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Originally Posted by Duvalier
What are your thoughts on the O-Line? To me, they have really underperformed this year. Joseph looks like he hasn't fully recovered from his injuries and Penn along with the others are just getting beat up front game after game. That along with the non talent at WR other than Jackson is what really has impressed me about Mike Glennon so far. He has been playing well in his first year despite the fact he has had no offensive weapons...(what are they on their 4th string RB) and a porous offensive line.
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They are getting old and are beat up. Missing Carl Nicks for the season due to the MERSA thing hurt them deeply. The rest of the starters are playing through pain (like everyone else in the league I assume) but are suffering additionally from having to defend from a scaled back, vanilla playbook due to the rookie QB which doesn't help their cause as the reads are easy to pick up, coupled with the learning curve of Glennon picking up blitz packages effectively.
Losing Mike Williams early basically put V. Jackson in double coverage all year. On a positive note, the decision by Mark Domenick to not address the TE position in the offseason should have been a nightmare, but the rookie out of Rutgers, Tim Wright has effectively bailed his asz out of a tight spot.
The back up RB's (we're on our 3rd stringer) are playing admirably well considering. In fact they may have a bargaining chip to adress the line in the off season, or spread the wealth around next year to keep Martin in one piece for a whole season.
They are only a few pieces away from being a top caliber team - not convinced that we can say that about the coaching staff yet.