(09-12-2021, 11:19 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Perhaps a little dramatic but we’ve seen what a porous OL has done to swaggering Gabbert, Bortles and Minshew; three QBs who came here full of confidence and left with legacies of diminished skill and rabbit reactions.

I don't think that the pass rush was what did Bortles in, he just didn't have a franchise passer's ability. He probably should have been throwing with his left hand his whole life instead of his right. Gabbert has plenty of athleticism and a good arm but I don't think he'd be great behind the '93 cowboys line. Minshew's problem is he couldn't seem to see the middle of the field. If he were born four inches taller he might be a good QB. As it is I don't think the pass rush was what did him in, either.

Now, I don't want to see any of Taylor's famous lookout blocks, and I'd rather see him get 5 holding calls a game than letting guys get hits on Lawrence, but I hope Lawrence can handle it if the line is only average in pass protection.

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