Quote:Might be playing well through PFF, but having a guy who has played center most his life would do amazing things for Blake. You can't just judge a center on his pass and run blocking skills. The center is essentially the quarterback of the offensive line and can help Blake with protection alignments. Blake has to do everything for the line, and we aren't even sure if he is good at it. Which may be part of the problem with the run game. 

 

I understand the point you're trying to make, but Linder isn't only "playing well" through PFF, the eye test tells me he's clearly the Jags best offensive linemen and one of the better linemen/centers in the league. Now if you were to ask me would I've been in favor of signing a stud like Alex Mack in the off-season while keeping Linder at RG, the answer is a resounding YES, I think the o-line will be a focal point this off-season, it has to. It's impossible to have a succesful offense if there's no threat of a run game, defenses are literally stopping our "rushing attack" with 4 down linemen.

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