Smoot Lays The Smack Down (Redskins vs Eagles)

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Originally Posted by The Goat

Jason Fabini should quit his day job... how we ended up w/ this guy as our backup AGAIN leaves me speechless. Rhinehart, oh Rhinehart, where art thou?

I spent more time watching the o-line this game than ever before, from the snap to downfield blocking, and I just can't come to the conclusion that an addition or two is going to solve our problems. I know Samuels will come back strong - we're set at LT. Pete at this point is our 2nd best lineman on the roster IMO (best active lineman currently), but do we want to count on him through another grueling season? Age, arthritis. Rabach has to go. I'm on the fence about Thomas. He struggles to block big, strong tackles (run or pass). Some think he's having a down year, like GTripp who I respect, but again do we want to count on him through another grueling season. Finally, we don't have anyone for RT. If we go into yet another season w/ Jansen-Heyer as the only options i'm gonna keep my eyes closed when we have the ball. Heyer is an effing horrible run-blocker. He goes way too high and can't turn on a merry-go-round.

So... we need to draft/recruit/develop somewhere between 2 and 4 starters on the o-line. I hope Bugel is up to the job but it may be time to get "younger" at that position too.

In 1992, the last year of Gibbs 1.0, the starting lineup for the Redskins offensive line was Jim Lachey at LT, Joe Jacoby at LG, Raleigh McKenzie at C, Mark Schlereth at RG, and Ed Simmons at RT. I use the '92 season because that was at a time right before the Redskins went into a major overhaul with a new coach, and an aging team at the dawn of the Free Agent Era. The team was old, had peaked, and was about to run out of gas. 4 and 3-win seasons followed. The Skins were officially in rebuilding mode.

The combined number of years of that offensive line in the NFL was 41 years. The number of years for this offensive line with Samuels, Kendall, Rabach, Thomas, and Jansen? 49 years.