Concerns about the offense

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

After watching the Pittsburgh game for the 2nd time, I have some real concerns about our O this year. First off, Ramsey continues to underthrow his receivers. There were at least 2 long throws that became "jump balls" and easily could've been picks. IMO he continues to make poor decisions, even his completions make you hold your breath at times, Moss made a tremdous adjustment to come back to the ball once, and the td to Cooley was close to a pick as well. I think Gibbs' leash on Ramsey will be short this year, 2 bad games back to back and we could be right back to Brunnell. For some reason I get a pit in my stomach when I think of Ramsey facing the Dallas defense, in Dallas, on Monday night of week 2. Thankfully we open against Chicago and a rookie QB in week one.

Is anyone else concerned about our lack of depth on the O-line? They are playing awesome right now, but our depth seems really poor, and certainly there is a better backup center than Raymer available somewhere right now. Just some thoughts for discussion.

On the contrary, sir. I think Ramsey had a solid, in fact a good game - 12 for 19 isn't bad and he's completed about 63% for the preseason. So on paper he's not having a bad preseason by any stretch. The one int. he had in the Steelers game was simply a miscommunication deal. He probably should have eaten the ball. Is he still learning - yes. Look, I've said it a dozen times, this kid is never going to be a prolific passer. He won't turn into Marino or Manning or McNabb even. He'll be a good solid QB most of his career with a few 3,000 yd seasons to show for it, IMO. But overall I think he's doing most of what Gibbs & Co. are asking of him right now.

As far as the O-line, I couldn't disagree with you more as far as the depth.
I think they have been just short of dominating so far and I like our deph, literally at every position, Raymer included. Don't forget he started last year and although he lost out to Raybach he's still a center most teams could use.