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(09-21-2020, 03:07 PM)Gdale_Bengal Wrote: The o line was going to be bad
They signed or drafted no one to rush the QB. When I saw mayfield drinking his white claw back there with a beat up line, I knew the season was a 4 win season at best. They really needed to start the overhaul last year. Before the season started

They didn't add anyone new to rush the QB, you're right. However, Atkins, Dunlap, Hubbard, and Lawson had 27.0 sacks across the 4 of them.
I assumed that those 4 could put enough pressure on a QB and get some sacks.
I expected Atkins and Dunlap to average about a sack every two games, as has typically been their norm, and I expected Hubbard and Lawson to follow suit. Hubbard had 8.5 sacks last year and Lawson had 8.0 sacks two years ago, so 8+ sacks a season isn't out of their realm.
However, Atkins has missed the first two games, and the other 3 haven't produced without Atkins in.

I didn't expect their OL to be worse than it was last year. I also expected them to carry their running game momentum from last year to this year, which has not happened.