IF We Get Burrow A Decent Line?

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(10-31-2023, 05:41 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Simply not true this year.  This line is average.  It would be nice if they would grab another interior guy to upgrade the team, but I don't think it's something they do.

Very true.

The line may be ranked middle of the road by PFF and other sites, but that's because, as I noted, Burrow has been getting the ball out fast.

Sports Illustrated points out how bad our line has been:

Quote:Joe Burrow isn't getting pressured at a crazy rate (20.2%, 11th best in NFL), but that's just because Burrow's gotten the ball out faster than any QB in the league besides Tua Tagovailoa (2.44 seconds time to throw). Cincinnati's given up the second-most QB hits in the league (21) and has rarely hung tough for longer than 2.5 seconds.

Rushing-wise, the line has been just as terrible. They rank 28th in average rush yards before contact (1.9 yards per carry) and have produced just 16 rushing first downs, ranking 31st in the NFL.

Cincinnati has the 30th-ranked pass blocking group in the league, and there's a gap at the bottom.

Our line has been awful.

Karras, along with the rest of the interior line, has been getting embarrassed.