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Originally Posted by staylor26
At worst, Reiff and Niang are a wash with last years T’s along with probable upgrades throughout the interior.
Again, when Fisher was healthy and Remmers was playing RT, our biggest issue by far was the interior. You fix that and it’s a much better OL.
How exactly is that not good enough?
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First, i don't think Fisher and Reiff are a wash. I think Fisher, when healthy, is a better tackle.
Second, i get everyone is buying into the hype train on Niang based on draft projects and that one time he played Chase Young, but the dude is far from a sure thing. He won't have played football in 2 years, he's effectively a rookie and came off a major injury. Remmers is a weakness.
This team did all it could to mask the deficiencies of our Oline. The lack of protection killed our vertical passing game.
Because Reid and Mahomes are so awesome it doesn't show in raw sack numbers.
Effectively the Oline will still be a weakness as it was last season. It was a weakness ALL season mostly due to injury. But those injured guys aren't coming back either.
tl;dr: If Reiff and Niang are our bookends then our line will still be viewed as shaky. And rightly so.
And again....all that can change. But as of right now, our options look shaky.