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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
Yeah, I am with the "O-Line didn't cut it." I am with SGG - we need some O-line draft picks.
I would go further. I think that the this season has been a testament to the lack of depth and youth on our line. Sure, there has been plenty of blame to go around, but I just haven't seen the push when we need it. Has our line ever really taken over a game when we need it? I posted earlier in the season (pre-season?) that our line was a concern going forward b/c of its age and lack of depth. Yes, it's been decimated by injuries and the loss of Dock was pretty big, but we have no real youth to step forward.
I think this is where all our trades and RFA signings have really hurt us. Those mid-rounders are where you find the depth and those were the ones we traded away.
<sigh> I know I am not saying anything new. I just am frustrated that a management team that built a championship through its o-line didn't see this coming. More than anything else, we need to build a championship line. After that, all else will follow. As for the D, I think we will be fine.
As far as I am concerned - if our draft consisted of 6 O-linemen I would not be dissatisfied (as long as we hit on 2 or three of of 'em).
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Good post. I agree that the trades have hurt our depth along the line. The coaches gambled that we'd stay relatively healthy and have the playmakers to make our offense explosive and our defense dominant. It was a reasonable gamble to make, it just turned out that the gamble didn't work this season. Then again, look at our secondary. We had the deepest secondary in the league and then we lost our #2 CB, FS, and our #1 and #3 CBs have been injured at various times during the season. Sometimes lady luck isn't so kind.