Can a QB help an Oline?

[Housh]

(03-12-2017, 09:34 PM)bfine32 Wrote: We all know if we stand pat we will go into 2017 with questions at 4 of 5 of our Oline. Many have chimed in about how this will "get Andy killed". Then the other day I was listening to the Radio and the announcers were talking about how a good Oline can help a young QB.

So my mind wondered to the alternative. Can a good QB help a young Oline? I think they can and those suggesting Andy will "get killed" may be underestimating his pocket presence and decision making.

We saw the Andy effect last year in full force. Andy has the 2nd quickest release in freaking football and he was STILL destroyed with this o line. I think the relationship is definitely one way with our team. Andy made our o line last year look like MAYBE it had an OCCASIOANL chance of looking good. If RG3 was behind that same line it had a chance of looking like one of the worst to ever play in Bengals history.


For a QB like Big Ben his oline makes him look good and he makes his o line look good. He throws a lot of TDs boosting their numbers and he keeps certain plays from being sacks and on the flip side the line blocks pretty well when it needs to. 2 way street.