11-23-2020, 12:25 PM
(11-23-2020, 11:50 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I think if there's any reason to be truly mad, it's that this coaching staff made the decision to primarily stick with this OL in the offseason rather than address it with more well-known FAs and/or higher draft picks. We knew that the OL was going to not be good again. That's been proven to be true.
What fans will really get mad about is if that decision ends up costing Burrow's career. Too early to determine that yet, but if it does...
XFS graded really high in his one game for us. He was supposed to help address the guard issue. I can't see the team taking a lineman with Burrow and Higgins available 1 and 2. We knew we were getting Williams back and Hart improved from what he was. I think it was addressed, maybe not as much as it should have been by bringing in another FA, but it's not like they just ignored it. If we had XFS and Spain playing guard with Williams and Hart at tackles, the line would have been ok. Woulda shoulda....
