Oldfaithful
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At this point I've totally lost paitence with Ozzie. I loved the rest of the offseason sans this to be honest. It was blatantly obvious that the oline was the biggest need on the team and Ozzie did nothing. That speaks mountains to me(And don't give me the "weak FA class" bullshit. We needed a guard and there were several servicable options avaliable, some in which were affordable. Warford, Tretter could play G, Leary, hell I'd be okay with paying top dollar for Lang or Zeitler). IT WAS OUR BIGGEST NEED BY FAR, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HURT US, AND WE STILL DID NEXT TO NOTHING.
I don't give a damn about the scheme change. It'll benefit Jensen sure, but LG is still a clusterfuck and Howard isn't in football shape yet which will make him a liability the first few weeks. And we can't afford that shit. We are facing 3 teams with good front 7s the first three weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if we lost all three games, as Carlos Dunlap and Atkins are likely to shit on whoever we throw out there as Flacco is massacred because our run game sucks(yet again) and we have to heavily depend on the passing game. Sure, the Bengals Oline is worse, but they have firepower that might keep them competitive against us. The Browns will probably find a way to lose against us but will still give the offense a hard time, and the Jags front 7 is nothing to scoff at either.
I wouldn't be surprised if the oline is such a hinderence ala 2013 that it costs us several games.
I know that next year's free agency class and draft class for oline is much better. But still; ignoring it was fucking foolish and there is no denying it. Stop drafting your only dlinemen for once, and focus on the damn offensive line. You should be drafting one of each in at least every draft(if you ask me. Football is, and will continue to be won in the trenches for as long as it's played. Getting BOTH in every draft would be ideal. Too many drafts where we take flier on a late round olinmen which more often than not fails. Both should be mid rounders at the latest).
I swear to god. If we don't resign Jensen next offseason, pick up a LG, and draft at least THREE olinemen in the draft next year(one of them better be early too). I will lose my fucking mind even moreso than I already have. It might literally be our only need going into next year(if Flacco can SOMEHOW stay healthy) and there is a likelihood that Ozzie ignores this yet again to draft yet another defensive player in the first round, because our defense is clearly a weak point.
Einstein's definition of insanity is repeating the same shit over and over again and expecting different results. 3 of the last 4 years the line has been a hinderence to the team. And we've done next to nothing. That needs to change.
Fuck off Ozzie. If Flacco goes down, you deserve to be fired
I don't give a damn about the scheme change. It'll benefit Jensen sure, but LG is still a clusterfuck and Howard isn't in football shape yet which will make him a liability the first few weeks. And we can't afford that shit. We are facing 3 teams with good front 7s the first three weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if we lost all three games, as Carlos Dunlap and Atkins are likely to shit on whoever we throw out there as Flacco is massacred because our run game sucks(yet again) and we have to heavily depend on the passing game. Sure, the Bengals Oline is worse, but they have firepower that might keep them competitive against us. The Browns will probably find a way to lose against us but will still give the offense a hard time, and the Jags front 7 is nothing to scoff at either.
I wouldn't be surprised if the oline is such a hinderence ala 2013 that it costs us several games.
I know that next year's free agency class and draft class for oline is much better. But still; ignoring it was fucking foolish and there is no denying it. Stop drafting your only dlinemen for once, and focus on the damn offensive line. You should be drafting one of each in at least every draft(if you ask me. Football is, and will continue to be won in the trenches for as long as it's played. Getting BOTH in every draft would be ideal. Too many drafts where we take flier on a late round olinmen which more often than not fails. Both should be mid rounders at the latest).
I swear to god. If we don't resign Jensen next offseason, pick up a LG, and draft at least THREE olinemen in the draft next year(one of them better be early too). I will lose my fucking mind even moreso than I already have. It might literally be our only need going into next year(if Flacco can SOMEHOW stay healthy) and there is a likelihood that Ozzie ignores this yet again to draft yet another defensive player in the first round, because our defense is clearly a weak point.
Einstein's definition of insanity is repeating the same shit over and over again and expecting different results. 3 of the last 4 years the line has been a hinderence to the team. And we've done next to nothing. That needs to change.
Fuck off Ozzie. If Flacco goes down, you deserve to be fired
