(04-27-2019, 06:40 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-27-2019, 06:22 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: No. It wasn't.

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So leading the league in rushing and being among the lowest is sacks allowed is not an indica of a good OL?

You are only looking at a very small sample size. Our guys started getting injured a couple games into the season and once that happened we sucked, because we had no depth. You have to have depth on the O-Line. The Pats understand this. Why doesn't our front office?

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(04-27-2019, 06:46 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-27-2019, 05:58 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Can someone please explain to me the aversion this team has to drafting interior O-Linemen? We have had years of problems on the interior O-Line outside of Linder and we currently have a RG who can't run block. We have zero depth on the inside and a LG coming off a season ending injury, yet we haven't spent a draft pick on an interior O-Linemen since 2015 (Cann). A.J. Cann needs to be replaced or at least, pushed. In fact, in the past 10 years we only drafted 4 interior O-Linemen and 2 of those guys came in one draft (Linder and Bowanko.) Since 2009, we've only hit on one interior O-Lineman (Linder) and our current starter that we drafted in 2015 (Cann,) has been the weak link for several years, but we ignore the position again. I don't understand? We have all those draft picks yet we choose to bring in a 4th QB and trading away a pick instead of addressing a real need. It makes no sense to me.

Why would the team be open to drafting interior OL in 2014 and 2015, but averse to it in 16-19?

They signed Norwell to a big dollar contract just last year.

Don't you think they may have drafted a G had they not signed him?

What depth do we have behind the OG's? Norwell and Linder are coming off of injury and Cann has always been the weak link. What if Norwell or Cann get injured again? It's possible.
I really don't know what they would have done. I can never seem to predict what this team will do.

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