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Originally Posted by SouperMeister
So by your logic, nothing will work until the O-line gets healthy. If that's the case, then we might as well mail in the season now. I prefer to think that you can get creative to try to make something happen. We haven't seen Randle El or Portis throw an option pass all season. We haven't seen Saunders try to roll the pocket to one side to buy Campbell more time on deeper pass plays. We haven't tried no huddle to prevent defensive substitutions, possibly resulting in mismatches. I noticed when we did go jumbo today, Thrash was the lone WR in that package (instead of Moss). That strikes ZERO fear in opposing safeties, who may as well put 9 in the box against that package. The only thing that I saw on offense today was coaching scared.
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First of all, the offensive line is what makes everything work. If it's not there, it's not going to happen.
Secondly,you're talking about relying on gadget plays. If you're having to run gadget plays to jump start your offense, you're in trouble. It may work once or twice a game, but that isn't how things work.
Thirdly, rolling the quarterback out is a nice thought and something I'd like to see more often as well. However, while it does buy some time, roll outs still require protection from your offensive line. So, once again, it comes back to the trenches.
As far as mailing it in for the season, I do believe the 2000 Ravens' O was quite pathetic, and they relied on their defense just as much as we have. Yet, they did come away with a Super Bowl trophy. While I don't believe we're as good as that team was, we do have a strong defense that will at least give us a chance to win games for us, but we have to fix our offensive line to have any improvement with our offense.