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Originally Posted by Moooo
Lets start off by saying I personally think he was the most important person on the Offense other than the Backfield (Gonzo included). I'm not debating his importance.
That being said, why is everyone going nuts? Its not like freaking out and panicking is solving the problem. At this point its in the hands of the coaching staff. They have a MONTH AND A HALF to figure out who will be the most reasonable suitor, and consequently get a good system going.
Everything I've seen says synchronization with the other members of the O-line and also the backfield is the most important aspect of the performance of a lineman. Whoever replaces him will have all that time to learn the subtleties of Waters, Green, LJ and the other linemen as well. Its not going to be like it was last year when the player was thrown in to an offense with players he wasn't used to working with, or an offense which is designed around a pro-bowl tackle. Now we have time to make the necessary changes to work with this accordingly.
I'm not putting people down for freaking out. I just don't get it at all... It doesn't make sense so if someone can explain why you freak out (when it doesn't make the situation better), I would appreciate it.
Moooo
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You say you understand his importance on the Oline yet you're not freaking out?!?! Did you see how we performed on offense when Roaf was gone? His absence will take us out od the top 15 in offense, Trent's backside will get exposed and will lead to him getting injured, LJ won't have nearly as good of a season. We lost to the ****ing Bills last season because he was gone. We wont make the playoffs this season, I'm willing to bet on that. Our backups are Turley (if we switch him to LT), Jordan Black (everyone's nightmare), or Will Svitek (a project from NFLE where he was solid against sub-par talent). But hey, theres no reason to worry.
I understand that we wouldve had to go through this sooner or later, but we signed Ty Law and got some defensive players simply to have ONE last run for the SB. He also shouldve done this BEFORE the draft. We couldve drafted Eric Winston in the 2nd round instead of Benard Pollard which makes us look extremely reeruned now.