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Line feels worse than last year though we have faced 2 top 10 defenses. D seems better but less opportunistic the players except for Wilson Hubbard and Tre all left in FA Bates Bell and Apple the replacements may be better but less likely to give us the big play spark we got in previous years. First game I chalked up to the elements but Joe doesn't seem right feels like he was rushed back from the calf. Chase doesnt seem to be creating much separation this year which is concerning
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Offensive line played well against Baltimore.
Defense is worse.
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Our OL didn't even play bad yesterday. Burrow has no mobility and was only sacked once.
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Line hasn't given up close to the number in sacks as they did the last two years.
Also the run game has looked better. They just haven't stuck with the run. They are on a better trajectory then they were last year and should continue to improve.
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Two games and basically it is another Zac Taylor special where the team is out of sync because the starters did not get game speed snaps in preseason. Burrow looks absolutely horrible no matter the reason - at least he FINALLY started to wake up yesterday late. The defense regressed massively and the blame here rests squarely on the DL - the new safeties are not responsible for basic line play issues like setting the edge, gap discipline and actually winning your matchup.
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OL has looked better imo. Defense has looked way worse, and not because of the secondary. The defensive line has looked just bad. Getting ran on easily and generating very little pass rush. I understand with two new safeties the secondary might have been slow out of the gate, but I did not expect our DL to be so bad. They need to recover soon because our offense is usually so inconsistent that it needs the defense to give them time to get hot during the game.
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