(08-02-2017, 05:03 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(08-02-2017, 02:42 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: So, from what I read today, Gaffney was brought in to fill the vacancy left by Branden Albert when he retired. I don't get it? Instead of bringing in more competition at our weakest area (the O-Line), we bring in another RB? Unbelievable!

Just what makes you think that the weakest area is the O-line?

Deep at RB?  You pretty much have Fournette, Ivory, maybe TJ Yeldon... then who?  Keep in mind, Chris Ivory is "up there" in age when it comes to football years.  Fournette is just a "paper" running back meaning that it's all about his "potential".  After that you have Yeldon that has done well and shown some flashes, but is nowhere near the RB that someone like Ivory is.  Next down the list you have the "others".

As far as addressing the offensive line, who do you bring in that might challenge someone that we currently have?

O-Line is the weakest part of the team, because when you have guys like Josh Wells, Tyler Shatley and Chris Reed in the mix for starting positions that shows how paper thin you are at those positions. The only O-Line spot I'd say is secure is Center with Linder and Bowanko.

As far as the RB's it doesn't really matter. Runners are only as good as the blockers they have in front of them. In order for any of our RB's to have success, they have to have some open running lanes and none of our linemen could open lanes at all last season. This year, we'll have almost the same exact guys on the O-Line. How should we expect a different outcome? I don't see where we'll have much of a difference on the offensive side of the ball, from what we saw last season.

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