McAlister: 'And people think Andy is the problem? '

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(11-01-2017, 04:56 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I think the fact you have to go back almost 30 years to call horseshit speaks for itself. Palmer was always well protected. He did get his nose busted in a preseason game once and folks lost their minds, but his protection was always well above average.

Andy has had a very good oline his whole career up to this point. like I said each year a handful of QBs have to deal with an atrocious Oline. This year is Andy's and it is all folks can talk about.  

I can't say I disagree, except that the OL wasn't very good last year, either.

Also, one of the reasons - if not the MAIN reason - that it's all folks can talk about is that many people believe that with a more competent OL, this team is a contender because there are few weaknesses elsewhere (remember, I'm speaking of their perception, not necessarily about reality). The belief is that the defense is top notch, that we have good-to-great RB in Bernard and Mixon, our receivers and TEs are pretty good, etc. etc. 

Obviously we can debate the veracity of all those things, but the fact remains that the OL is THE biggest weakness - aside from coaching, maybe - and it's having a tremendous, negative effect on the team as a whole.