We've got big trouble on the OL.

I guess I think, for this year, it is "just get by" b/c we had more pressing needs in other areas [EDIT - in the opinion of the FO].

I guess what I have been seeing concerning Brown's absence is not so much: "Boy, are we going to miss him!". Instead it seems to me to be more: "They knew Brown wasn't the solution two years ago and they should have done something about it then. They didn't and now we're stuck with Polumbus/Smith which is an unnecessary risk."

Too me, the article simply reinforces my belief that the offense - and more importantly, RGIII - will, in fact, survive with Polumbus at RT. He will need help at times, but he simply will not cause the offense to stall in the way that the lack of a true deep threat at WR has.

Does Polumbus make us a "better" offense? No. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
Does he makes a bad offense? Again, No.

Also, from what I have been reading in other articles - and maybe I am misinterperting it - the lineman's struggles have been highlighted in the one v. one drills. While important, those drills really aren't reflective of "Line Play". Yes, sometimes you have to man up and everyone needs to blow their guy off the line, but most effective line play is about the line working together. As I understand it, this is particular true in the ZB system.

Again, let's wait and see what they look like against Buffalo. Even in playing vanilla offense & defense, we need to see that the line can be effective together.

I agree, it's more important that the line play together as a unit vs what guys do in individual drills.

As for the JB situation, I'm sure the cap penalty hurt our plans. And really the only great fit would have been Winston, and he signed without even coming in for a visit.

If we didn't get nailed with the bogus $18mil cap penalty, Winston would be here.

Once that stuck, likely signings like Vincent Jackson and Winston were not possible. They have have been, but we had to be smarter with our signings and overall, we were. Garcon+Morgan are a nice consolation to Jackson. We also had the secondary to address and we did what we could with the money we had left.

I it makes anyone feel better the Cowpukes are having some severe problems of there own with the interior line.

:food-smil

Yessir!

With our running game coming along, RG3 elusive nature, and hopefully the defense keeping us on relatively short field, things could still work out.

I hope the running game is coming along - seems like they might be the second most injury prone unit on the team..........RG-3 rookie or not is going to make such a difference. I just keep saying to myself that Rex won 5 games and we were within inches from winning about 6 or 7 more. I think RG-3 is those inches we need, and apparently I think that I am Al Pacino giving a speech in Any Given Sunday...........

^^ My favorite sports movie...

Dude, Im sorry, but that movie is absolutely horrible. My god was that movie bad.......

Oliver Stone himself wishes he could have a mulligan on that one.....

Yeah but the speech is fantastic!

Dude, Im sorry, but that movie is absolutely horrible. My god was that movie bad.......

Oliver Stone himself wishes he could have a mulligan on that one.....

Agreed... terrible movie

Griffin reminds me alot of Willie Beamen actually.

edit.........

just wanted to bring Willie Beamen into the equation here. I dont think RG-3 is anything like the Beamen character so before I get to beat up on this I had to add this edit. What about Cap Rooney and Favre though?