01-05-2024, 11:12 AM
(01-04-2024, 10:25 PM)Joelist Wrote: Brown was a great acquisition and did well. If you want to understand why subjective PFF scores sent down on our linemen look at the offensive system we use. The major run-pass imbalance combined with the strong tendency towards spread shotgun looks and our tendency to give the play away by the formation give a scheme/system that is VERY hard for ANY OL to be truly effective. Unless the system changes it won't matter who the line coach is.
There is no way you could have watched every game and had the takeaway that he did well. When you pay a free agent tackle that kind of money, you expect them to be good on the outside and hold their own, regardless of scheme. Not lead the league in pressures given up. While we do pass a lot, we had the 7th most pass attempts. So it's not like we are far and above the #1 throwing team that would skew those stats.
In addition, especially in games Burrow played, we were getting the ball out quicker than any other team. So it's even worse to give up pressures when you're throwing 2 yard routes.
We were told all off-season by "hater" Chief fans and even some Ravens fans that Orlando Brown was overrated. After a year, I'd have to agree with them. His reputation far exceeds the player we saw.
