Week #3 Giants Up and down

[NKURyan]

(08-24-2019, 01:57 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: That’s exactly right.  Look at the Patriots as the exemplar of offensive line play.  That’s where Bill Belichick starts every year: In the trenches.  In fact, emphasis on line play is the hallmark of all successful coaches.

To be fair, 3 of their last 5 first round choices have been spent on offensive lineman. One was a gigantic bust (along with the second round pick that year, also an offensive lineman), one hasn't really found his footing in the NFL yet, and one has yet to play a snap in the NFL. They also traded a first round pick for a starting OT and a lower pick. I think the Bengals *do* put an emphasis on building the offensive line, they've just had a pretty bad run of luck there. I don't think the impact that guys like Willie Anderson and Andrew Whitworth had on the team is lost on them.