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(12-13-2020, 12:14 PM)samhain Wrote: I agree that coaches are the main issue here.  I hate to admit it, because it sounds like excuse-making, but injuries cannot be ignored, either.  It's crazy how ravaged this team has been with injuries to key players over the last 2 seasons.  

While they may have added more talent player-wise over the last year, there are still to glaring and critical areas where they are severely deficient.  The o-line and d-line are filled with shitty players, overpaid vets well past their prime, and cast-off roster chaff from other teams that somehow are expected to be saviors here.  

If you're looking for true, high caliber linemen from a current, career-prime perspective anywhere on this roster, you're looking at Reader, then the rest.  Hubbard is a nice piece that could be a great starter with the right guys around him, but he's not a game-wrecking pass rusher.  Lawson is a one-trick pony.  Daniels is far past his prime.  Geno's decline is getting more apparent every game.  That's not his fault, and yes, he's injured, but most of the elite DTs of his age are experiencing similar drop-offs in quality of play, ie Suh and McCoy.  This was always going to happen, just a matter of when.

The OL is an absolute joke.  Hopkins gets viewed as a godsend for not being a bottom-five center.  He's still nothing special, and he sounds like kind of a wimp after his comments this week.  He's probably the center for another year or two, but he's not someone who can't be replaced.  Redmond is the genital herpes of guards.  He comes back to the forefront every year to remind you how shitty it is to have him on your roster, and somehow he's ends up starting a shitload of games.  Spain and XSF are league average and possibly below, but again they come here and get anointed as heroes because they aren't MJ or Redmond.  Hart is totally overmatched against above average pass-rushers.  He sucks vs the bull rush and gets de-pantsed by speed guys.  Yeah, he's a decent run-blocker.  Unfortunately that mean jack shit on a team that forgot that running the ball is a major part of the offensive game plan.  His deficiencies also highlight the lack of talent at RG when they at times look like they have no clue who's responsible for blocking who.  It's embarrassing.  

Jonah is a semi-bright spot.  He seems to be a capable pass blocker, but he's whatever vs the run.  He's not a mauler.  His size isn't anything special, and he's heavily reliant on technique, which is not entirely bad.  If we can just find 4 guys to put with him, maybe we'll win 5 games within the next half-decade.  

In summation, if the game is won in the trenches as the saying goes, then we're going to keep losing a bunch of ballgames.  We have two absolute, undeniable dogshit taco assbag raw-sewage shit peanut-corn scarfing coaches over both position groups.  We've also got a combo of mash unit has-beens and dudes who should be backups on other teams starting year after year.  I wonder why we lose so much.  Gee, what could it be?

If any team were 100% healthy they'd be better than injured. But ALL teams face injuries. Some teams had key players opt out with covid too.

On the offensive line, I could probably find dozens of quotes from Zac and Turner talking about how they're fine. The coaches legit like Bobby Hart. They also apparantly like Jordan. Fans dont like these players but coaches do.

I'm sure if the coaches wanted, they could have talked management into upgrading the ol instead of defense, especially with Burrow coming in.