It's all about the offensive line.
 

Seriously. We cannot run block. We cannot pass block. We cannot hang on to the ball, so our defense tires and gives up big plays.

No skill position player is going to amount to squat when the line is that bad.

People want to take a safety in the top 3? Really? What good is that going to do? We'll lose by 20 instead of 30, I guess.

This line needs a complete and total overhaul. That's as bad of a line as I've ever seen. A complete abortion.

Waters is just as bad as all the rest at this point in his career, too. the ONLY (kind of maybe) bright spots today were Barry Richardson's mediocre to fair job at LT and Smith at C did fair. The rest have no place on an NFL field.

So the defense was tired by the middle of the first quarter?

I would say it's a large part of their Issues, but not "ALL."

Yeah, it's hard to judge our RBs and WRs and QB when most of the game is played three yards in our backfield.

Blame the almighty GM for not using any mid round picks on OL when it was a very deep OL draft class.

Thats what happens when you rebuild.

Will agree that the o-line is a big huge key to turning this around, but that is going to be fixed in free agency and picks outside of the first round. A right tackle, center, and a couple guards would go a long long way to getting things going. I like the idea of Berry or Mays at S,and along with either of these the line can still be shored up in a lot of ways.

Yup...OL has got to be job #1 this offseason.

we have many issues, but thats what is expected when there is a whole new coaching staff.... and players......

I wonder how many are going to go campaign to use our top 5 pick on a OT...so then my head can explode.

Yep. But it was obvious that it should have been LAST offseason. :shake:

Here's the real question...

Is the new regime either so poor at talent evaluation they thought these guys were fine or are they so arrogant they literally thought "hey we can coach up any scrubs in our scheme they'll work out"

Whichever one it is it's a horrible sign.

Gosh - I can hear it now. I would hope that a good GM could figure out how to vastly improve the OL without doing so. But I said "good" so....

That would just be silly. We need a center much more.

Exactly. Either way - pathetic.