(08-08-2017, 10:51 AM)Protozoa Wrote: You can call me crazy but I don't get the hate for our o line. Was it great no but it did some good things last year.

They finished 9th in yards before contact but 29th in total rushing yards which tells me there were lanes but the running backs couldn't do anything with it.

They finished 10th in sacks and 14th in QB hits which while not the best is still pretty good.

So they opened lanes and protected the QB but they get all the blame for poor QB and RB play.

They definitely pass protected better than years before... 
Whether there were running lanes or not... I can't say... I'd put some on the Oline, some on the RBs, but I put a lot on the play calling...
Oly had this weird thing about running on first, getting stuffed, passing for 3 yards, and then running on 3rd and long a lot.

I suspect the hand wringers will need to focus somewhere else this year... maybe tight end?

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