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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan
I find your point of view to be fair, reasonable and heartfelt. It's just common sense that we should improve on offense.
But that's not what worries me about the offense. I'm concerned about the cumulative injuries to our veteran starters on the OL. For example, I just can't get comfortable with Randy Thomas as a starter at this point in his career because of his neck and the other serious injuries he has suffered. Truthfully, I doubt that he'll even last through the first eight games. Chris Samuels is going to miss some time or be slowed by injury again this year. Why? Because it always happens to him. If Rabach should miss time with an injury we have nobody to back him up. These things worry me because, frankly, I'm unimpressed with our OL depth.
I think we need to trade for starting RG now. Also, we must have a veteran C or C/G to backup Rabach. If need be, we can look to add that player as other teams make roster moves. Beyond that, we need to leave no stone unturned in looking to improve our OL depth.
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You're right. The OL could be a major problem this year, but it goes back to draft philosophy. IMO, they should be using the early rounds to draft beef on both sides of the line and the later rounds to fill the skill positions. Kelly, Thomas and Davis could have been 3 head of cattle. When the Skins were dominant, it was because they were stout on both sides of the line of scrimmage, not because they had HOF caliber players at every skill position.
It seemed like they could put anyone in at QB, WR or RB and the offense kept motoring along (see modern day examples: Ravens, Giants, Titans, Steelers, Patriots, etc.). Look at Rypien's stats in 91. He was sacked only 9 times. Good QBs become great QBs when they have all day to pass and good WRs become great WRs when they have all day to get open and good RBs become great RBs when they have massive holes to run through. Same goes for the D line. If we're in the opposing QB's face all day, a good secondary becomes a great secondary. Unfortunately, it works in reverse as well. Bad line play makes everyone else look bad.
It's all been said here before, so I'm just re-hashing.