(11-16-2023, 11:50 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-16-2023, 11:07 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Psst. We know. Psst. It's all the offensive line's fault.

Psst. Reality. Nothing's going to change that until next year. So. Psst. The coaches and QB need to figure it out and elevate the piss poor play of that situation because that's psst.... the expectations from the national pundits and local pundits. 

Nobody wants to hear excuses.

Here... take this lump of coal and turn it into a gold brick. No excuses!!!

You're being kind of silly at this point. 

Doug Pederson isn't going to magically turn this [BLEEP] sandwich into filet mignon by dialing up our suggestions from the peanut gallery. Yes, I see things I'd try to do as well. I don't know if they'd make a difference or not. If a Super Bowl winning coach has been grappling with the problem for 9 games - he's probably thought of what I'm thinking of by now too. 

 He's been trying.  He didn't suddenly realize this line sucks during the SF game. He's been trying to mitigate the problem all season. Which is why our depth of target is so low. 

Xs & Os are important - but they simply aren't going to be enough to fix the trenches talent gap against a top ten defense unless we play 100% mistake free football and get some really lucky bounces going our way. 

You can call valid reasons "excuses" till you are blue in the face, and it won't change the amount of time it takes Javon Hargrave to knife his way between Scherff and Linder to interrupt Trevor's progression before he moves to his second read.

I do think this Oline is more talented than they are playing but the problems now are still the same problems from the beginning of the season. Yes we look better against weaker pass rushes but top level ones just destroy our gameplan.

The thing for me, and I've said it many times before, there is just a real lack of top level Oline talent in the league now. It's definitely the weakest position group across the league for talent depth and every team is looking to improve what they have and will massively overpay (Jawaan Taylor). There's not a quick fix for this season, just need to find someway of blocking schemes or playcalling where they can limit the amount of times they get beaten or get Trevor hit but I also don't think there's a quick fix for next season or after. Rookies will take time to develop and FA additions will be expensive.

It's on the Oline players to improve their performances and executing better but I feel its mainly on the coaches to try and find a solution. We need to get more from what we've got this year and beyond.

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