive-line-zero-sacks-shirt-eagles
