I've been 'on board' with the idea of gutting the team and going forward with as much youth as possible; in the hope that in time we'll have the foundation players to build on. However, given that the decision was made (right or wrong) to start our rookie 'franchise' quarterback after initially vowing not to do so... I have to be thinking that Dave's hand is going to be forced into more or less having to invest in more veteran offensive line help... or else his rookie quarterback is going to not develop as hoped. 


Seriously, we can't ignore the 'elephant in the room' any longer; our offensive line is a joke! Defenders run through it at will too often and that leads to Bortles either making bad ball decisions or getting sacked... a lot. We've been observing way too much of both of those bad things this season. The lions share of responsibility for it is a poor offensive line. It doesn't matter if they are playing to their full potential... the bottom line is that they aren't getting the job done. Too many of these guys just aren't good enough to even give Bortles a chance. I'm becoming a bit skeptical about joeckel too. I'm just not seeing much consistent 'reasonable' performance. I'm starting to think that Joeckel is too small and weak to be a starting NFL tackle.

 

I remember when Mark Brunell would get hit and sacked, the guys on the offensive line would get angry! I just don't see that kind of emotion from our guys now; it's almost like they just accept getting beat as inevitable.

 

Where is the heart???

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