07-26-2025, 08:54 PM
(07-26-2025, 08:42 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: There are QBs who have played with bad lines through the years and did not have a major injury like Burrow, this is not flag football, even the best protected QBs get hurt and other QBs have had just as much punishment as Burrow and never had a serious injury . Now of course you want to improve your line just as you want your young QB to improve in reading, getting rid of ball etc. Both of those have happen the past few years, it is always hard to have 5 quality starters on the Oline and great QBs don;t need a great line to succeed, Brady and Mahomes have shown us that, a average to good defense can do wonders for a QB with a ok oline.
More than anything I was surprised we let Cappa go and didn't bring in someone we thought would atleast be the equal of the player Cappa was when he got here. I get he fell off with injuries but the bar should be higher than beating the poor play that got us to release him. Then we bring in Patrick who has not only been in more of a backup role but also struggled with injuries coming off an injury and everyone is fine penciling him in as the starter. Im not asking for them to go to the moon and back but maybe a bit more than just above the bare minimum.
