11-11-2017, 12:57 PM
(11-11-2017, 12:23 PM)bfine32 Wrote: You could put Tom Brady behind a High School offensive line and he would not look terrible.
The above is a comparison that has been made far too many times in this forum. There are a good many current QBs that would do just fine behind this oline. Russell Wilson has played behind terrible protection and no rushing game and is having a fine season. Aaron Rodgers was getting killed (got killed) and had a WR as a RB. Kirk Cousins has no oline or WRs and his RB is someone called Fat Rob. Hell even Josh McCown with absolutely nothing in NYJ currently has a passer rating in the high 90s.
I haven't seen their updated unit rankings, but through the first 5 weeks of this season PFF had Washington's o-line ranked 5th best, the Packers at 10th best. the Pats at 11th. The Seahawks, at 27, would be the most comparable to the Bengals, who were at 30...but they went out and acquired Duane Brown in an attempt to help the QB.
If you don't like PFF, there's PFO's rankings through week 9. They have:
Wash - 20th run blocking, 19th pass pro
GB - 3rd run blocking, 26th pass pro
NE - 2nd run blocking, 15th pass pro
Sea - 27th run blocking, 16th pass pro
CIN - 31st run blocking, 29th pass pro
Even though each of those lines has it's own individual problems, none of them is as bad - as a unit, and in both run blocking and pass pro combined - as the Bengals line.
