O-Line Rankings Have Me Excited!

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(09-06-2023, 09:16 AM)ochocincos Wrote: What exactly have you seen from the backups that make you confident in their ability to fill in?
About the only thing I am optimistic about is Carman, but only at LT. He's looked bad on the right side.
Smith can't run block to save his life.
Ford looked atrocious in the preseason.
Hill hasn't really looked any better, still just a meh IOL.
Scharping hasn't looked good on the right side either.
Collins coming back will help provide assurance for RT, but it will be interesting to see who they drop once he's healthy.

Collins will be a good 6th guy off the bench.  He's played both T spots as well as G, so I'm not overly concerned there.  Carman is at least a solid reserve LT.  However, the reality is that when you have to put in backups at 2-3 positions, the line is going to suffer. Nobody has that much OL depth.  Most teams struggle just to get 5 quality starters out there, much less have good depth.  Look at how KC's OL imploded a couple of years back against TB when they had to play some backups.