Only figures cause you know who taught him the NFL game. :-)Well, you already know that I'm rooting for Tyrod! That goes with out saying. He's struggled in his game play at times as well and just like with Flacco, I've smoked his game play on the Bills boards. Ole' Mili is an equal opportunist.
whos oline is worse than baltimores? maybe seattle but they still have wilson and a better scheme than martys.
I can recall their OC being under fire last season, I think one of the players mothers called out Darrell Bevell. I'm also certain that their defense has done so as well. I also hear that their only legit offensive linemen is their center Justin Britt, outside of that they don't have much their and I think their LT went down for the season. Houston's OL has been worse than ours and so has Cincinnati's and they just fired their OC. Andy Dalton threw two INTs through two games but as of now, he's been at another level compared to Joe. His game against Cleveland is miles above what Joe did and that's what we considered as his best game.
You lose your starting guard and your back ups guards? I mean it's hard to really get mad at the FO. How can you seen that coming? I don't think they take blame for it, just asking if you had the choice what you have done? How many teams have 3rd string guards that can replace the level of play for their starters? You take away a teams starters and back ups and you have an issue. I mean Alex Lewis was solid pass protecting and our OL pass blocking was better when he was on the field, as a cheap option with potential to make a jump, obviously we regret it but it's bad luck what has happened to him. What else can you really do? I think the OL just falls on injuries.
We have lost two of the most important players on the team. One on offense and one on defense and while it isn’t an excuse for the losses, it is a reason why we haven’t played well the last couple of weeks.
I'm not using injuries as an excuse as to why this team isn't playing well, I'm using it as an explanation as to why you can't get upset at the FO, we still need to play better as a team. When do you see a team lose their starting guards and their back ups this early in the season? I also wouldn't say Hurst has been playing that bad, he's been decent and what else can you expect? He's a 3rd string for a reason. I've said on this same thread that other teams have worse OL units and are playing better so Joe and the offense doesn't get much of a pass, but you can't get upset at the FO, how can they plan for this?
Except that "most important person" changes with the weather. One season it was Jimmy remember? We can't do anything with Jimmy out. Once it was Suggs. We can't generate any pass rush with Suggs out. Now, it is BWill. Seems like the most important person on defense is whoever happens to be injured when the defense has the same issues it has had for years.
The Raiders are without their QB (by all reports) so if they outplay us on Sunday, what is the excuse then?
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