Re: Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mocks, Camps, OTAs, Roster Predictions,
RGIII wasn't a reach...but he certainly didn't benefit from a strong O-line. The current O-line needs some upgrading - don't make the same mistake we have made more than once before!
I hear this being thrown around often as if it were fact, it is not...that OL were extremely good in the run game, and if Griffin didn't panic in the pocket every time there was pressure instead of simply stepping up in the pocket, there would have been far less sacks.
When Kirk Cousins was behind that OL, there were far fewer sacks.
That OL had their troubles in pass pro, it was NOT a dominant line protecting the QB, but I would wager 75% of the sacks/pressures that Griffin took were because he has no pocket awareness. And if you saw him in the pre-season last year in Baltimore, you'd see the same thing. I am flabbergasted the Ravens brought him back for another season.
Not one for raising sunk ships...but there is more to it. Did RGIII hang on to the ball too long (derivative of his issues reasding defenses)? Yup. Did this create many of his problems? Yup. Did he have sliding issues? Yup. Did he isolate himself from teammates? Yup.
But I know what I saw. That o-line was weak at pass pro. Had been for a long time. Tyler Polumbus? Will Montgomery? Williams was good...but the rest? eh. Pass pro has been a prob for this team going back years way before Griffin.
Doesn't matter at this point. We just had two QBs clobbered. I know what I have seen year in and year out. RT has been weak, the center of the pocket gets collapsed, the LG position has been an open wound. Williams is hurt a lot. The o-line needs to be repaired and restored.
Love Griffin. Hate him. Water uncer the proverbial bridge. The issue is the o-line. It's can't stay healthy; it has been weak at preecisely the run game; it has consistently lacked quality depth. It needs some rebuilding! And that's what I'ld like to see before spending more capital on a QB.
They ran a different offense for Cousins than the one the Shanhans implemented for Griffin.
OMG no! I do not want that kid behind center in DC!!!!
Why not El?
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