Quote:How many 2012 Eagles do we have to see to see that you can't get a quick fix through free agency.  Colts model is more like what we need to do.  A la, get a quarterback.  That's it.  Do that, it will cover a lot of other ails.  

 

If you look at the offensive line, and how incompetent the interior of that line has been this year, the team has to take an expanded approach to this rebuild.  Just getting the QB is not going to solve anything if the new guy is getting pummeled in the same manner as the last few QBs. 

 

I think everyone recognizes there's a need to address both lines to assure we've got decent protection for the new QB, good run blocking for whoever is back there carrying the ball, the ability to not just pressure but actually get to the QB, and the capacity to stop the run.  One player can't fix all of that, but with all the picks in the draft in May, the team can certainly target many of these issues. 

 

Still, I would prefer to see them looking at the free agency market to fix the offensive line.  Find proven players who can be plugged in who can allow your new QB to develop without having to deal with the kind of beatings we've seen previously.  Perhaps if Gabbert had been given a better line to play behind, he would have developed?  We'll never know for sure.  Now he's damaged goods.  I'd prefer to see them avoid that mistake in the future.  If they're going to spend big, do it to protect your QB and to help your running game.

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