We've got big trouble on the OL.

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

With Chester going down in practice today with a left leg injury (severity TBD) I think we can blame bad luck more than poor planning. It's impossible to be two starters deep at every position group and no other team has injuries to 3 starting linemen. I'm fine with how we've addressed our depth with players with NFL starts (Polumbus, Smith, Hurt) and drafted rookies (LeReibus, Gettis, Compton) who will back up the starters. I also refuse to hit the regular season panic button until September.

It's definitely a little bad luck.

But it's hard to say it's just luck -- if injuries decimate our O-line every single year. Injuries are not *that* random -- it's not rocket science -- players who are older and have hx injuries are more likely to get injured again. JBrown/Licht were injured last year, and CChester is one year from 30yrs old. Just saying that it's not completely surprising, without considering "luck" at all. Just hate when we tend to blame some "curse" and "bad luck" instead of admitting this could have been expected.


Anyway, I agree with you - we've drafted some O-line depth, and now's the time to see our depth. Not panicking yet, with a mobile QB and a coach who creates O-lines out of scraps. It could be exciting to finally see developing youth on the O-line, as long as our QB stays upright.


Just don't blame luck, unless it's someone named Luck on the other team.