VetSkinsFan wrote:SKINFAN wrote:Everyone eventually gets clobbered. Heck, he'd get clobbered a few times even with a good line. It's a new offense, new recievers, new coaches. It will not all come together like magic. I'm talking about our offensive line. It will be better this year. This year we have a QB that can pull the trigger when he has to. We have veteran RB's that can produce, even if their shelf life is 1/3 of a season, we have 3 of them.
I thought my example was obvious enough, but let me dumb it down so there's no confusion.
When Mcnabb gets hit in a fashion that puts him on IR behind this offensive line that I feel is not going to be starting caliber as a whole. After McNabb is hit in this fashion that forces McNabb on to injured reserve, we are then reduced to Grossman starting for the washington redskins. In my opinion, Grossman is a downgrade to Campbell and we will be in a worse situation due to not addressing the offensive line in an adequate fashion.
Is that simple and blunt enough?
I agree with Vet. At this point, the odds of our improving the OL to any extent aren't good and the idea that we'll end up big time losers with Grossman are excellent. Even if McNabb stays healthy, we may have trouble moving the ball. Okung will probably be our only above average offensive lineman and he'll be a rookie. Also, and we tend to overlook this: McNabb is not an accurate passer. Considering our OL, which has really not been addressed, McNabb might prove an ineffective one-- even worse than Campbell. If our OL doesn't magically improve before the season starts, I predict that McNabb's numbers will be inferior to Campbell's.